The Brady Bunch star Susan Olsen was seen on a rare public outing in LA recently – more than five decades after shooting to fame in the show.
The 63-year-old actress – who played Cindy Brady from 1969 to 1974 – looked nearly unrecognizable when she stepped out to pick up her mail.
Olsen put on a casual display in a black, graphic T-shirt with burgundy red shorts.
Still sporting platinum blonde hair with bangs, she was spotted driving her white SUV.
Her outing comes shortly after she revealed she almost died while filming the pilot episode for The Brady Bunch in the late 60s.
She also recently opened up about the one gripe she had with playing the character of Cindy, the youngest Brady child of the bunch.
The Brady Bunch star Susan Olsen – who played Cindy Brady (pictured 1969) was seen on a rare outing this week
Earlier this year on The Real Brady Bros podcast, she disclosed an incident where she was severely injured during the pilot’s filming and expressed her dissatisfaction with portraying a simplistic character.
In a conversation with Barry Williams and Christopher Knight, who played her brothers on screen, she recalled a specific scene from the pilot that highlighted Cindy’s simplistic mindset.
In the episode, Cindy and sisters Marcia and Jan talk to their mom Carol ahead of her wedding.
Carol says she feels butterflies, to which the youngest Brady replies, ‘Are you sleeping with your mouth open, mommy?’
‘That’s just how my career was and it was something I had to accept,’ Olsen said about her tendency to play dull roles.
Williams, 70, weighed in: ‘Do you understand that you were the cutest person in the world? You’re just adorable.’
The 63-year-old actress looked nearly unrecognizable when she stepped out in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning
Still sporting platinum blonde hair with bangs, she was spotted driving her white SUV
The star was beloved by fans for her role in the hit show
And 67-year-old Knight added that the former child star Susan had a ‘doll face.’
Williams also said that he and Knight were aware that Olsen was ‘a little bit uncomfortable with the nature’ of her character.
One of her co-stars remarked, ‘You’re much more intelligent and sharper than the character. But there you are, saying something utterly foolish,’ capturing the discrepancy between her real persona and the role.
In the same discussion, Olsen disclosed a serious accident during the pilot’s shoot in the late 1960s that nearly proved fatal.
She recounted being left with a swollen face after lighting equipment fell directly onto her.
‘My eyes were black. I mean, I had two black eyes. My nose was swollen. My face was swollen,’ the actress said on the rewatch podcast.
The incident happened the day before the cast gathered to film the pilot episode in 1969.
Appearing on The Real Brady Bros podcast earlier this year, where she also shared details about her serious injury during the pilot, she mentioned her dissatisfaction with playing a simplified character; pictured September 2019 in Los Angeles.
The Brady Bunch cast is shown from left to right: Robert Reed, Barry Williams, Eve Plumb, Olsen, Christopher Knight, Ann B. Davis, Florence Henderson, Mike Lookinland, Maureen McCormick.
Just seven years old at the time, Olsen had been getting her makeup done when she was struck by lighting equipment. She recalled how she did not sue the studios but continued filming the show; pictured from left to right in 1969: Olsen, Lookinland, Plumb, Knight, McCormick, Williams
Just seven years old at the time, Olsen had been getting her makeup done when she was struck. She shared the story with former costars Barry Williams and Christopher Knight, and she noted that she wished her family had sued the studio for the accident.
‘The saddest news is that we didn’t sue Paramount, because I would have made more off of that than the show,’ Olsen said candidly.
‘But I came to work the next day. Florence [Henderson] was the first one to see me. She’s like, “You make sure everybody sees her.” And my mom was like, “Oh, yes, I will.” Because everybody was trying to say, “It didn’t really hit her. She’s fine.”‘
The actress continued, ‘I looked like I was in a horror film. And then everybody knew, yes, I had gotten hurt, and I had gotten hurt very badly.’
