Ann Davis, housekeeper Alice in The Brady Bunch, dies, aged 88
Emmy-winning actress Ann Davis, who became America's favourite and most famous housekeeper as the devoted Alice Nelson of The Brady Bunch, has died in a San Antonio hospital. She was 88.
Emmy-winning actress Ann Davis, who became America's favourite and most famous housekeeper as the devoted Alice Nelson of The Brady Bunch, has died in a San Antonio hospital. She was 88.
A Texas health official said Davis died on Sunday morning at University Hospital. She said no cause of death was available but an autopsy was scheduled.
But Bill Frey, a retired bishop and a long-time friend of Davis (pictured), said she suffered a fall on Saturday in her San Antonio home and never recovered. Frey said Davis had lived with him and his wife, Barbara, since 1976.
More than a decade before playing the Bradys' loyal Alice, Davis was the razor-tongued secretary on another TV sitcom, The Bob Cummings Show, which brought her two Emmys.
Over the years, she also appeared in Broadway shows and in several movies.
Davis considered her "ordinary" look an asset.