Ann B. Davis (Alice from The Brady Bunch) dies at age 88
06-01-14, 06:27 PM
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Ann B. Davis (Alice from The Brady Bunch) dies at age 88
http://www.deadline.com/2014/06/ann-...ch-alice-dead/
The Emmy-winning actress best known as Alice from The Brady Bunch died Sunday after suffering a subdural hematoma in a fall, reports CNN. She was 88. Years before she kept house for a man named Brady, his lovely wife, and their unconventional brood of children, Ann Bradford Davis rose to prominence in 1955 playing Charmaine ‘Schultzy’ Schultz on The Bob Cummings Show. The role earned her four Emmy nominations and two wins, and within five years she garnered her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Davis also performed on The John Forsythe Show and in films like Lover Come Back and All Hands On Deck before establishing the most iconic character of her career: Alice Nelson, the housekeeper to the Brady Bunch. She played the character from from 1969 to 1974 and reprised the role in The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, spinoff The Brady Brides, and reunion movies The Brady Girls Get Married and A Very Brady Christmas.
She lived a long life, but sucks she died from injuries from a fall.
The Emmy-winning actress best known as Alice from The Brady Bunch died Sunday after suffering a subdural hematoma in a fall, reports CNN. She was 88. Years before she kept house for a man named Brady, his lovely wife, and their unconventional brood of children, Ann Bradford Davis rose to prominence in 1955 playing Charmaine ‘Schultzy’ Schultz on The Bob Cummings Show. The role earned her four Emmy nominations and two wins, and within five years she garnered her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Davis also performed on The John Forsythe Show and in films like Lover Come Back and All Hands On Deck before establishing the most iconic character of her career: Alice Nelson, the housekeeper to the Brady Bunch. She played the character from from 1969 to 1974 and reprised the role in The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, spinoff The Brady Brides, and reunion movies The Brady Girls Get Married and A Very Brady Christmas.
She lived a long life, but sucks she died from injuries from a fall.
06-01-14, 06:42 PM
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06-01-14, 07:07 PM
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06-01-14, 07:24 PM
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OK, more seriously, here's an Ann B. Davis fun fact:
Before the Brady Bunch, Davis was on the Bob Cummings Show. Cummings played Bob Collins, a womanizing photographer, and Davis played Schultzy, his secretary who secretly pined for him. The Bob Cummings Show -- which ran from 1955 through 1959, was the first ever mid-season replacement.
So, a few years later, Stan Lee and an artist named Don Heck are creating Iron Man and they decide Iron Man needs a secretary who secretly pines for him. So Stan and Don create Pepper Potts, modelling her after Ann B. Davis (seriously -- in her first few appearances, Heck drew Potts to look just like Davis, though they changed her look 4 or 5 issues into the run). Pepper, of course, is the character played by Gwyneth Paltrow in the Iron Man movies.
Before the Brady Bunch, Davis was on the Bob Cummings Show. Cummings played Bob Collins, a womanizing photographer, and Davis played Schultzy, his secretary who secretly pined for him. The Bob Cummings Show -- which ran from 1955 through 1959, was the first ever mid-season replacement.
So, a few years later, Stan Lee and an artist named Don Heck are creating Iron Man and they decide Iron Man needs a secretary who secretly pines for him. So Stan and Don create Pepper Potts, modelling her after Ann B. Davis (seriously -- in her first few appearances, Heck drew Potts to look just like Davis, though they changed her look 4 or 5 issues into the run). Pepper, of course, is the character played by Gwyneth Paltrow in the Iron Man movies.
Alice.
06-01-14, 07:48 PM
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06-01-14, 08:22 PM
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06-01-14, 08:50 PM
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Re: Ann B. Davis (Alice from The Brady Bunch) dies at age 88
As a youngster I was so disappointed to find out she really wasn't interested in Sam the butcher's meat... she was more of a vagetarian.
06-01-14, 09:03 PM
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She was a really good comedic actress. She was a key ingredient in the success of The Brady Bunch.
It's a shame that she died due to complications from a fall. Sounds like she would have lived well past 90 otherwise.
She sure left her mark on TV history, though.
It's a shame that she died due to complications from a fall. Sounds like she would have lived well past 90 otherwise.
She sure left her mark on TV history, though.
06-01-14, 09:09 PM
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06-01-14, 09:16 PM
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06-01-14, 09:21 PM
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06-02-14, 01:33 AM
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What a shame, especially since she was supposedly quite healthy before falling.
Survived by her twin sister, too.
RIP
Survived by her twin sister, too.
RIP
06-02-14, 05:28 AM
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