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Brady Bunch star Ann B Davis dies at 88 | Brady Bunch star Ann B Davis dies at 88 |
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Ann B Davis, the American actress best known for her role as Alice Nelson, the housekeeper in the TV series The Brady Bunch, has died at the age of 88. | Ann B Davis, the American actress best known for her role as Alice Nelson, the housekeeper in the TV series The Brady Bunch, has died at the age of 88. |
A medical examiner in Texas said Ms Davis had died on Sunday morning. | A medical examiner in Texas said Ms Davis had died on Sunday morning. |
US media reports said she had fallen in her home. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday. | |
The Brady Bunch ran from 1969 to 1974. Ms Davis won two Emmy Awards for an earlier role in the sitcom The Bob Cummings Show. | The Brady Bunch ran from 1969 to 1974. Ms Davis won two Emmy Awards for an earlier role in the sitcom The Bob Cummings Show. |
A friend of Ms Davis, Bishop William Frey, told CNN she had fallen and hit her head, and suffered a subdural hematoma from which she never regained consciousness. | A friend of Ms Davis, Bishop William Frey, told CNN she had fallen and hit her head, and suffered a subdural hematoma from which she never regained consciousness. |
The Brady Bunch was unusual at the time in focusing on a non-traditional family but was never controversial. | The Brady Bunch was unusual at the time in focusing on a non-traditional family but was never controversial. |
It charted the marriage of a widow bringing up three daughters with a widower and his three sons. | |
Ms Davis once wrote of the show: "Wouldn't we all love to have belonged to a perfect family, with brothers and sisters to lean on and where every problem is solved in 23 and a half minutes?" | Ms Davis once wrote of the show: "Wouldn't we all love to have belonged to a perfect family, with brothers and sisters to lean on and where every problem is solved in 23 and a half minutes?" |
Her role as Charmaine "Schultzy" Schultz on The Bob Cummings Show ran from 1955 to 1959. | Her role as Charmaine "Schultzy" Schultz on The Bob Cummings Show ran from 1955 to 1959. |
It earned her a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 1960, in addition to her two Emmys. | It earned her a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 1960, in addition to her two Emmys. |
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