Eve Plumb Details Childhood Ties to Davy Jones in New Memoir

Actress Eve Plumb, well-known for her position as Jan Brady, detailed her real-life childhood connection to Monkees singer Davy Jones whereas selling her 2026 memoir, “Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond,” throughout a number of interviews in April 2026.

Plumb’s father, Neely Plumb, was a distinguished music govt who signed the Monkees to RCA, main to a private acquaintance among the many younger actress and the pop star earlier than his iconic 1971 look on the sitcom. The actress shared these reflections throughout talks with the Pop Culture Preservation Society and Newsday.

“In my real life, my father had signed the Monkees to RCA in his job,” mentioned Eve Plumb, Actress. “And so I would go and listen to the Monkees record, and Davy Jones used to say, ‘Well you know I’m going to marry you when you grow up.'”

Plumb famous that at 10 or 12 years previous, such a remark felt like a real chance for her future.

“You know, sort of like it seemed like a possibility,” mentioned Eve Plumb, Actress. “You know, you don’t know at 10 or 12, you don’t know how your life is going to be. You have no, you know, you want to grow up, but there’s no idea. There’s nothing to draw on and think about what this might be like.”

The memoir additionally explores the altering social requirements relating to bodily boundaries for little one actors. Plumb recalled situations the place male colleagues would choose her up or contact her with out consent, actions that have been dismissed as well mannered on the time however which she now identifies as problematic.

“I used to think, ‘What’s the big deal?’ But then I started clocking it in my past and in my current life and I realized it really wasn’t OK,” mentioned Eve Plumb, Actress. “As we hopefully grow as a people we realize that perceptions change and realizations change and that unwanted touching is unwanted touching. Because the touch is just the end point of control. So if some guy is putting his hand behind my back to move me forward [on a stage]it’s, like, ‘I can walk, thank you.’ A lot of touching is swept under the rug as being polite or nice. It’s not polite. …And women have [had to learn how] to say no without offending or somehow making it worse.”

The actress described how these behaviors continued into her maturity, significantly throughout her time finding out improvisational comedy.

“Yeah. It’s because I’m small and because a lot of times if you’re an improvised actor that is not well-trained, shall we say, you’re going for the joke, you’re going for the big thing, and the big thing is, ‘I’m going to pick her up!’ …Yeah, no thank you. Don’t record me,” mentioned Eve Plumb, Actress.

Plumb additionally mentioned her well being historical past in the guide, revealing she is in remission from breast most cancers after being identified in the early 2010s. She initially hesitated to share the knowledge however was inspired by household.

“I didn’t ever want to talk about it, and [in the book] I talk about why,” mentioned Eve Plumb, Actress. “But I was encouraged by friends and family to, because it is such a big part of my life. … Enough time had passed where I wouldn’t be so sensitive about it and have to hear people go, ‘Oh, no!’ or, ‘You know what you should do?’ “Now it is over.”

The actress also recalled a minor role on the show “Adam-12” that remains unlisted on major databases, involving a scene at a pool with actor Kent McCord.

“I did. I played a little girl in my string of little-girl-in-peril [roles]. …I’m trying to think now because we didn’t talk about it in the book. …It was a night shoot outside at a pool. They had this dummy that was very frightening because the face was all disintegrated. I guess I fall into the pool and they pull me out and I get mouth-to-mouth [resuscitation] from — was Kent McCord one of the guys?” mentioned Eve Plumb, Actress.

Plumb confirmed the identification of the actor throughout his dialogue with Newsday.

“Yeah. Kent McCord, mouth to mouth. Talk about a man and a little girl in a weird situation,” mentioned Eve Plumb, Actress.

Despite the high-profile company on “The Brady Bunch,” Plumb admitted she was too younger to acknowledge stars like Imogene Coca or Jim Backus on the time.

“I thought I was too young,” mentioned Eve Plumb, Actress.

When requested if she was too younger to bear in mind Jim Backus, she supplied an identical response.

“Yeah. Same,” mentioned Eve Plumb, Actress.

She additional clarified her lack of familiarity with Backus’s earlier work on “Gilligan’s Island” throughout the interview.

“No. I was watching Mary Tyler Moore,” mentioned Eve Plumb, Actress.

Other solid members, nonetheless, have been deeply impressed by the visitor stars. In her 2008 memoir, Maureen McCormick described the joy surrounding Davy Jones’s arrival.

“Davy’s arrival on the set created a buzz greater than any other guest star we had on the show. Davy was a lovely guy, and it was a big deal to have a pop star of his caliber on set.” mentioned Maureen McCormick, Actress.

Davy Jones himself later recalled his strategy to the kid actors in an interview for Pop Goes the Culture TV.

“I just tried to be natural when I talked to them as if I was just Davy Jones, this guy who was visiting,” mentioned Davy Jones, Singer.

Florence Henderson, the late Brady matriarch, additionally shared her admiration for visitor star Joe Namath in Barry Williams’s guide.

“I was crazy about Joe Namath,” mentioned Florence Henderson, Actress.

Henderson recalled a playful interplay with the quarterback on set.

“And he just said, ‘Sure Mrs. Brady,’ and carried me off the set,” mentioned Joe Namath, Athlete.

Christopher Knight, who performed Peter Brady, instructed USA Today that assembly Vincent Price and Jones have been highlights of his time on the sequence.

“Working with Vincent Price was an honor. And Davy Jones. I was a fan of The Monkees,” mentioned Christopher Knight, Actor.

Plumb’s father’s legacy additionally got here up throughout the media tour, with Richard Carpenter of the Carpenters recounting their discovery to NPR.

“His name was Neely Plumb – PLUMB, and I knew that name anyway because … I looked for credits, songwriter credits, producers, all that stuff on records that I’d buy. …I knew his name. And he wanted to know if we were interested in recording,” mentioned Richard Carpenter, Musician.

Plumb described her father’s eclectic skilled style, together with his work with rock bands.

“He signed the Jefferson Airplane, too. He was a very hip dad,” mentioned Eve Plumb, Actress.

Plumb is scheduled to seem at The Next Chapter bookstore in Huntington on May 1, 2026, for a guide signing and dialogue occasion.