She starred as the red-headed, freckle-faced Tracy Partridge in the 70’s TV sitcom, “The Partridge Family.” Born March 6, 1963 in Fullerton, California, Suzanne Crough Condray passed away in Laughlin, Nevada, on Monday at the age of 52.
Though she did some TV work including cartoon voiceovers, commercials and a few movies afterwards, she was forever identified with her “Partridge Family” role. In 1993 she told People she was proof that some child stars could leave Hollywood and go on to live a normal life.
“There is life after acting,” Suzanne told the magazine.
But that wasn’t to say she didn’t miss acting from time to time.
“When I saw ‘A League of Their Own,’ I said, ‘I could’ve been in that picture.’ It would’ve been fun.”
Following her role on “The Partridge Family,” Suzanne appeared in several TV shows including “Wonder Woman,” “Mulligan’s Stew,” and “Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway.” Her last on-screen role was in the 1980 film “Children of Divorce.”
“I still say I would love to go back to acting, but after my kids are older,” she said in an online interview in 2000. “You can’t just drop everything and go out on a call and keep a stable life.”
When she appeared on NBC’s “Today Show” with some of her “Partridge” costars in 2010, she revealed she had left the limelight for good and was working as a manager of an Office Max in Arizona.
Suzanne’s husband is attorney William Condray. The couple has two daughters, Samantha and Alexandra, one of whom is getting married this summer.
It’s still unclear what caused her death, but a family member said it was sudden. Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg said an autopsy’s scheduled for Wednesday.
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