Eve Plumb

Eve Plumb
Born	Eve Aline Plumb

Not to be confused with Eve's Plum, the rock group.

Eve Aline Plumb (born April 29, 1958) is an American actress and painter. Plumb is best known for her portrayal of Jan Brady in the television sitcom The Brady Bunch. File:Http://images.drrant.net/uploaded images/testicles-710617.jpg

Jan Brady, the Middle Sister

In the 1969-74 ABC hit series The Brady Bunch, Plumb portrayed Jan Brady, age 11 to 15, one of three sisters. Jan had to deal with so-called middle child syndrome, displaying a certain amount of envy and mild resentment in regard to her older sister Marcia. Various episodes starring Jan (Plumb) included insecurity over wearing glasses, embarrassment over not having a boyfriend, jealousy of her older sister, and concerns over her future appearance.

Later career

In 1976, Plumb surprised everyone with a stunning dramatic performance in the made-for-television movie Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, and joined the LA based Groundlings Improv comedy troupe.

Plumb was the only original cast member who chose not to participate in the 1976-77 Brady Bunch Hour variety show. During production of the show, Plumb appeared as Beth in NBC productions of Little Women, (both TV Movie and a short-lived series format).

Plumb worked steadily on stage and in television roles through the 1990s, in roles both small and large. She appeared in the Saturday morning sitcom Fudge (1995–1997) as Fudge's mother, Mrs. Ann Thatcher and in the movie Fudge-A-Mania (1997), and was the original Pam Burkhart on That '70s Show (only seen in episode 6 "The Keg"). In addition, Plumb had a memorable cameo appearance in the 1988 movie I'm Gonna Git You Sucka.

She appeared as one of the "Strangers" on the December 18, 2006 premiere episode of the NBC game show Identity. She was introduced at the start of the show as "Eve Plumb from The Brady Bunch." The contestant incorrectly selected her as an "Academy Award Winner," despite host Penn Jillette cautioning the contestant that The Brady Bunch was a TV show and the Academy Awards were for films. Plumb's actual identity was a painter.

In August 2008 Eve appeared on an episode of Days of our Lives.

Today, Plumb resides in Laguna Beach, California, with her second husband Kenneth Pace (a computer consultant). She works as an artist, has served as a member of the Laguna Beach Board of Adjustments/Design Review Board since February 2002, and was elected chair pro-tem of that board in February 2005. She served as pro-tem of the board until her third term expired in January 2008, at which time she declined to reapply for the board.

Plumb also volunteers in the makeup crew at Pageant of the Masters in her hometown of Laguna Beach, California.

Brady revivals

In the 1980s, Plumb chose to participate in several Brady made-for-TV movies projects, including The Brady Girls Get Married which led to The Brady Brides, a short-lived sitcom in which she was a co-lead. She also appeared in A Very Brady Christmas 1988 TV-movie and the 1990 dramedy series The Bradys. Plumb's character Jan had marital problems in A Very Brady Christmas, and fertility problems in The Bradys which led to her and her husband Phillip Covington III to adopt a Chinese girl named Patty.

Of all the Brady Bunch child cast, Plumb arguably has worked most consistently to carve an acting career distanced from her role on the show. This has apparently led to conflicting feelings about The Brady Bunch. In an article published by the Chicago Tribune in the 1990s on The Real Live Brady Bunch stage spoof, Plumb participated in a performance (albeit not as "Jan" but as "Tammy" the Johnny Bravo record producer) and was met by enthusiastic fans who asked "What was your favorite episode?" Plumb replied somewhat jokingly "The last one." Seeing their disappointment, she modified her answer by saying "The Grand Canyon episode was kind of cool." Plumb has since stated that she and the other Bradys have an unspoken agreement to always be courteous and polite to fans of The Brady Bunch.

In a TV Land special, The Brady Bunch 35th Anniversary Reunion Special: Still Brady after All These Years, broadcast on September 29, 2004, Plumb stated that she had never seen The Brady Bunch Movie. When asked to give the audience an update on her life today, she stated that she was "still auditioning."

In October 2008, Eve Plumb taped several episodes of the game show Trivial Pursuit: America Plays hosted by her Brady co-star Christopher Knight. Plumb and all her Brady TV siblings (except for Maureen McCormick, who was on a book tour) appeared as "team captains" and read Brady trivia questions to contestants.

Trivia

The '90s rock band Eve's Plum is named after her.

External links

• Eve Plumb at IMDb
• Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway at IMDb
• eveplumb.tv Eve's website promoting her artwork.