Editing Susan Dey (section)

==Career==
[[File:Partridge Family first cast 1970.JPG|thumb|left|''The Partridge Family'', season 1. L-R: [[Shirley Jones]], Jeremy Gelbwaks, [[Suzanne Crough]], Susan Dey, [[Danny Bonaduce]] and [[David Cassidy]]]]Dey began her professional life as a model. Her first modeling break was the cover photo of a booklet by Pursettes tampons on first facts of menstruation for young girls, "Getting to Know Yourself."{{Citation needed |date=February 2024}} 

She was cast as Laurie Partridge in the television series ''[[The Partridge Family]]'' from 1970 to 1974.<ref name="TVGuide">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/susan-dey/credits/175720/|title=Susan Dey| website=TV Guide|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Partridge Family (TV Show) 1970|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-partridge-family/100506/|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|website=TV Guide|access-date=18 August 2018}}</ref> She was 17 when she won the part with no previous acting experience. She briefly reprised that role for the [[Hanna-Barbera]] animated series, [[Partridge Family 2200 A.D.]] for two episodes, before being replaced by [[Sherry Alberoni]]. She returned to weekly network television in 1977 as the co-star of the short-lived sitcom ''[[Loves Me, Loves Me Not (TV series)|Loves Me, Loves Me Not]]''.<ref name="TVGuide" />

Dey's first film role was as a passenger in the 1972 airline hijack movie ''[[Skyjacked (film)|Skyjacked]]'', starring [[Charlton Heston]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Skyjacked (1972)|url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/31483|author=Soares, Emily|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] (TCM)|website=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> 
In a 1977 made-for-television movie, ''[[Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night]]'', she portrayed a disturbed young mother with serious psychological problems who begins to take them out on her toddler daughter.<ref name="TVGuide" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977)|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4706/mary-jane-happer-cried-last-night|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] (TCM)|website=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> Also in 1977, Dey starred opposite [[William Katt]] in ''[[First Love (1977 film)|First Love]]'', directed by [[Joan Darling]]<ref name="TVGuide" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/05/archives/first-love-film-of-the-70s-misogynistic-on-ugly-affair.html|author=Maslin, Janet|website=[[The New York Times]]|title=''First Love'', Film of the 70's, Misogynistic on Ugly Affair|date=5 November 1977}}</ref> and appeared in the ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'' episode "Testament of Power" (1977).

Dey co-starred with [[Albert Finney]] in the 1981 science-fiction film ''[[Looker]]'', written and directed by [[Michael Crichton]].<ref name="TVGuide" /> She had a leading role in 1986's ''[[Echo Park (1986 film)|Echo Park]]'' as a struggling waitress-actress who takes a job as a [[stripper]] delivering [[singing telegrams]].<ref name="TVGuide" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/echo-park-1986|author=Ebert, Roger|title=Echo Park (1986)|website=RogerEbert.com|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|date=25 April 1986}}</ref> She starred on ''[[L.A. Law]]'' from 1986 through 1992 as Los Angeles County deputy district attorney Grace Van Owen, who later became a judge.<ref name="TVGuide" /> She won a [[Golden Globe Award]] as Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Series for the role in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama (1988)|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1988/all#category-33|website=GoldenGlobes.com|publisher=[[Golden Globe Award]]s|access-date=16 August 2018|archive-date=March 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324130838/https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1988/all#category-33|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was also nominated in each of the following four years. She was also nominated for the [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1987, 1988, and 1989.<ref>{{cite web|title=39th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners : OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES - 1987|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1987/outstanding-lead-actress-in-a-drama-series|website=Emmys.com|publisher=[[Emmy Award]]s|access-date=31 January 2019}}</ref>
[[File:Susan Dey 1990 Annual Emmy Awards.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Dey at the 1990 [[Emmy Awards]]]]
She hosted a 1992 episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. Later that year, she co-starred in the sitcom ''[[Love & War (TV series)|Love & War]]''.<ref name="TVGuide" /> Although the show ran until 1995, Dey was replaced in 1993 by [[Annie Potts]] because producers reportedly felt she had "no chemistry" with co-star [[Jay Thomas]].<ref>''[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present]]'' Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 705. 0-345-45542-8</ref> In 1993, Dey produced and starred in ''[[Lies and Lullabies|Lies & Lullabies]]'' (later released on DVD as ''[[Lies and Lullabies|Sad Inheritance]]''), where she played a pregnant cocaine addict.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/reviews/abc-sunday-night-movie-lies-and-lullabies-1200431766/|author=Scott, Tony|title=ABC Sunday Night Movie ''Lies and Lullabies''|website=Variety|publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=11 March 1993}}</ref>

Dey was mentioned in [[Shirley Jones]]'s memoir as the only cast member who "consistently refused" to take part in ''Partridge Family'' reunions.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nguyen|first1=Vi-An|title=7 Surprising Secrets of the Partridge Family Cast from Shirley Jones's Memoir|url=http://parade.com/58537/viannguyen/7-surprising-secrets-of-the-partridge-family-cast-from-shirley-joness-memoir/|website=Parade.com|date=July 29, 2013|publisher=Parade Publications|access-date=April 29, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512172504/http://parade.com/58537/viannguyen/7-surprising-secrets-of-the-partridge-family-cast-from-shirley-joness-memoir/|archive-date=May 12, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 1972, Dey was credited as the author of a book titled ''Susan Dey's Secrets on Boys, Beauty and Popularity''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Susan Dey's secrets on boys, beauty, & popularity|first=Susan|last=Dey|date=May 10, 1972|publisher=Scholastic Book Service|df=mdy-all}}</ref>