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American actress and singer (1934-2016)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1897-12-18
Active to
1952-12-28
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Total plays
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Florence Agnes Henderson (February 14, 1934 – November 24, 2016) was an American actress and singer with a career spanning six decades. She is best remembered for her starring role as matriarch Carol Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974. Henderson also appeared in film as well as on stage and hosted several long-running cooking and variety shows over the years. She appeared as a guest on many scripted and nonscripted (talk and reality show) television programs and as a panel

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Key facts

Born
( 1934-02-14 ) February 14, 1934, Dale, Indiana , U.S.
Died
November 24, 2016 (2016-11-24) (aged 82), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
Burial place
Westwood Village Memorial Park
Alma mater
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupations
Actress singer
Years active
1952–2016
Known for
Carol Brady in The Brady Bunch , Fanny , A Very Brady Christmas , The Bradys
Spouses
Ira Bernstein ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1956 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1985 ) ​ John Kappas ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 ; died 2002 ) ​
Awards
TV Land Pop Culture Award

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Encyclopedic overview

Florence Agnes Henderson (February 14, 1934 – November 24, 2016) was an American singer and actress. With a career spanning six decades, she is best known for her starring role as Carol Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch. Henderson also appeared in film, as well as on stage, and hosted several long-running cooking and variety shows over the years. She appeared as a guest on many scripted and unscripted (talk and reality show) television programs and as a panelist on numerous game shows. Henderson was also a contestant on Dancing with the Stars in 2010.

Henderson hosted her own talk show, The Florence Henderson Show, and cooking show, Who's Cooking with Florence Henderson, on Retirement Living TV during the years leading up to her death at age 82 on Thanksgiving 2016 from heart failure.

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