In the 1970s, Susan Dey became a household name as a star on The Partridge Family, but unlike many former teen idols of that era, she eventually chose a life far away from Hollywood’s spotlight.
First cast as Laurie Partridge on The Partridge Family at age 17, Dey had no prior acting experience. She was a star on the musical ABCsitcom from 1970 to 1974 and became representative of more empowering roles for young women on television.
Dey was still famous enough to host Saturday Night Live years later, and she used her monologue to joke about her role as the keyboard-playing eldest Partridge sister.
“For four years I was Laurie Partridge on The Partridge Family,” Dey said in 1992. “I’d like to think I broke some ground there, not because I was a female musician competing in a man’s world but because I was the first teenager in prime time to wear a pantsuit.”
In the 1980s, Dey made a major transition from her teen sitcom role to a serious, dramatic actress. Her biggest post-Partridge role was playing Grace Van Owen on L.A. Law from 1986 to 1992. Dey starred on the show for six seasons and won a Golden Globe. Dey continued to act sporadically until 2004, when she logged her final acting role on an episode of Third Watch.
When she was still acting, Dey distanced herself from The Partridge Family. In her 2013 book, Shirley Jones: A Memoir, her former TV mom Shirley Jones wrote, “Out of everyone on the show, only Susan consistently refuses to take part in any TV reunions of The Partridge Family.”
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Dey, now 73, ultimately made a move to New York with her husband Bernard Sofronski. In May 2026, her Partridge Family co-star Danny Bonaduce told the Pop Culture Retro podcast that fame in general just wasn’t Dey’s “thing” and that she had chosen to live a private life in upstate New York.
“She has a normal job in upstate New York,” Bonaduce claimed. “A regular job with an office, but I don’t know if she still does it.”
As of July 2026, Dey was listed as a member of the board of directors of the MARK Project, an organization that works to “build resilient rural communities” in the small towns of the Catskills.
In her bio for the MARK Project, Dey revealed why she was drawn to the Catskills region.
“The land, the people, the history, the people, towns & villages, the food, and the people,” The Partridge Family alum shared. “ I’m excited to return to the MARK Board and grateful to serve with other committed residents of our interconnected communities. Together we will support the continuation of the MARK Project and its extraordinary accomplishments to preserve what we all love to be—the Catskills.”
Related: Danny Bonaduce Recalls How Susan Dey Sent Him a Bold Message Mid-Scene on ‘The Partridge Family’
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