Actress Eve Plumb launched her memoir titled “Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond” on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, following a tv look on CBS Mornings. The e-book chronicles her sixty-year profession in the leisure business, her rise to fame on The Brady Bunch, and her subsequent evolution as a visible artist and entrepreneur.
Plumb secured the function of Jan Brady at age 10 after a short assembly with creator Sherwood Schwartz and director John Rich, in accordance with the memoir. The casting choice was largely based mostly on her bodily resemblance to Florence Henderson, and Plumb didn’t learn a single line of script in the course of the audition course of.
The memoir particulars Plumb’s transition from a baby star to a flexible performer with credit in collection similar to Little Women, Wonder Woman, and The Love Boat. Beyond appearing, she studied improv on the Groundlings and developed an all-female sketch comedy present alongside future business stars like Lisa Kudrow.
Plumb defined her choice to put in writing the e-book after years of declining requests to contribute to different folks’s tasks.
“People had been asking me for years for stories to write in their book. And I didn’t ever want to do that. So I finally decided, Well, I’ll write my own book. Because if I was going to tell stories, it was going to be in my book.” mentioned Plumb, Author and Actress.
The actress additionally addressed the cultural legacy of her character, particularly the well-known “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia” line from the 1971 episode “In Her Sister’s Shadow.” Plumb famous that whereas the phrase grew to become a meme additional popularized by Saturday Night Live, she personally disliked the parody’s portrayal of her childhood self.
| Venture | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| Plumb Goods | Nineteen Seventies-inspired dwelling items, mugs, totes, duffels |
| Happiness Included Coffee | Coffee line matching her memoir model |
| Acting Career | Continuous work in TV, stage, and particular tasks |
| Future Plans | Potential jewellery line referred to as Jan’s Locket |
The collaborative writing course of with co-author Marcia Wilkie served as a therapeutic expertise for Plumb as she reached age 67. The memoir gives an intimate account of her marriage to saxophonist Ken Pace since 1995 and her present enterprise ventures, together with a line of Nineteen Seventies-inspired dwelling items and occasional.
