Susan Marie Olsen is a former American child television actress, current animal welfare advocate, Radio Host, and an Artist of Pop Art . Olsen is best known for her role as Mike and Carol Brady's youngest daughter, Cindy Brady, on 1970s television sitcom The Brady Bunch for the full run of the show, from 1969-1974. Born in Santa Monica, California, the youngest of four children, with two older brothers Larry and Christopher and a sister Diane. Her brother Christopher was also a child actor, perhaps best known for his role in The Man Who Knew Too Much. After landing a number of supporting... roles, most notably, Ironside, Gunsmoke, and Julia, at age seven she was cast as Cindy on The Brady Bunch. As an adult, Olsen has expressed that portraying Cindy made peer relations difficult for her as a child. Olsen has said that the episode she dislikes the most is the "tattletale" episode, in which Cindy 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.
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