Eve Plumb is offering surprising insight into what took place behind the scenes on the Brady Bunch set after past claims of cast hookups.
“We knew there was tension,” Plumb, 67, told Woman’s World while reflecting on the dynamic between her onscreen father, Robert Reed, and the show’s creator, Sherwood Schwartz. “You’d hear the door slam, and then we’d go on and do something else. It’s like it is in any family — when there’s discord, you figure out a way to get through it.”
The actress, who played Jan, still felt a strong sense of community, particularly during mother-daughter scenes with Florence Henderson. As for Reed, Plumb referred to him as a “very kind and thoughtful and talented” person.
“I get flashes of remembering standing next to Florence on the set under the hot lights,” she said. “There was just this feeling of safety and of respect. You looked to them as an adult, as far as direction goes about what’s going on in the world, because you’re a child and they have to tell you what’s going on.”
The Brady Bunch, which aired from 1969 to 1974, revolved around a large blended family of six children: three boys and three girls. Plumb’s memory of her time on set was quite different from her onscreen brother Barry Williams, who previously told Us Weekly about the cast’s dating lives.
“We all hooked up with each other at some point,” Williams, 71, who played Grey, told Us in September 2024. “Not necessarily while we were filming.”
Williams reflected on the hookups, adding, “I dated Maureen [McCormick], and Chris [Knight] dated Eve and Michael [Lookinland] and Susan [Olsen] had a little mock wedding at one point. So, yes, we all hooked up.”
At the time, Williams recalled having a crush on Henderson.
“I had a teenage crush on her, for sure, And she’s got a very lively personality and great sense of humor, but I knew that I wanted to have music in my career [in] acting, and so I talked to her a lot about that,” he explained. “I had found this singer coming into the Copacabana near Beverly Hills. I can’t think of exactly where it was, but I invited her to go together as a date, and she said, ‘OK,’ so I was thrilled. And now for me, it was a date.”
He concluded: “We were recognized, and so people were whispering about us, which is strange, but we talked about the singer, his orchestrations, the band that he had, and what touring was like. And she gave me an idea what that life would look like now at the end of the date. And this is chronicled in my book as well. … I did go in for a little kiss and she was nice enough to return it. So it was a highlight. Nice little peck, yes.”
