Jan Brady
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| Jan Brady | |
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| Jan Brady (Eve Plumb) in episode of The Brady Bunch' | |
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Name |
Janet Martin Brady-Covington |
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Birthname |
Janet Martin |
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Birthplace |
San Diego, California, U.S. |
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Occupation |
Student/Artist |
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Episodes/Seasons |
117 episodes over 5 seasons, 1969-74 |
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Relatives/Family |
Mike Brady (step-father) |
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Character played by | |
Janet "Jan" Brady-Covington (née Martin) is the middle Brady daughter and was portrayed by actress Eve Plumb.
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Jan is shown to be very jealous of her beautiful popular older sister Marcia. Jan is insecure about having freckles and wearing glasses, and is embarrassed about the fact she does not have a boyfriend, and even invented a fictional one named "George Glass". Jan always attempted to carve out her niche in the family, or make a name for herself at school. Once, in envy of Marcia, she uttered the now famous catch phrase, "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia". Though Jan is often envious or angry at her oldest sister, Marcia is her best friend. Jan is close to all her siblings, but especially Marcia and Cindy. As a young teen, Jan had a striking resemblance to her great-aunt Jenny (played by Imogene Coca) in her younger days. Jan is sometimes absent-minded, once losing the tube containing her father's architectural plans while visiting King's Island amusement park in Cincinnati. In her later high school years, Jan found she had a talent for painting, which likely led to her career choice as an architect, following in her father's footsteps. It took her a while to find out her own special talent, she tried almost everything, even being a pom pom girl. Once she failed at that she concluded she was no good at anything, until she later discovered her great love of painting.  Jan ended up marrying Phillip Covington. The two met in college, as he was her professor. The two briefly separated, but reconcile. However, they are unable to conceive their own children and in The Bradys adopt a Korean girl named Patty.