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Former child star is best known for her role as the perfect blonde eldest sister in a famous TV family...who is she?


At just 13 years old she charmed viewers as the sweet, pretty, blonde, 'girl next door' and responsible eldest sister to her four siblings on the hit show's original five-season run in the late 60s and early 70s.

But despite her picture-perfect persona onscreen, the TV icon in real life would eventually face a common fate among fellow child stars – falling into addiction which affected her career after the show ended. At just 13 years old, Maureen McCormick charmed viewers as sweet, pretty, blonde, 'girl next door' and responsible eldest sister, Marcia Brady, throughout the ABC sitcom's original five-season run It ran from 1969-1974 and co-starred Barry Williams (Greg), Eve Plumb (Jan), Susan Olsen (Cindy), Mike Lookinland (Bobby) and Christopher Knight (Peter).

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