The connection to 'The Brady Bunch' may have made McCormick famous, but it might also have been her Achilles' heel. She was so closely identified with the role that she struggled to find work elsewhere when the show was over and found herself returning to play Marcia time and again in special episodes during the 1980s. She's had some small film roles, but she never achieved the superstardom that was forecast for her.
McCormick has been open about the issues she faced when 'The Brady Bunch' finished, and they will also have impacted her career prospects. She developed an addiction to both cocaine and Methaqualone shortly after the end of the show's original run and would routinely turn up for auditions on drugs and deprived of sleep. For this reason, she lost out on a part in the 1984 'Indiana Jones' movie 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.' She battled her addictions for years before getting help in the 1990s and settling down with her husband.
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.