Susan Olsen

About Susan Olsen

Susan Marie Olsen (born August 14, 1961) is an American television actress. She was born in Santa Monica, California, the youngest of four children, with two older brothers Larry and Christopher (fourteen years older) and a sister Diane. She is best known for her role as Florence Henderson's youngest daughter, Cindy Brady, on the 1970s television sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 - 1974.

After landing a number of supporting roles, most notably, Ironside, and Julia, she landed her ultimate role of a lifetime that made her famous as a child actress, on The Brady Bunch, when she was only seven. In fact, she was the youngest actress ever to appear in the series. She stayed on the show until the very end.

Because her television character was often getting into trouble, Olsen has expressed (as an adult) how difficult it was for her growing up. Olsen has said that the episode she dislikes the most is the "tattletale" episode in which she snitches on her brothers and sisters. Because of the episode, she was shunned by her real-life peers who did not understand the difference between actors and their characters.