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03-27-2026, 12:16 AM
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Story by Ed Gross
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A recurring phrase in Brady Bunch star Eve Plumb's memoir is one that, at first glance, sounds almost deceptively simple: "I was a good little soldier." It's a line that appears more than once, and the more it surfaces, the more it begins to feel like a throughline-not just for her years as a child actor, but for the life she has lived ever since.
"I think it's a very telling phrase," says Plumb, whose Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond is being published on April 28. "There's a lot in that phrase in that it goes to being obedient, but it also goes to having a job and knowing how to do a job and being proud of that job. I credit my dad-and my mom, too-but something about his upbringing gave him a strong sense of integrity and ethics. Not rigid, but just, ‘This is the line, this is what we do.' I was never pressured. I wasn't supporting my family like a lot of child actors were. It was just, ‘This is what we're doing.'"
For audiences who grew up watching her as Jan Brady on The Brady Bunch, the assumption has often been that her story begins and ends there. But what emerges from her memoir is something far more expansive-and more personal. At its core is a life shaped not by dramatic reinvention, but by consistency: doing the work, adapting when necessary, and moving forward without losing sight of who she is. That approach extends even to the act of writing the book itself-something she resisted for years.
"A lot of people wanted me to share my stories with their book, or they'd say, ‘You should write a book,'" she explains. "And I'd think, ‘I'm not a writer.' It's not that I didn't think people would care-I just didn't want to do it."
Part of that reluctance came from something that has defined much of her adult life: a desire for privacy. "As a public person, I've always wanted to keep certain things private," she says. "I didn't even want to tell people the name of my dog for a long time. You share so much of your life already."
"A lot of people wanted me to share my stories with their book, or they'd say, ‘You should write a book,'" she explains. "And I'd think, ‘I'm not a writer.' It's not that I didn't think people would care-I just didn't want to do it."
Part of that reluctance came from something that has defined much of her adult life: a desire for privacy. "As a public person, I've always wanted to keep certain things private," she says. "I didn't even want to tell people the name of my dog for a long time. You share so much of your life already."
Story by Ed Gross
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A recurring phrase in Brady Bunch star Eve Plumb's memoir is one that, at first glance, sounds almost deceptively simple: "I was a good little soldier." It's a line that appears more than once, and the more it surfaces, the more it begins to feel like a throughline-not just for her years as a child actor, but for the life she has lived ever since.
"I think it's a very telling phrase," says Plumb, whose Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond is being published on April 28. "There's a lot in that phrase in that it goes to being obedient, but it also goes to having a job and knowing how to do a job and being proud of that job. I credit my dad-and my mom, too-but something about his upbringing gave him a strong sense of integrity and ethics. Not rigid, but just, ‘This is the line, this is what we do.' I was never pressured. I wasn't supporting my family like a lot of child actors were. It was just, ‘This is what we're doing.'"
For audiences who grew up watching her as Jan Brady on The Brady Bunch, the assumption has often been that her story begins and ends there. But what emerges from her memoir is something far more expansive-and more personal. At its core is a life shaped not by dramatic reinvention, but by consistency: doing the work, adapting when necessary, and moving forward without losing sight of who she is. That approach extends even to the act of writing the book itself-something she resisted for years.
"A lot of people wanted me to share my stories with their book, or they'd say, ‘You should write a book,'" she explains. "And I'd think, ‘I'm not a writer.' It's not that I didn't think people would care-I just didn't want to do it."
Part of that reluctance came from something that has defined much of her adult life: a desire for privacy. "As a public person, I've always wanted to keep certain things private," she says. "I didn't even want to tell people the name of my dog for a long time. You share so much of your life already."
"A lot of people wanted me to share my stories with their book, or they'd say, ‘You should write a book,'" she explains. "And I'd think, ‘I'm not a writer.' It's not that I didn't think people would care-I just didn't want to do it."
Part of that reluctance came from something that has defined much of her adult life: a desire for privacy. "As a public person, I've always wanted to keep certain things private," she says. "I didn't even want to tell people the name of my dog for a long time. You share so much of your life already."