| Celebrated Name: | Susan Dey |
|---|---|
| Real Name/Full Name: | Susan Hallock Dey |
| Gender: | Female |
| Age: | 69 years old |
| Birth Date: | 10 December 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Pekin, Illinois, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.7 m |
| Weight: | 56 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Husband/Spouse (Name): |
Bernard Sofronski (m. 1988), Lenny Hirshan (m. 1976–1981) |
| Children: | Yes (Sara Dey-Hirshan) |
| Dating/Boyfriend (Name): |
N/A |
| Profession: | retired American actress |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $12 million |
| Last Updated: | December 2024 |
Susan Dey is an American based actress who is best known for her television roles played as Laurie Partridge on a sitcom entitled The Partridge Family from the period of 1970 till 1974. She is too famed for her role as Grace Van Owen on famous NBC drama series entitled L.A. Law from the period of 1986 till 1992.
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Early Life
Susan Dey was born in the year 1952 to Ruth Pyle Dey and Robert Smith Dey. Her mother worked as a nurse who passed away in the year 1961 when Susan was of age eight years, and her father worked as a newspaper editor serving for the New Rochelle, New York, Standard-Star.
Her birthplace is Pekin, located in Illinois. She appeared in Columbus Elementary School running in Thornwood, located in New York. Afterward, she relocated to Mount Kisco, located in New York, wherein she completed graduation from Fox Lane High School in the year 1970.
Personal Life
She got married to Leonard “Lenny” Hirshan, and their marriage continued from 1976 till 1981. The couple is having one daughter named Sarah, born in the year 1978. She got married for the second time to a television producer named Bernard Sofronski since the year 1988.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 10 December 1952, Susan Dey is 69 years old as of today’s date 29th December 2024. Her height is 1.7 m tall, and her weight is 56 kg.
Career
Susan Dey started off her career as a model prior to featuring as Laurie Partridge infamous television series entitled The Partridge Family from the period of 1970 till 1974. She was of age 17 years when she has won the part and possessed no prior acting based experience.
It is known that she came back to weekly network television during the year 1977 is a co-star of a short-lived situation comedy entitled Loves Me, Loves Me Not. The actress’s initial film role was as a passenger during the year 1972 airline hijack film entitled Skyjacked featuring Charlton Heston.
She co-starred with Albert Finney during the year 1981 based science-fiction film entitled Looker, directed and written by Michael Crichton. The actress got the lead role in the year 1986’s Echo Park in the form of a struggling waitress who accepts the job of a stripper who conveys singing telegrams.
Moreover, she was featured on L.A. Law being a California assistant district lawyer named Grace Van Owen, who afterward turned as a judge.
Apart from a career in acting, she has hosted the year 1992 episode made for Saturday Night Live. Afterward, in that year, she co-starred in a Diane English/CBS sitcom entitled Love & War along with Jay Thomas. Dey is too acknowledged for her Golden Globe Award-winning based performance in the role of Grace van Owen on “L.A. Law.”
Awards & Achievements:
Dey has won a Golden Globe Award in the category of Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Series for her role in the year 1988. The actress was too nominated in each of the subsequent four years.
Later, she got nominated for the Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in the year 1987, 1988, as well as the year 1989.
Net Worth & Salary of Susan Dey in 2024
As of December 2024, Susan Dey has an estimated net worth of $12 million. She makes most of her income with her acting career, though she even earns well by her career as a host.
Her earnings and fame increased from the year 1970 onwards when she was cast in a role that made her a household name, i.e., the role of Laurie Partridge on “The Partridge Family.” The actress has performed that role till the finish of that series during the year 1974.
From this point, she earned well by co-starring, guest-starring, as well as recurring roles in many television films and TV shows, like “S.W.A.T.,” “Hawaii Five-O,” “The Comeback Kid,” “Little Women,” “Emerald Point N.A.S.,” “Malibu,” and “Lies and Lullabies.”
Right from her teenage, Susan Dey is dedicated to succeeding in acting career and conveys the best out of her to audience and fans. Her credits as an actress are perceived well to all of us, but she has, too, made a name as a talented host.