The Brady Bunch star Susan Olsen is taking a walk down memory lane to relive some of her favorite guest stars to ever appear on the sitcom—including one comedy icon who made a lasting impact.
Olsen, who played youngest daughter Cindy Brady on all five seasons of the beloved sitcom, told ReMIND that of all the celebrities to guest on The Brady Bunch, her favorite was comedian Imogene Coca.
“I knew a lot of classic TV stuff,” Olsen, 64, told the outlet in an interview published on Thursday, June 11. “I wasn’t that familiar with her, but it was really amazing to me that she was so shy, and then she had a hard time rehearsing. Then once the cameras were on, just changed, went right into the performance. I was fascinated with her.”
Following the episode, Olsen said Coca was “sweet enough” to send the cast Christmas cards, and she still remembers her as a “special” person. Coca died in 2001 at the age of 92.
Olsen was only about 10 years old when she worked with the Your Show of Shows actress, who was already a household name and Emmy winner when she guested on The Brady Bunch episode “Jan’s Aunt Jenny” in 1972. In the episode, Jan Brady (Eve Plumb) worries she’ll grow up to look like her great-aunt after noticing the older woman’s resemblance to herself in a younger photo, but she eventually learns that her Aunt Jenny (Coca) is someone she’d be lucky to take after.
Olsen also named The Brady Bunch guest stars Desi Arnaz Jr., Davy Jones, and Joe Namath as favorites over the years. Jones famously played himself in the 1971 episode “Getting Davy Jones,” while Arnaz and Namath also appeared as themselves in 1970’s “The Possible Dream” and 1973’s “Mail Order Hero,” respectively.
Olsen noted that Namath was “surprisingly fun and friendly and nice,” and that she remembers him as “so sweet.”
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