Did you know that Susan Dey had an unrequited crush on Partridge Family costar David Cassidy and that Partridge Family matriarch Shirley Jones advised her against pursuing it? Before retiring in 2004, Susan Dey was an actress best known for her portrayal of oldest daughter Laurie on the hit 1970s television series The Partridge Family. The show was a success thanks to its bright and poppy sensibilities, but there were actually dark things occurring behind the scenes.
▬Contents of this video▬ 00:00 - Intro 00:23 - Susan Dey’s Stepmother Got Her Into Acting 01:29 - Shirley Jones Warned Susan About David Cassidy 03:06 - David Cassidy Spilled the Beans in His Memoir 04:48 - Susan Dey Found Luck with L.A. Law 06:29 - What Has Susan Dey Been Doing Since? 07:29 - Outro
During the time when The Partridge Family was still airing new episodes, there was a tie-in book published that was called Susan Dey’s Secrets on Boys, Beauty and Popularity. The book might’ve purported to reveal Susan’s secrets, but it didn’t reveal all of them! Two secrets that were casually left out of the book included the fact that Susan was in love with one of her on-screen siblings, as well as the fact that she had begun suffering from anorexia during production.
Susan Dey has claimed that there were numerous things that led to her becoming anorexic on the set of The Partridge Family. Thankfully, her eating disorder wasn’t something that plagued her later in life. However, that sadly can’t be said for the other dark secret that Susan kept during the series.
Over the course of The Partridge Family’s four seasons, Susan Dey grew to have quite the crush on David Cassidy. Though the crush wasn’t reciprocated, David ended up relenting to his costar’s romantic advances by sleeping with her… but for one night only. Many years later, David would admit in his 1994 memoir that he had never been attracted to Susan. Many believe that this revelation why Susan never talked to David again, not even before his death.
Susan Dey retired from the entertainment industry in 2004, though she is still alive and well! Not only did she give David Cassidy the silent treatment until his death, but she also refused to participate in any Partridge Family reunions before her retirement. Thankfully, Susan wasn’t pigeonholed in the role she played on the show. In the 1980s, she got another big role on a series when she was cast on L.A. Law. From the truth about her eating disorder to her unrequited love for costar David Cassidy, join Facts Verse as Susan Dey reveals secrets from the Partridge Family.
Susan Dey Reveals Secrets from Her Time on the Partridge Family
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