Ann B. Davis
Ann Bradford Davis (May 3, 1926 – June 1, 2014) was an American actress.[1][2] She achieved prominence for her role in the NBC situation comedy The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1959), for which she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, but she was best known for playing the part of Alice Nelson, the housekeeper in ABC's The Brady Bunch (1969–1974).
Ann B. Davis
Early life
Davis was born in Schenectady, New York, the daughter of Marguerite (née Stott) and Cassius Miles Davis.[1] She had an identical twin, Harriet, and an older sister and brother, Elizabeth (1917-1974) and Evans (1921-2005).[3][4] When she was three, she and her family moved to Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania.[2] She graduated from Strong Vincent High School and later from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.[5] She originally enrolled as a pre-medical major; however, she changed her mind and went into drama after seeing her older brother's performance of Oklahoma![2] Davis graduated in 1948 with a degree in drama and speech.[2]
Death
Davis died at the age of 88 on June 1, 2014, at a hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Earlier in the day, she had sustained a subdural hematoma from a fall in her bathroom in her San Antonio residence, in which she lived with Bishop Frey and his wife, Barbara.[23][24][25] Sources close to her say she was in excellent health for her age and that her death was a complete shock.[26] She was cremated and interred in the Saint Helena's Columbarium and Memorial Gardens in Boerne, Texas.[27]