<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1953--1997 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> The Bob Cummings Show The Brady Bunch </Td> </Tr> <P> Ann Bradford Davis (May 3, 1926--June 1, 2014) was an American actress . She achieved prominence for her role in the NBC situation comedy The Bob Cummings Show (1955--1959), for which she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, but she was best known for playing the part of Alice Nelson, the housekeeper in ABC's The Brady Bunch (1969--1974). </P> <P> Davis was born in Schenectady, New York, the daughter of Marguerite (née Stott) and Cassius Miles Davis . She had an identical twin, Harriet, and an older brother, Evans . When she was three, she and her family moved to Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania . She graduated from Strong Vincent High School and later from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor . She originally enrolled as a pre-medical major; however, she changed her mind and went into drama after seeing her older brother's performance of Oklahoma! Davis graduated in 1948 with a degree in drama and speech . </P>

Actress who played alice on the brady bunch