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Susan Dey Biography, Husband, Net Worth, Age, Daughter
Susan Dey is an American actress who has been on the big screen since the early seventies and rose to fame for playing Laurie Partridge on the sitcom. The Partridge Family and as Grace Van Owen on the LA Law – a drama series that aired six years (1986 – 1992) ).
Dey is three-time Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee. Scroll down to discover more detailed information about this sensational actress.
Biography (Age)
A bit of her bio, Susan Dey was born on December 10, 1952, Susan Hallock Dey in Beijing, Illinois. She attended Columbus Elementary School in Thornwood, New York, and Fox Lane High School, where she was an active participant in the school drama club and participated in several school plays, which obviously nurtured his interest and love for theatre.
Before starting her acting career, Susan Dey modeled a bit, encouraged by her grandmother who sent her photo to a modeling agency, she signed a professional contract and modeled for several magazines including Seventeen, American Girl and Simplicity.
She began acting in the television series The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1974. She made her film debut in 1972 in the film Skyjacked alongside Charlton Heston.
In 1977, she appeared on the short-lived sitcom Love Me, Love Me Not. The same year, she was in the television Mary Jane Harper cried last night, and also in the film First Love, directed by Joan Darling.
In 1981, she co-starred with Albert Finney in Looker – a science fiction film written and directed by Michael Crichton. She starred in Echo Park as a struggling waitress-actress, who had to take a job as a stripper and an assistant district attorney, who later became a Law LA judge
In 1992, she hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live, that sameyear she co-starred in the sitcom Love and War and remained on the show until she was replaced in 1993. She produced and starred in Lies & Lullabies which was later released on DVD as Sad Legacy .
From 1970 to 2004, Dey starred in over thirty films and television drama series. Here are a few:
| Year | Title | Role | Remarks |
|---|
| 1972 | Skyjacked | Elly Brewster | |
| 1973 | Terror on the beach | DeeDee Glynn | tv movie |
| 1975 | Cage without key | Valerie Smith | tv movie |
| 1977 | Mary Jane Harper cried last night | Rowena Harper | tv movie |
| 1977 | First love | carolina | |
| 1978 | Little woman | Jo March | Television miniseries |
| 1980 | The Returning Child | Megan Barrett | tv movie |
| nineteen eighty one | looker | Cindy Fairmont | |
| 1983 | malibu | Linda Harvey | tv movie |
| 1984 | love leads the way | Beth | tv movie |
| 1986 | Echo-Park | May | |
| 1987 | The Trouble With Dick | Diana | |
| 1992 | bed of lies | Vicky Daniel | |
| 1993 | lies and lullabies | Christina Kinsey | tv movie |
| 1994 | Beyond betrayal | Joanna / Emily Doyle | tv movie |
| 1995 | deadly love | Rebecca Barnes | tv movie |
| 1995 | BlueRiver | Ms Sellers | tv movie |
| 1997 | bridge of time | Madeleine Armstrong | tv movie |
| 1998 | Avenged | Margo | |
| 2002 | LA Law: The Movie | Grace VanOwen | tv movie |
| 2002 | Disappearance | Patty Henley | |
| 2003 | Rain | Dianna Davis |
Dey won her first award (Golden Globe) in 1988 for Leading Role in a Drama Series, she was also nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1987, 1988 and 1989, respectively.
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Price
- 1988, Emmy – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Nominated
- 1992, Golden Globe – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama: Nominated
- 1987, Emmy – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Nominated
- 1989, Emmy – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Nominated
- 1988, Golden Globe – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama: Nominated
- 1990, Golden Globe – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama: Nominated
- 1989, Golden Globe – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama: Winner
- 1973, Golden Globe – Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television: Nominated
- 1991, Golden Globe – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama: Nominated
She’s also involved in some kind of humanitarian work, serving on the board of directors of the UCLA Medical Center Rape Treatment Center and co-narrating a documentary on campus rape with Corbin Bernsen.
Net worth of Susan Dey
Dey has a net worth of $10 million. Her income comes mainly from her acting career and probably from the book “Dey’s Secrets of Boys, Beauty and Popularity”, which she authored in 1972.
husband, daughter
Susan Dey was married to Leonard Hirshan from 1976 to 1981 and together they have a daughter named Sarah (b. 1978). She has been married to television producer Bernard Sofronski since 1988. The couple have no children together, but Bernard has two children from his previous marriage to Myra Phyllis Tamarkin.
