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McCormick in 2007, photo by s_bukley /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Maureen Denise McCormick
Place of Birth: Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: August 5, 1956
Ethnicity: *62.5% German *37.5% Irish
Maureen McCormick is an American actress, singer, and author. She is known for playing Marcia Brady on the shows The Brady Bunch , The Brady Kids , The Brady Bunch Hour , The Brady Brides , and A Very Brady Renovation , and in the made-for-tv movie A Very Brady Christmas . Her roles also include the films Pony Express Rider , Moonshine County Express , Take Down (1979), Skatetown, U.S.A. ; The Idolmaker , Texas Lightning , Return to Horror High , A Very Brady Sequel , Dogtown (1997), Baby Huey’s Great Easter Adventure , Title to Murder , Jane White Is Sick & Twisted , Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star , Snow White: A Deadly Summer , The Neighborhood (2017), and Rock Paper Dead ; the shows Bewitched , Camp Runamuck , The Love Boat , Fantasy Island , Teen Angel , Johnny Bravo , Passions , and Son of the Beach ; and the made-for-tv movies A Vacation in Hell , Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story , Christmas Spirit , Naughty & Nice , and Christmas Land .
Maureen is the daughter of Irene and Richard McCormick. She is married to Michael Cummings, with whom she has a daughter.
Maureen’s paternal grandfather was John Joseph McCormick (the son of John W. McCormick amd Annie C. Gallagher). Maureen’s grandfather John was born in Pennsylvania. Maureen’s great-grandfather John was born in Pennsylvania, to Irish parents. Annie was born in Pennsylvania, and also had Irish heritage.
Maureen’s paternal grandmother was Amelia Josephine McNamara (the daughter of Frank McNamara and Amelia Bruening). Maureen’s grandmother Amelia was born in New York. Frank was born in Massachusetts, to Irish parents. Maureen’s great-grandmother Amelia was the daughter of German emigrants, from Hanover, Lower Saxony, Christian Conrad Friedrich Brüning, from Brokeloh; and Louise Caroline Sophia Hartmann, from Husum.
Maureen’s maternal grandfather was Theodore Xavier Beckman (the son of John Theodore Beckman and Julia Anna Walz). Maureen’s grandfather Theodore was born in Dodgeville, Iowa. John was the son of German emigrants, Johann Theodor Beckman, from Hervest, Westphalia; and Maria Bernadina Niemann, from Oldenburg. Maureen’s great-grandmother Julia was the daughter of Dionysius Walz and Karoline Herrmann, who were also German, from Kuppenheim, Baden.
Maureen’s maternal grandmother was Helen Christine Fischer (the daughter of Ludwig Henry “Louis” Fischer and Mary Wilbert). Helen was born in Burlington, Iowa, to German parents. Ludwig was from Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, the son of Christian Fischer and Gertrude Hertling. Mary was the daughter of Johannes Wilbert and Catherine Koch.
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