Laurie Partridge is a main character of The Partridge Family. Laurie is the second child of Shirley Partridge, after Keith and before Danny, Chris and Tracy. Laurie plays the keyboard/ piano in the group along with back up vocals. Laurie is a very intelligent person, and is very into the relevant issues in the world.
Background[]
Laurie once wanted to be a U.N. translator, but gave it up after she learned she'd have to learn a foreign language.[9] She took ballet at some point.[10] Laurie's father died six months before the start of the series. Laurie and her siblings started a garage band, with Laurie as the keyboardist. At some point she went to a sit-in, which caused her to become concerned with social issues.[11] She goes to San Pueblo High School.[12]
On the series[]
After the band's previous singer, Gloria Steineman, comes down with the mumps, Laurie and her siblings talk Shirley into singing Gloria's part on the recordings. With Danny's help, the Partridges get Reuben Kincaid to manage them and get a record deal. Within four months, they're performing at Caesar's Palace. During their first live performance, Laurie and her siblings are paralyzed with stage fright until Shirley tells them to close their eyes and imagine they're still in the garage.
During the first season, the family goes on tour to places including Hawaii,[13] Paris,[14] and Canada.[15]
As of This Male Chauvinist Piggy Went to Market, she doesn't have a driver's license yet.
Looks[]
Laurie is tall, slim with shoulder to medium length brown hair. Laurie has piercing big blue eyes and pale to tanned skin. She has a very clear complexion. Laurie is usually shown to have her hair out and straight but it has occasionally been up in a ponytail or with some waves in it.
Quotes[]
- Don't worry Mom; we'll all be here to help you.[16]
Trivia[]
- Laurie was portrayed by Susan Dey.
- Laurie was the first of the Partridges to say the Partridges' dog's name (which is Simone).[17]
- Laurie has one sister (Tracy) and three brothers (Keith, Danny & Chris).
- Out of all four of Laurie's siblings she appears to be close to all of them but seems to be closest to her older brother Keith.
- Laurie has had braces.[18]
- Out of all her siblings Laurie looks the most like her brother Keith.
- Laurie shared a room with her younger sister Tracy.
- Laurie attends church with her family,[19] but doesn't usually say grace before meals.[20]
- Her school principal is George Clauson.[21]
- Her pediatrician is Ted Michaels.[22]
- Her favorite color is blue.[23]
- As of Trial of the Partridge One, her closest friends are Cindy Brown, Melinda, and Harriet. She used to be good friends with Cindy Fairenholds, but they aren't close anymore.
- ↑ In 25 Words or Less
- ↑ She's 16 in I Am Curious... Partridge
- ↑ Not with My Sister, You Don't
- ↑ You're Only Young Twice
- ↑ For Whom the Bell Tolls... and Tolls... and Tolls
- ↑ Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex... But Couldn't Pronounce
- ↑ The Eleven-Year Itch
- ↑ Me and My Shadow
- ↑ To Play or Not to Play
- ↑ The Partridge Papers
- ↑ What? And Get Out of Show Business?
- ↑ first mentioned in Not with My Sister, You Don't
- ↑ Did You Hear the One About Danny Partridge?
- ↑ Mom Drops Out
- ↑ A Partridge by Any Other Name
- ↑ What? And Get Out of Show Business?
- ↑ But the Memory Lingers On
- ↑ Old Scrapmouth
- ↑ The Red Woodloe Story
- ↑ Ain't Loveth Grand
- ↑ My Son, the Feminist
- ↑ Why Did the Music Stop?
- ↑ In 25 Words or Less