From that year on the Brady Bunch was watched by millions of kids all over America everyday in the afternoon after school and the show became a part of Americana.
The Brady Bunch featured nine main characters including the six kids, the mom and dad and Alice the housekeeper and today half of all Americans can sing at least part of the Brady Bunch theme song.
This is where the nine actors who portrayed the main characters from the show are today.
Brady Bunch Cast: Where Are They Now?
Florence Henderson who played mom Carol Brady
Florence Henderson appeared in well over 100 movies and TV shows in her career but will always best be remembered as mom Carol Brady. Florence Henderson was the youngest of ten children and she had four children of her own. Florence Henderson passed away on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 24, 2016, from heart failure while surrounded by her four children at the age of 82.
Robert Reed who played dad Mike Brady
Robert Reed was a Shakespearean trained actor who will also be best remembered as dad Mike Brady. Reed was admittedly gay though he was married for two years early in his career and had a daughter Caroline who was born in 1958 and was never thrilled about his role on the Brady Bunch. He was fired after the 5th season but the show was canceled before he could be replaced.
Gene Hackman was originally considered for the role of Mike Brady in 1969 but was deemed to inexperienced for the part. Robert Reed died of colon cancer in 1992 at age 59 while suffering from AIDS.
Ann B. Davis as Alice Nelson the maid
Ann B. Davis was the joking maid Alice Nelson on the show who almost always appeared wearing her blue maid's uniform. Though she appeared in a few other TV shows and films Ann B. Davis' career was mainly Alice from the Brady Bunch. Ann B. Davis has a twin sister named Harriet.
On June 1, 2014, Ann B. Davis suffered a subdural hematoma from a fall in her bathroom, and died a short while later at a hospital in San Antonio, Texas. She was 88 years old.
Barry Williams as oldest son and child Greg Brady
Barry Williams was born in 1954 and his whole career has revolved around his role as Greg Brady. Williams has gotten work since the Brady Bunch but mostly so shows ans movies could say "Yes that's Greg Brady" in their show or movie. In 2010 Barry Williams landed a role in the low budget mockbuster film Mega Piranha which mocks Piranha 3-D.
Maureen McCormick as oldest daughter Marcia Brady
With her all-American good looks Maureen McCormick was probably the real star of the Brady Bunch and certainly the favorite character of adolescent males who watched the show. In 2008 she published her autobiography entitled Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice.
Today Maureen McCormick who was born in 1956 still has her beautiful all-American looks.
Christopher Knight as Peter Brady
Christopher Knight played middle son Peter Brady and since the show has become a successful businessman and done numerous guest appearances on TV and reality shows and today is married to Adrianne Curry who was the first winner of America's Top Model from its inaugural 2003 season.
Eve Plumb as Jan Brady
Eve Plumb played middle daughter Jan who was best known for her jealousy of older sister Marcia and her classic whining line of "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia" which has was hilarious and has been parodied countless times including on Saturday Night Live. Today Eve Plumb is an artist and had a rock band named after her called Eve's Plumb.
Mike Lookinland as youngest son Bobby Brady
Mike Lookinland played youngest son Bobby Brady who always getting into trouble as plots for the show. Lookinland did around 30 television commercials before the Brady Bunch and was in the 1974 movie The Towering Inferno but has had no real career since the show and was arrested for DUI in 1997 in Utah. He married in in 1987 and has two sons and does some stage and camera work on movies.
Susan Olsen as youngest daughter and child Cindy Brady
Susan Olsen played lisping youngest daughter Cindy Brady. After the show Olsen was a deejay for a bit and today is an animal welfare advocate who watches over unwanted kittens until they are adopted. Olsen has sometimes been rumored to have been an adult film star.
Today she lives in LA with her son who has Asperger's Syndrome which is generally a milder form of autism.
Sources: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001658/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001341/
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/entertainers/child-stars/michael-lookinland/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brady_Bunch
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