No other small-screen matriarch tops more “best TV mom” lists than the shag-coiffed, “O Come All Ye Faithful”-warbling, perpetually cheery Mrs. Carol Brady (Florence Henderson). The Brady ...

Florence Henderson, who died at 82 on Thursday night, ... Phylicia Rashad was a quintessential TV mom as Clair Huxtable on "The Cosby Show." Alan Singer / NBC Universal.

Florence Henderson, who starred in TV’s ‘The Brady Bunch,’ dies at 82. November 25, ... ran on ABC-TV from 1969 to 1974. The show never cracked the top 25 in ratings, ...

The actress universalized 'The Brady Bunch' and opened the door to audiences who may not have been able to connect to the show otherwise. Remembering Florence Henderson: Critic's Notebook ...

Her one-time TV daughter, Maureen McCormick of “Brady Bunch” fame, was a contestant on the show this season. Henderson herself was a contender on the show in 2010. Popular on Variety ...

Long before she became a TV-perfected mother on "The Brady Bunch," Florence Henderson was a precocious musical theater star. The youngest of 10 children, she left home at 17 and at 19 landed the ...

Florence Henderson was a Broadway star at the age of 20 and was chosen by composer Richard Rodgers to tour in "Oklahoma!" while she was still in her teens, but a mid-career TV detour would put ...

Florence Henderson, the mother of “The Brady Brunch,” died Thursday night in Los Angeles after suffering heart failure. She was 82. She will be best remembered for her TV family that was both ...

Florence Henderson, who wrangled six unruly kids in a blended family on TV's "The Brady Bunch," died Thursday night. She was 82. Kayla Pressman, Henderson's manager, said the actress died of heart ...

As her TV career blossomed with "The Brady Bunch," Henderson also began to make frequent TV guest appearances. She was the first woman to host "The Tonight Show" for the vacationing Johnny Carson.

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Florence Henderson, the actress who defined the television mom of the modern era with her starring role in "The Brady Bunch," has died. She was 82.