Who is husband of actress Susan Dey?”
Susan Dey (born December 10, 1952 in Pekin, Illinois) is an American actress, known primarily for her roles in film and television. She was born Susan Hallock Smith, and later adopted her mother’s maiden name as her professional name. She graduated from Fox Lane High School in Bedford, New York. Dey is best known for her roles as eldest daughter Laurie Partridge on the 1970s sitcom The Partridge Family, and as a California assistant district attorney and judge, Grace Van Owen, on the dramatic series L.A. Law, a role she played from 1986 to 1992. Dey was married to Lenny Hirshan from 1976-1981. They had one daughter, Sarah Hirshan (born 1978). Dey has been married to her second husband, television producer Bernard Sofronski, since 1988. She serves as a board member of the Rape Treatment Center at UCLA Medical Center and co-narrated a documentary on campus rape with her L.A. Law co-star, Corbin Bernsen.
Susan Dey’s father was Robert Smith Dey – son of Maurice R. Dey – and her mother was Ruth Pyle Doremus – daughter of Edmund Doremus. Susan’s mother died when she was 8 and her father remarried. It was Susan’s stepmother, Gail, who submitted her picture to a modeling agency launching her career. Susan did not take her stepmother’s maiden name – her name has always been Susan Dey.
