Where are they now: The Partridge Family
They were the singing family that took the world by storm in the 1970s, and although it was cancelled after four seasons in 1974, The Partridge Family’s musical legacy lives on. Let’s take a look back at the show’s stars and find out what they did next. Take a look at how much they’ve changed in the gallery above, the photos correspond to the list below.
Shirley Jones (Shirley Partridge)
Eighty-two-year-old Jones was already an established film star before she took on the role of the Partridge family matriarch but mostly stuck to television after the show ended. She had her own short-lived comedy-drama called Shirley and appeared in episodes of The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, Melrose Place and more. She has ten grandchildren.
David Cassidy (Keith Douglas Partridge)
Cassidy became a teenage heartthrob thanks to his portrayal of the eldest child in the Partridge family. After the show was cancelled, the now-66-year-old mostly focussed on music, returning to TV several times throughout the years on shows such as CSI and Celebrity Apprentice. He has since committed several drunk driving offences and filed for bankruptcy last year.
Susan Dey (Laurie Partridge)
Dey, now 63, played the eldest daughter in the Partridge family. After the show, she appeared in several TV movies before finding fame once more on the drama series L.A. Law, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She had one daughter with late husband Leonard Hirshan before remarrying TV producer Bernard Sofronski in 1988.
Danny Bonaduce (Danny Partridge)
After several movie and TV appearances post-The Partridge Family, 56-year-old Bonaduce turned to radio, becoming a hit presenter on several stations around the US and also dabbling in wrestling and boxing. He was arrested back in 1990 after trying to buy cocaine at an anti-drug even he was hosting. Today he splits his time between Los Angeles and Seattle with wife Amy Railsback.
Brian Forster (Chris Partridge)
Fifty-six-year-old Forster took over the role of Chris after the original actor, Jeremy Gelbwaks, moved away from Los Angeles after the first season. Forster, who is the great-great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, became a racecar driver after The Partridge Family. He reprised the role of Chris in 2008 in the online sitcom Break a Leg.
Suzanne Crough Condray (Tracy Partridge)
Condray, who played the youngest member of the Partridge family, made a few more television appearances before retiring from the entertainment industry in 1980. She went to college and ran her own book store until 1993. She married William Condray and the couple had two daughters before sadly passing away last year at the age of 52 from a rare heart condition.
Dave Madden (Reuben Kincaid)
After The Partridge Family, Madden, who played the family’s band manager, appeared on shows such as Bewitched, Happy Days and The Love Boat. After divorcing from first wife Nena Arnold (with whom he had a son and adopted a daughter) in 1985, Madden married his old college sweetheart in 1998. He passed away in 2014 at the age of 82.
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