Susan Dey got her start in Hollywood with “The Partridge Family.” At 17, it was her first acting job. She had no acting experience, but she got the role of Laurie Partridge because her beautiful face was spotted in her budding modeling career. Screen Gems execs discovered her lovely visage on the cover of an ad booklet for a feminine hygiene brand, actually. Her career shot to fame with the Partridges.
She’s known as the Partridge star who refuses to attend reunions. But, if you heard her side of the story, you might feel the same. Intimidating details of her relationship with David Cassidy were exploited in his 1994 tell-all memoir. Since then, she’s refused to join reunion shows. And anyway, she’s been off-screen since 2004.
Diane von Furstenberg
Diane had it made: she married her college sweetheart Prince Egon von Furstenberg and became an official part of the German royal family (such as it is). But before long, she realized she wanted a career of her own and jumped into the fashion world in 1970, only a year after getting married.
Thanks to her newfound wealth and a pretty good amount of talent, von Furstenberg is now one of the most famous in the world, and its high-profile devotees include Victoria Beckham and Michelle Williams.
Grace Jones
Grace Jones came bursting into our lives with her unconventional looks and taste. She got her start as a model, and thanks to her unique masculine look, she got people's attention pretty quickly. However, she would then move on to music and release three albums during the seventies.
Her avant-garde concerts garnered her more attention, but she wasn't about to let her star fall. She jumped into acting, and a talent for on-screen performances combined with her big name and striking looks landed her acting roles next to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Christopher Walken, and Halle Berry.
Suzanne Crough
Little Tracey Partridge was the second-to-youngest sister and played the tambourine. Played by Suzanne Crough, she was loved by many and kept acting in productions such as "Mulligan's Stew." Despite being a child actress, her education was important to her, and she went on to finish school and graduate from college.
She later owned a bookstore, got married, had two daughters, and went off the grid after 1980. Sadly, in 2015, Suzanne passed away suddenly. The entire cast attended the services for the sad occasion.
Pilar Crespi
Being the daughter of a countess who is a member of the International Best Dressed List puts the spotlight on you at a young age. And Pilar Crespi flourished under that spotlight. Becoming a young model, Pilar stunned the fashion world with her breezy, effortless beauty.
She went on to become an editor at "Vogue" and a well-known name in the fashion industry, but she's most proud of her philanthropic endeavors. She started an organization with her husband, Stephen Robert, called Source of Hope, which provides educational programs, grants, and scholarships to low-income cosmetology students.