Susan Dey
Susan Dey also began her career as a model before she got the role of Laurie Partridge on The Partridge Family, a role she got when she was only 17 years old and with no prior acting experience. The successful show aired for four years between 1970 and 1974. After that, Dey moved on to film for a bit, before returning to television where she has starred in a number of shows such as L.A. Law, a role which she also won a Golden Globe Award for!
Susan Dey
Lola Falana
Lola Falana actually got her first gig as a dancer when she was only sixteen years old, given to her by the notorious Queen of Blues, Dinah Washington, who was extremely influential in fostering Falana’s career. Even more influential was Sammy Davis Jr, who she was not only a chorus girl for but who also cast Falana in her first film role in A Man Called Adam in 1966. In 1970 Falana decided to break away from Davis Jr. because she wanted to make a name for herself on her own, and she soon got her first American film debut in the Liberation of L.B. Falana has since had a very successful career, but since being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1987, she stopped performing two years later.
Lola Falana
