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| Ann B. Davis |
Ann Branford Davis, the actress who played the sometimes wacky housekeeper who maintained law and order on “The Brady Bunch,” has died on Sunday morning after falling at her San Antonio home.
Episcopal Bishop William C. Frey, a close friend of Davis, said she she hit her head and suffered a subdural hematoma during a rough fall in a bathroom on Saturday and never woke up, according to CNN.
The couple Davis had been living with at a religious commune told TMZ she was a healthy 88-year-old and even walked downstairs to say goodnight before going to bed.
Her path as an actress took charge after a performance of "Oklahoma" featuring her brother, Evan, changed her ambitions while attending University of Michigan as a pre-med student.
The actress gained notoriety in the 1950s for her regular role as Charmaine "Schultzy" Schultz on "The Bob Cummings Show" and won two Emmys.
She appeared in every episode of the Brady Bunch sitcom during its five-year run on the ABC network as a witty maid for the big household.
In a 2004 interview with the Archive of American Television, Davis looked toward her own life while creating a backstory for Alice.
"It was close to my family as Alice would ever get," Davis said.
She continued to act even when the Brady Bunch ended in 1974 and appeared in several reunions for the show.
She joined the Episcopal community and traveled the country with Frey for church activities.
Her church is arranging her funeral. Davis was born in Schenectady, New York on May 3, 1926.
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