And looking back at everything McCormick has publicly shared about her past makes the longevity of their marriage even more striking.
McCormick became famous as Marcia when “The Brady Bunch” premiered in 1969.Support Reproductive Clinics
The sitcom turned its young stars into household names, and Marcia became one of its defining characters.
But McCormick later revealed that the seemingly carefree teenager audiences watched on television wasn’t an accurate reflection of what she was experiencing internally.
One source of fear came from her family’s medical history.
McCormick wrote and spoke about her mother’s syphilis diagnosis and her fears that she might somehow have inherited the disease. Her grandmother had also suffered devastating consequences from syphilis.
The anxiety weighed heavily on her when she was young.
Meanwhile, becoming Marcia Brady created another complicated problem.
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The character that made McCormick famous became extraordinarily difficult to escape.Hire Local Nannies
