Maureen McCormick

Day three of "Childhood Celebrity Crush Week!"

Here's the story...of a girl named Marcia. Who caught the eye of a very little boy...me. But I wasn't alone, many boys my age had the hots for Marcia Brady of The Brady Bunch. Maureen McCormick played the eldest daughter Marcia, the popular girl with a perky personality, from 1969 to 1974 – and then reprised the role for many reunions. Running plot lines revolved around middle sister Jan’s jealousy of Marcia’s popularity and Marcia’s unhappiness when something happens to her looks such as when she is fitted with braces or her nose is swollen after being hit by a football thrown by brother Peter. No matter what, Marcia was dreamy.


Here's a scene from one of my favorite episodes of The Brady Bunch, starring Davy Jones of The Monkees...

The Brady Bunch - "Getting Davy Jones" (1971)
Disaster looms when Marcia promises to get Davy Jones to perform at her Junior High prom before clinching the deal. But it all works out in the end when Jones, after overhearing his manager rejecting her outside his rehearsal studio, later agrees to perform at the prom.


When The Brady Bunch ended Maureen attempted to further her career by making guest appearances on numerous television shows such as The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, The Love Boat, and Fantasy Island. She also played supporting roles in a few B-movies including Skatetown, U.S.A., A Vacation in Hell, The Idolmaker and Texas Lightning. But Maureen was never able to completely distance herself from her Brady role due to the sitcom's continuous syndicated reruns.

Here's a few scenes from some of her non-Brady roles...

Pony Express Rider (1976)
A young Texas man who saw his father get killed by a group of bandits, decides years later to go to work for the Pony Express. But he is not just working around the country to deliver mail, he is actually finding the bandits who murdered his father. Here's Maureen playing his love interest...


The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries - "Nancy Drew's Love Match" (1977)
In this episode of The Nancy Drew Mysteries, Nancy goes undercover at an exclusive tennis tournament to keep a kleptomaniac classmate (Maureen McCormick) out of trouble during a crucial match, although Nancy doesn't mind the handsome tennis pro. Here's a scene...


The Love Boat - "First Time Out" (1977)
A young man's (Robert Hegyes of Welcome Back, Kotter) fraternity brothers pressure him to lose his virginity during the cruise. Maureen McCormick helps out...


Fantasy Island - "Beauty Contest" (1978)
A sheltered 19 year old girl (Maureen McCormick) wishes to enter a beauty contest like her mother did in order to get acceptance from her father. But when her father shows up on the island, she is none too happy...


Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979)
A star-studded cast (including Maureen McCormick, Scott Baio, Patrick Swayze, Ron Palillo and Billy Barty) about clashing roller skate gangs competing in a roller skate contest. In this scene Ron Palillo (Welcome Back, Kotter) woos Maureen McCormick to lure her away from the contest...


A Vacation in Hell (1979)
A made-for_TV-movie about five tourists, four women and one man, escape from the group in a holiday camp at a tropical place and get lost. They have to find the way back, but problems are still to come. Here's a pretty weird scene with Maureen dancing suggestively...


The Idolmaker (1980)
Loosely based on the life of rock promoter Bob Marucci, who discovered Frankie Avalon and Fabian, this film follows Vincent Vacarri, a charismatic music fan who becomes a successful producer. Vacarri's tenacity pays off when he discovers the Fabian-like singer Caesare in his feature debut. Maureen McCormick plays a music reporter for a teen magazine who falls for Caesare...


Texas Lightning (1981)
In light of Maureen's recent tell-all book, she probably agreed to do this movie during a cocaine binge. It's about a macho truck driver who takes his quiet son, Buddy on a hunting trip to make him a man. Things start looking up for Buddy when he becomes romantically involved with honky-tonk barmaid Fay (Maureen McCormick). But after his dad and his dad's friends commit an unforgivable act (raping Fay), Buddy is forced out of his shell – with violent results. Maureen more likely accepted the job because they gave her a nice spotlight at the end of the film to perform a song. Here it is...


As seen in the scene above, Maureen fancied herself a singer which goes back to her days with The Brady Bunch. The Brady Bunch kids recorded four albums in the early 1970s on Paramount Records. These albums were Merry Christmas from The Brady Bunch, Meet The Brady Bunch, The Kids from The Brady Bunch and The Brady Bunch Phonographic Album. There were also various solo singles, and an LP consisting of just Christopher Knight and Maureen McCormick. Here's that record...


[DOWNLOAD] Christopher Knight & Maureen McCormick (1973)
01- Spread A Little Love Around
02- Little Bird (Sing Your Song)
03- Hang On Baby
04- Ben
05- Over & Over
06- Just A Singin' Alone
07- Road To Love
08- Tell Me Who You Love
09- There Is Nothing More To Say
10- Good For Each Other