Sally Jesse

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Brady Bunch's Alice Dies

Jun 2, 2014·34 visitors

Terry Clouth

Cohost

Stage· 87 messages

Jun 2, 2014

Join us as we commemorate and discuss the tragic passing of a beloved TV icon.

Sally Jesse · 4:55 PM

Hello!

Terry Clouth · 4:55 PM

Hello, Sally

Terry Clouth · 4:55 PM

Two amazing women were lost in the last week

Sally Jesse · 4:55 PM

The death of beloved Ann B Davis is so shocking to everyone!

Terry Clouth · 4:55 PM

Very influential in their own way...

Sally Jesse · 4:55 PM

So sad.

Sally Jesse · 4:56 PM

She had many other accomplishments other than the Brady Bunch.

Terry Clouth · 4:56 PM

maya Angelou and now Alice from the Brady Bunch...my life will never be the same

Sally Jesse · 4:56 PM

Indeed

Terry Clouth · 4:56 PM

did she? I wasn't aware of Ann B. Davis' career outside of Brady bunch

Sally Jesse · 4:57 PM

She won two Emmys for her supporting role in the bob cummings show

Terry Clouth · 4:57 PM

As the housekeeper for the Brady's from 1969-1974...she seemed pretty fulfilled...

Terry Clouth · 4:57 PM

I didn't know that...

Sally Jesse · 4:57 PM

best known for everything Brady bunch though. What a swell housekeeper for all of those kids!

Terry Clouth · 4:58 PM

Yes and the perfect man for her was Sam the butcher who was actually only on the show 8 times!!

Sally Jesse · 4:58 PM

Ann B Davis wanted to be a doctor, but then discovered acting and never looked back

Sally Jesse · 4:58 PM

so sweet those two

Terry Clouth · 4:58 PM

Many over the years have speculated that Ann was actually gay.

Sally Jesse · 4:59 PM

And what abouther twin sister in the military?

Terry Clouth · 4:59 PM

And despite never coming out...she also never was married...

Sally Jesse · 4:59 PM

We may never know for sure, but it is a possibility. There surely have been many celebrities over the years who ended up being gay and no one had a clue!

Terry Clouth · 4:59 PM

Oh, yea, on Brady Bunch she played a sister of her's that was a Master Sgt in the Women's Army Corp...pretty progressive for the early 70'[s

Sally Jesse · 5:00 PM

very!

Sally Jesse · 5:00 PM

Maybe her way of trying to "come out?"

Terry Clouth · 5:00 PM

You are correct...I thought so too.

Sally Jesse · 5:01 PM

And Mike Brady...

Terry Clouth · 5:01 PM

Mike Brady, played by Robert Reed was the pyre of a fatherly figure...

Terry Clouth · 5:01 PM

turned out the late Robert Reed was gay also.

Sally Jesse · 5:01 PM

No one ever knew that!

Terry Clouth · 5:02 PM

NO, it was a huge suprise to the general public when the Brady Dad died of aids.

Sally Jesse · 5:02 PM

It would have been shocking to the U.S. if such a wholesome family to include two gay actors..

Sally Jesse · 5:02 PM

True! Goes to show...

Terry Clouth · 5:02 PM

Oh yea, my parents would have vapor locked over Mike Brady and Alice being gay!!

Sally Jesse · 5:03 PM

People nowadays would be much more accepting of Mike Brady and Alice Nelson

Sally Jesse · 5:03 PM

or Ann B Davis and Robert Reed

Terry Clouth · 5:03 PM

40 years of progress...yaya

Sally Jesse · 5:03 PM

lol

Terry Clouth · 5:04 PM

Having never been married, and living with another woman for several years of her life pretty much tells Ann B. Davis' story...

Terry Clouth · 5:04 PM

Her generation couldn't come out

Sally Jesse · 5:04 PM

Yes

Sally Jesse · 5:04 PM

Nope. Just think of living with a secret like that for your entire life

Terry Clouth · 5:04 PM

Keep it quiet and it's okay...that would suck

Sally Jesse · 5:04 PM

Exactly

Sally Jesse · 5:05 PM

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Sally Jesse · 5:05 PM

Sorry, had to see what that button did:)

Terry Clouth · 5:05 PM

Fortunately in a unfortunate kind of way, AIDS opened a LOT of eyes

Terry Clouth · 5:05 PM

LOL

Terry Clouth · 5:05 PM

at you not the comment

Sally Jesse · 5:06 PM

Very true. At least people are now aware and taking precautions so they do not end up like robert reed

Terry Clouth · 5:06 PM

Or the many other unfortunate souls that were caught off guard by that horrible disease.

Sally Jesse · 5:06 PM

Dead... Not gay! lol

Sally Jesse · 5:06 PM

exactly. Now we know

Sally Jesse · 5:07 PM

Such a shocking way for Ann B Davis to dies though... She had a fall, hit her head and didn't make it. They said she was ni great health

Terry Clouth · 5:07 PM

The character of Sam the Butcher on Brady Bunch was actually created because of the stygma and Ann's demeanour

Sally Jesse · 5:07 PM

Oh wow. Did not know that. Fitting...

Terry Clouth · 5:08 PM

The producers felt that she needed to be more feminine so they gave her a boyfriend

Sally Jesse · 5:08 PM

Awwww. Producers alwqays know best...

Terry Clouth · 5:08 PM

If you watched the show at all...she was always playing basketball with the kids or something not feminine in those days

Sally Jesse · 5:08 PM

They just didn't want their ratings to suffer from the rumors

Sally Jesse · 5:09 PM

Yes, but her part was written by others, not herself. MAybe they had a hunch... maybe coincidence

Terry Clouth · 5:09 PM

Oh, the kids did enough damage with out gay rumors...

Sally Jesse · 5:09 PM

Lol. True. Marcia Marcia Marcia Brady!

Terry Clouth · 5:09 PM

She actually wrote in the Emma character, her sister in the Army.

Sally Jesse · 5:10 PM

Oh well that is nice.

Terry Clouth · 5:10 PM

It seemed like we heard about Greg Brady doing nearly all of the women on the cast...except Alice\

Sally Jesse · 5:10 PM

Probably a great outlet for her

Sally Jesse · 5:10 PM

Lol. Greg Brady the pimp

Terry Clouth · 5:10 PM

He admits today that he was a hound on the set

Sally Jesse · 5:11 PM

Why not? Young, attractive guy...

Sally Jesse · 5:11 PM

Watch out for Mike Brady, Greg! HAHA

Terry Clouth · 5:11 PM

OH yea, and think about the time frame...1969 to 1974...free love was ...well, freee

Sally Jesse · 5:12 PM

Make love, not war:)

Terry Clouth · 5:12 PM

It's rather surprising that there were no MORE tragic deaths coming out of that show...

Sally Jesse · 5:12 PM

true

Terry Clouth · 5:12 PM

based on the time period and age group of the actors

Sally Jesse · 5:12 PM

and possible drug use...

Sally Jesse · 5:12 PM

alleged even?

Terry Clouth · 5:13 PM

Oh, you know there was pot galore on that set...it was the cool thing to do back then.\

Sally Jesse · 5:13 PM

Yep.

Terry Clouth · 5:13 PM

I just wonder if Alice was ever stoned while she was sweeping the patio or cooking a roast that she got from Sam the Butcher...

Sally Jesse · 5:13 PM

It was such a pleasure tawking with you Terry!

Sally Jesse · 5:14 PM

Lol. Very possible!

Terry Clouth · 5:14 PM

It's always fun...

Sally Jesse · 5:14 PM

Probably made the food taste better

Sally Jesse · 5:14 PM

Until next time:)

Terry Clouth · 5:15 PM

Ann B. Davis...rest in peace Dear Alice...