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08-09-2025, 04:41 PM
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Plumb's new memoir, 'Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond,' is set to be released in April 2026
By Becca Longmire Updated on August 8, 2025 11:44AM EDT
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The Brady Bunch actress Eve Plumb has a new memoir on the way, titled Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond
Plumb, who is most recognized for playing Jan on the beloved sitcom, will share stories from her six decades as a TV and stage actress in the book
"Over the years, many people have asked me to share my stories for their book. But I finally said to myself, if I'm going to share my stories, it's going to be in MY book," she tells PEOPLE
The Brady Bunch actress Eve Plumb is set to share behind-the-scenes stories about playing America's most memorable middle child in her brand new memoir.
PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at Plumb's Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond, which is set to be released in April 2026 from publisher Kensington Books.
Plumb, 67, who is recognized worldwide as the show's Jan, "shares the behind-the-scenes story of her colorful and impressively versatile Hollywood career" in her upcoming memoir, as well as "revelatory recollections of her off-camera life along the way — complete with many photos from her private archives," per the book's official synopsis.
The book takes a deeper look inside Plumb's six decades as a TV and stage actress, which began "when a talent agent in her Los Angeles neighborhood suggested that the [then] 6-year-old audition for a national TV commercial."
Plumb — who starred as Jan on the beloved sitcom from 1969 to 1974 — tells PEOPLE of the upcoming release, "Over the years, many people have asked me to share my stories for their book. But I finally said to myself, if I'm going to share my stories, it's going to be in MY book."
"I had a unique childhood that I would like to share now because looking back, it gives me joy," the actress adds.
After The Brady Bunch, Plumb starred in multiple other projects, including the 1976 TV movie Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (where she played against type as a teenage sex worker) and in a 1978 TV miniseries adaptation of Little Women. She was the only member of the cast who didn’t return for the 1976 variety series The Brady Bunch Hour because of her other commitments.
Plumb returned to the Brady world for the 1981 TV movie The Brady Girls Get Married, playing Jan once again, and she and Maureen McCormick, who played oldest sister Marcia, starred together in the short-lived sitcom The Brady Brides. She also appeared in the 1988 TV film A Very Brady Christmas and the 1990 series The Bradys.
Plumb's new memoir, 'Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond,' is set to be released in April 2026
By Becca Longmire Updated on August 8, 2025 11:44AM EDT
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The Brady Bunch actress Eve Plumb has a new memoir on the way, titled Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond
Plumb, who is most recognized for playing Jan on the beloved sitcom, will share stories from her six decades as a TV and stage actress in the book
"Over the years, many people have asked me to share my stories for their book. But I finally said to myself, if I'm going to share my stories, it's going to be in MY book," she tells PEOPLE
The Brady Bunch actress Eve Plumb is set to share behind-the-scenes stories about playing America's most memorable middle child in her brand new memoir.
PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at Plumb's Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond, which is set to be released in April 2026 from publisher Kensington Books.
Plumb, 67, who is recognized worldwide as the show's Jan, "shares the behind-the-scenes story of her colorful and impressively versatile Hollywood career" in her upcoming memoir, as well as "revelatory recollections of her off-camera life along the way — complete with many photos from her private archives," per the book's official synopsis.
The book takes a deeper look inside Plumb's six decades as a TV and stage actress, which began "when a talent agent in her Los Angeles neighborhood suggested that the [then] 6-year-old audition for a national TV commercial."
Plumb — who starred as Jan on the beloved sitcom from 1969 to 1974 — tells PEOPLE of the upcoming release, "Over the years, many people have asked me to share my stories for their book. But I finally said to myself, if I'm going to share my stories, it's going to be in MY book."
"I had a unique childhood that I would like to share now because looking back, it gives me joy," the actress adds.
After The Brady Bunch, Plumb starred in multiple other projects, including the 1976 TV movie Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (where she played against type as a teenage sex worker) and in a 1978 TV miniseries adaptation of Little Women. She was the only member of the cast who didn’t return for the 1976 variety series The Brady Bunch Hour because of her other commitments.
Plumb returned to the Brady world for the 1981 TV movie The Brady Girls Get Married, playing Jan once again, and she and Maureen McCormick, who played oldest sister Marcia, starred together in the short-lived sitcom The Brady Brides. She also appeared in the 1988 TV film A Very Brady Christmas and the 1990 series The Bradys.