Whatever Happened to Susan Dey?

THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY, Susan Dey, 1970-1974
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Growing up, I thought that Laurie Partridge on The Partridge Family was the complete package: beauty, brains, and musical talent up the wazoo. Laurie was pretty much perfect; her only flaw was that she wasn’t real. That’s why this article is about Laurie’s real-life alter ego, Susan Dey — who, it turns out, is even more amazing than any of the characters that she ever played on television. Today, she’s stepped away from Hollywood and is pursuing a quiet life in upstate New York — but, as you’ll see, she’s still interested in music.