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'''Jeremy |
'''Jeremy Russell Gelbwaks''' (born May 22, 1961, in [[Los Angeles]]) is an American former child actor who starred in the television series ''[[The Partridge Family]]'' (1970–71).<ref name="Spin"/> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Gelbwaks was the first actor to play the role of Chris Partridge. |
Gelbwaks was the first actor to play the role of Chris Partridge.<ref name=TVGuide>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jeremy-gelbwaks/credits/190145/|title=Jeremy Gelbwaks| website=TVGuide.com|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref> He left the series after the first season, and was replaced by [[Brian Forster]] in the summer of 1971.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Partridge family album | publisher=HarperPerennial | author=Joey Green | year=1994 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/partridgefamilya00gree/page/35 35, 74] | isbn=978-0-06-095075-0 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/partridgefamilya00gree/page/35 }}</ref> According to his ''Partridge Family'' castmate [[David Cassidy]], Gelbwaks "had a personality conflict with every person in the cast, and with the producers".<ref>''C'mon, Get Happy'' Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus by David Cassidy and [[Chip Deffaa]], 1994 DBC Enterprises, [[Warner Books]] Inc, p. 87</ref> In a 2005 interview with the Television Academy Foundation, [[Shirley Jones]] mentioned that Gelbwaks "was not happy doing [the show] ... his parents wanted him to do it, so we replaced him".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/shirley-jones#interview-clips|title=Shirley Jones|date=October 22, 2017}}</ref> |
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Gelbwaks retired from acting when his family moved from California to [[Reston, Virginia]], a suburb of [[Washington, D.C.]], where they resided for a year-and-a-half before moving again to Connecticut, and later to [[Potsdam, New York]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nyheritage.nnyln.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/sunypotsdam/id/11085/rec/91 | title=Recent College Transitions Conference a Success | Northern New York Library Network }}</ref> Gelbwaks graduated from Hermon Dekalb Central School (Hermon, NY) in 1978 and was a member of the National Honor Society.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/sllboces/id/116879/rec/1 | title=Demon_1978_039 }}</ref> His father Norman taught computer science at the [[State University of New York at Potsdam]].<ref name="Spin">{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9_qs_-pof8C&q=%22Jeremy+Gelbwaks%22&pg=PA68 | title=The Partridge Family Tree | work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | date=September 1990 | accessdate=August 20, 2011 | author=Lauren Spencer | pages=67, 68}}</ref> |
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Gelbwaks graduated from college in 1982, and became a computer analyst while studying chemistry at [[UC Berkeley]]. He worked in the computer industry until 1999, studied business at [[Columbia University]], and became a management consultant. He married Patricia Polander, and moved to [[New Orleans]], where he works as a business and technology planner.<ref name="People">{{cite news | url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20106624,00.html | title=By the Way...Whatever Happened to the Other Partridge Kids? | work=People | date=November 1, 1993 | accessdate=August 20, 2011 | author=Tim Allis}}</ref> |
Gelbwaks graduated from college in 1982, and became a computer analyst while studying chemistry at [[UC Berkeley]]. He worked in the computer industry until 1999, studied business at [[Columbia University]], and became a management consultant. He married Patricia Polander, and moved to [[New Orleans]], where he works as a business and technology planner.<ref name="People">{{cite news | url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20106624,00.html | title=By the Way...Whatever Happened to the Other Partridge Kids? | work=People | date=November 1, 1993 | accessdate=August 20, 2011 | author=Tim Allis}}</ref> |
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He appeared in a 1995 ''Partridge Family'' reunion on the [[Danny_Bonaduce#Radio_and_post-Partridge_television|Danny Bonaduce Show]] with his television family (including [[Brian Forster]], who replaced him on the show).{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}} |
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Latest revision as of 18:16, 22 March 2024
Jeremy Gelbwaks | |
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 Jeremy Gelbwaks, c. 1970 | |
| Born | Jeremy Russell Gelbwaks May 22, 1961 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1970–1971 |
Jeremy Russell Gelbwaks (born May 22, 1961, in Los Angeles) is an American former child actor who starred in the television series The Partridge Family (1970–71).[1]
Career[edit]
Gelbwaks was the first actor to play the role of Chris Partridge.[2] He left the series after the first season, and was replaced by Brian Forster in the summer of 1971.[3] According to his Partridge Family castmate David Cassidy, Gelbwaks "had a personality conflict with every person in the cast, and with the producers".[4] In a 2005 interview with the Television Academy Foundation, Shirley Jones mentioned that Gelbwaks "was not happy doing [the show] ... his parents wanted him to do it, so we replaced him".[5]
Gelbwaks retired from acting when his family moved from California to Reston, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C., where they resided for a year-and-a-half before moving again to Connecticut, and later to Potsdam, New York.[6] Gelbwaks graduated from Hermon Dekalb Central School (Hermon, NY) in 1978 and was a member of the National Honor Society.[7] His father Norman taught computer science at the State University of New York at Potsdam.[1]
Gelbwaks graduated from college in 1982, and became a computer analyst while studying chemistry at UC Berkeley. He worked in the computer industry until 1999, studied business at Columbia University, and became a management consultant. He married Patricia Polander, and moved to New Orleans, where he works as a business and technology planner.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Lauren Spencer (September 1990). "The Partridge Family Tree". Spin. pp. 67, 68. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ^ "Jeremy Gelbwaks". TVGuide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ Joey Green (1994). The Partridge family album. HarperPerennial. pp. 35, 74. ISBN 978-0-06-095075-0.
- ^ C'mon, Get Happy Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus by David Cassidy and Chip Deffaa, 1994 DBC Enterprises, Warner Books Inc, p. 87
- ^ "Shirley Jones". October 22, 2017.
- ^ "Recent College Transitions Conference a Success | Northern New York Library Network".
- ^ "Demon_1978_039".
- ^ Tim Allis (November 1, 1993). "By the Way...Whatever Happened to the Other Partridge Kids?". People. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
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