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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

Ann Bradford Davis

(1926-05-03)May 3, 1926
Schenectady, New York, U.S.

June 1, 2014(2014-06-01) (aged 88)

Actress

1953–1997

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]

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