Susan Dey: The Successful Actress With A Net Worth Of $10 Million

Publish date: 2024-05-06

Susan Dey is a renowned American actress who has retired from her acting career with a net worth of $10 million. She gained fame in the early 1970s through her role as Laurie Partridge in the hit TV show “The Partridge Family.” 

Throughout her career, Susan has received numerous accolades for her work in various television movies and TV shows, including “Hawaii Five-O,” “S.W.A.T.,” “Little Women,” “The Comeback Kid,” “Malibu,” “Emerald Point N.A.S.,” and “Lies and Lullabies.” 

She is best known for her Golden Globe Award-winning performance as Grace van Owen in “L.A. Law” and for her role as Wallis “Wally” Porter in the first season of “Love & War.”

Susan was born on December 10, 1952, in Pekin, Illinois, and grew up primarily in New York. Her father, Robert, was a newspaper editor, while her mother, Ruth, worked as a nurse. 

Unfortunately, Susan lost her mother when she was only eight years old. After attending Columbus Elementary School in Thornwood, New York, she graduated from Fox Lane High School in Bedford, New York, in 1970. 

As a high school student, Susan was already interested in acting. She auditioned for modeling gigs, leading to her first break with a cover photo in a booklet by the Pursesses tampon company.

At 17 years old, without any prior acting experience, Susan was cast in “The Partridge Family.” 

The show ran from 1970 to 1974 and was a huge hit with audiences, telling the story of a musical family who traveled around on a bus and was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards in 1972.

Despite its live run ending, the show has been in syndication on networks like Nickelodeon, USA Network, and Fox Family, further increasing its impact.

In addition to her work on “The Partridge Family,” Susan took on other acting roles. Her first film role was in 1972 in “Skyjacked” with Charlton Heston, followed by “Terror on the Beach” in 1973 and “Cage Without a Key” in 1975.

In 1977, she played a young mother with psychological problems in the television film, “Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night.” The same year, she starred in the film “First Love” opposite William Katt. 

She also appeared in six episodes of “Loves Me, Loves Me Not” and played the character of Jo March in the 1978 television miniseries production of “Little Women.”

Susan Dey is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs around 55 kg. Her body measurements are 34-24-34 inches, and she has light blue colored eyes.

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