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Ann B. Davis

Highest Rated: 92% Lover Come Back (1961)

Lowest Rated: 64% The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)

Birthday: May 3, 1926

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Birthplace: Schenectady, New York, USA

Character actress Ann B. Davis secured her place in television history with her career-making portrayal of a loyal and loving housekeeper on one of the most iconic sitcoms of all time. She achieved early television success when she was cast as lovelorn secretary Charmaine "Schultzy" Schultz on the popular sitcom "The Bob Cummings Show" (NBC 1955, 1957-59/CBS, 1955-57). After winning a pair of Emmys for her portrayal on the program, Davis went on to appear in such feature films as the Rock Hudson-Doris Day romantic comedy "Lover Come Back" (1961) and as a series regular on the short-lived comedy "The John Forsythe Show" (NBC, 1965-66). It was, however, her role as Alice, the ever faithful, always upbeat live-in maid on "The Brady Bunch" (ABC, 1969-1974) that would eclipse all of Davis' previous professional efforts. Although the family sitcom was never a hit during its original run, it thrived in syndication, forever making Alice a staple of American pop culture. While nearly all of her younger co-stars periodically dropped in and out of later spin-off ventures like the variety show oddity "The Brady Bunch Hour" (ABC, 1977), "The Brady Brides" (NBC, 1981), "A Very Brady Christmas" (CBS, 1988) and "The Bradys" (CBS, 1990), Davis could always be counted upon to return with Alice's unique brand of wit and wisdom. A brief cameo in the hilarious feature film adaptation "The Brady Bunch Movie" (1995) provided Davis with a fitting and fond farewell to the show that made her a household name. Television fans around the world remembered both Davis and her most famous role fondly when she died at the age of 88 on June 1, 2014.

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Highest rated movies

92% 77% Lover Come Back
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64% 47% The Brady Bunch Movie Watchlist
48% A Very Brady Christmas
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46% The Brady Girls Get Married
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The Brady 500
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
64% 47% The Brady Bunch Movie Trucker (Shultzy) (Character) $45.6M 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Brady 500 Alice Nelson (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 48% A Very Brady Christmas Alice Nelson (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 46% The Brady Girls Get Married Alice Nelson (Character) - 1981
92% 77% Lover Come Back Millie (Character) - 1961

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet What Was Carol Brady Thinking? Alice Nelson (Character) 2012-2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Something So Right Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
40% No Score Yet The Bradys Alice Nelson (Character) 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Day by Day Unknown (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Brady Brides Alice Nelson (Character) 1981
78% No Score Yet The Brady Bunch Alice Nelson (Character) 1969-1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Mrs. Foster (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet I've Got a Secret Guest 1958