Florence Henderson | |
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![]() Henderson in 2012 | |
Born | Florence Agnes Henderson February 14, 1934 Dale, Indiana, U.S. |
Died | November 24, 2016 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 82)
Resting place | Westwood Village Memorial Park |
Alma mater | American Academy of Dramatic Arts |
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Years active | 1952–2016 |
Known for | Carol Brady in The Brady Bunch Fanny A Very Brady Christmas The Bradys |
Spouses | Ira Bernstein
(m. 1956; div. 1985)John Kappas
(m. 1987; died 2002) |
Children | 4 |
Awards | TV Land Pop Culture Award |
Florence Agnes Henderson (February 14, 1934 – November 24, 2016) was an American 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. She was 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.[1]