Celebrity Biographies
Florence Henderson
Florence Henderson played the mother of the most popular large family on 1970s sitcoms, “The Brady Bunch.” The veteran actress herself passed away at the age of 82, in Los Angeles, on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2016, surrounded by her family and friends. She “she was a dear friend for many years. She is in my heart forever … I will miss you very much, ”said Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia, her eldest daughter in the series.
Born in Dale (Indiana), on February 14, 1934, Florence Agnes Henderson belonged to a large Catholic family. In the 1950s she traveled to New York, where she studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
He began his journey in the theaters of the Big Apple, forming part of the cast of musicals such as “Oklahoma!” and “South Pacific.” She also participated in a series occasionally. But she began to stand out when she was recruited in 1969 to star in The Brady Bunch , a sitcom in which she played Carol Brady, a widow with three daughters who married a widower, in turn the father of as many children, which gave rise to to small coexistence problems that were always resolved in a friendly way. The series was enormously successful internationally, and is one of the most influential on television, since productions such as the Spanish Los Serrano have a lot to do…
A well- known face, Florence Henderson starred in Song from Norway , a biopic by composer Edvard Grieg. However, this did not have much impact, so she ended up recycling as public relations for the Wesson company, dedicated to vegetable oil.
She only continued to dedicate herself to acting either as a luxury guest in series like Vacations at Sea , or to repeat as Carol Brady in occasional TV movies that brought back the original cast. In 1995 a disappointing film version was shot, with Shelley Long , where she appeared playing the grandmother of the protagonists. She also lavished herself as a variety show host.
Divorced from producer Ira Bernstein, she was together with John Kappas, a psychiatrist with no ties to show business, who helped her fight depression in the 1980s. With the first she had four children.