Susan Dey Biography
Susan Dey is a retired American actress. Dey was born (Susan Hallock Dey) on December 10, 1952 in Pekin, Illinois, U.S. Dey is known for her television roles as Laurie Partridge on the sitcom The Partridge Family.
Susan Dey Age
Dey was born (Susan Hallock Dey) on December 10, 1952 in Pekin, Illinois, U.S. She is 66 years old as of 2018.
Susan Dey Family
Dey is a daughter of Ruth Pyle Doremus Dey and Robert Smith Dey. Ruth worked as a nurse while Robert worked as a newspaper editor for the Standard-Star in New Rochelle, New York.
Susan Dey Husband
In 1976, Dey was married to Leonard “Lenny” Hirshan. Later in 1981, they separated.
Dey got married to her second husband, television producer Bernard Sofronski, since 1988.
Dey held romantic feelings for co-star David Cassidy. Dey and Cassidy eventually pursued a relationship when production on the show finished, but Cassidy broke it off as he did not reciprocate her feelings. In 1994, Cassidy disclosed details on his relationship with Dey in his autobiography
Susan Dey Children
Dey has a daughter with Leonard; Sara Dey-Hirshan, born in 1978.

Susan Dey Career
Dey was a model before starring as Laurie Partridge in the television series The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1974. Her first modeling break was the cover photo for a booklet by Pursettes tampons on first facts of menstruation for young girls called “Getting to Know Yourself”.
Her first film role was as a passenger in the 1972 airline hijack movie Skyjacked starring Charlton Heston. In a 1977 made-for-television movie, Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night, Dey portrayed a disturbed young mother with serious psychological problems, who begins to take them out on her toddler daughter.
Dey co-starred with Albert Finney in the 1981 science-fiction film Looker, written and directed by Michael Crichton. She hosted a 1992 episode of Saturday Night Live. Later that year, she co-starred in the sitcom Love & War.
Dey was mentioned in Shirley Jones’s memoir as the only cast member who “consistently refused” to take part in Partridge Family reunions
Susan Dey Filmography
Films
Year | Title | Role |
1972 | The Candidate | Girl in Crowd |
1972 | Skyjacked | Elly Brewster |
1973 | Terror on the Beach | DeeDee Glynn |
1975 | Cage Without a Key | Valerie Smith |
1977 | Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night | Rowena Harper |
1977 | First Love | Caroline |
1978 | Little Women | Jo March |
1980 | The Comeback Kid | Megan Barrett |
1981 | Looker | Cindy Fairmont |
1983 | Malibu | Linda Harvey |
1984 | Love Leads the Way | Beth |
1986 | Echo Park | May |
1987 | The Trouble with Dick | Diane |
1992 | Bed of Lies | Vicky Daniel |
1993 | Lies and Lullabies | Christina Kinsey |
1994 | Beyond Betrayal | Joanna/Emily Doyle |
1995 | Deadly Love | Rebecca Barnes |
1995 | Blue River | Mrs. Sellers |
1997 | Bridge of Time | Madeleine Armstrong |
1998 | Avenged | Margo |
2002 | L.A. Law: The Movie | Grace Van Owen |
2002 | Disappearance | Patty Henley |
2003 | Rain | Dianna Davis |
Television
Year | Title | Role |
1970–74 | The Partridge Family | Laurie Partridge |
1973 | Circle of Fear | Peggy |
1973 | Goober and the Ghost Chasers | Laurie Partridge (voice) |
1974 | Partridge Family 2200 A.D. | Laurie Partridge (voice) |
1975 | The Rookies | Angel |
1975 | Hawaii Five-O | Susan Bradshaw |
1975 | S.W.A.T. | Janice |
1976 | The Quest | Charlotte Rosee |
1976 | The Streets of San Francisco | Barbara Ross |
1977 | Loves Me, Loves Me Not | Jane Benson |
1983–84 | Emerald Point N.A.S. | Celia Mallory |
1986–92 | L.A. Law | Grace Van Owen |
1992–93 | Love & War | Wallis “Wally” Porter |
1999 | Family Law | Karen Hershey |
2004 | Third Watch | Dr. Breene |
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