In real life, Henderson was described as fun-loving and having a bawdy sense of humor. The archetypal mother figure, Carol was ingrained in the imaginations of millions of viewers. The role of Carol would be something Henderson, who passed away in 2016, would be associated with for the remainder of her life. Davis), Mike’s live-in housekeeper, and the boy’s dog, Tiger. Also ensconced in the shag-carpeted abode was Alice Nelson (Ann B. Mike was a widowed architect and the story of Carol’s first marriage was never fully explained, but the blended group took up residence in a sprawling two-story house – designed by Mike – in a suburb of Los Angeles. Mike’s children were three boys: Greg (Barry Williams), Peter (Christopher Knight) and Bobby (Mike Lookinland), and Carol’s three daughters were Marcia ( Maureen McCormick), Jan (Eve Plumb) and Cindy (Susan Olsen). The show followed the day-to-day lives of the Bradys, a blended family of six children thanks to the marriage of Mike Brady ( Robert Reed) to Carol Martin (Florence Henderson). The series went into syndication in 1975 and has become a rerun staple of cable television. The Brady Bunch aired from September 1969 through March 1974 on ABC and was created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz. For all the sweet-natured shenanigans of the Bradys, off-screen there was drug use, intimate relationships between the cast, hidden sexuality and disputes over storylines. Like many of Hollywood’s classic small-screen series of the late 1960s and early 1970s, the behind-the-scenes goings-on and cast relationships made for far juicier stories than ever appeared on air. Even when the blended clan of six children that made up the majority of The Brady Bunch did something wrong, it resulted in teachable lessons often delivered by squeaky-clean, caring parents Carol and Mike. On television, they were the epitome of the wholesome family.
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