Florence Henderson
Florence Henderson at the 1989 Emmy Awards
Born	February 14, 1934 Dale, Indiana

Florence Agnes Henderson (b. February 14, 1934) is an American actress and singer best known for playing the role of Carol Brady in the television program The Brady Bunch, which ran from 1969 to 1974. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dale is a town located in Spencer County, Indiana. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... See also: 1968 in television, other events of 1969, 1970 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1969-70 American network television schedule. ... See also: 1973 in television, other events of 1974, 1975 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1974-75 American network television schedule. ...

Biography

Born in Dale, Indiana as one of 10 children in a Roman Catholic tobacco farmer's household, Florence Henderson graduated from St. Francis Academy in Owensboro, Kentucky in 1951; shortly thereafter, she went to New York City, enrolling in the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Dale is a town located in Spencer County, Indiana. ... Owensboro is the third largest city in Kentucky and the county seat of Daviess County. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with campuses located at 120 Madison Avenue in New York City (in a landmark building designed by famed architect Stanford White as the original Colony Club) and 1336 North La Brea Avenue in Hollywood (in a...

Henderson started her career on the stage, performing in musicals, such as the touring production of Oklahoma! and South Pacific at Lincoln Center. She debuted on Broadway in Wish You Were Here in 1952, and later starred in such notable shows as Fanny (1954), and The Girl Who Came to Supper (1963). In 1962, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. Oklahoma! (1943) was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (see Rodgers and Hammerstein). ... South Pacific is a musical play, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, that opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, and ran for more than five years. ... The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Wish You Were Here is a musical with a book by Arthur Kober and Joshua Logan and music and lyrics by Harold Rome. ... Original cast recording Fanny is a musical with a book by S. N. Behrman and Joshua Logan and music and lyrics by Harold Rome. ... Original cast recording The Girl Who Came to Supper is a musical with a book by Harry Kurnitz and music and lyrics by Noël Coward. ... The Sarah Siddons Society is an American non-profit organization founded in 1952 by prominent Chicago theatre patrons with the goal of promoting excellence in the theatre. ... See also: Chicago theatre, the theatre movement in the city of Chicago The Chicago Theatre is a famous theater landmark in the city of Chicago, Illinois located at 175 North State Street. ...

Her most widely seen role was as Carol Brady in The Brady Bunch which was produced from 1968 until 1974. A worldwide success, it continues to be screened in many countries through syndication. The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ...

Henderson was a frequent panelist on the original version of the television game show Hollywood Squares. The Hollywood Squares title screen The Hollywood Squares was an American television comedy and game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win money and prizes. ...

Henderson was also the spokeswoman for Wesson cooking oil, from 1976 to 1996. During that time, she hosted a cooking show on TNN called Country Kitchen, and also did ads for Prange's, a former Wisconsin department store chain. Henderson co-hosted the talk show Later Today on NBC (1999-2000) with co-hosts Jodi Applegate and Asha Blake. Today, she is the spokeswoman for Polident denture cleanser (although she does not wear dentures herself). In 2003, Henderson seemed to poke fun at her wholesome image by appearing in a Pepsi Twist television commercial with Ozzy Osbourne. Wesson cooking oil is a brand of vegetable oil sold by ConAgra Foods. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... H.C. Prange Co. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area  Ranked 23rd  - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 310 miles (500 km)  - % water 17  - Latitude 42°30N to 47°3N  - Longitude 86°49W to 92°54W Population  Ranked... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... Today, commonly referred to as The Today Show to avoid ambiguity, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on the NBC television network. ... NBC (an abbreviation for National Broadcasting Company, its former corporate name) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Jodi Applegate and Chris Gailus on WNYWs Good Day New York in 2005. ... Asha Blake anchors the multi-award winning News2 at Nine on Denvers CW2 KWGN-TV in Colorado. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pepsi Twist was introduced to the market in the summer of 2001. ... Ozzy redirects here. ...

Henderson regularly tours as a singer on the condominium circuit with other performers such as magician/comedian Jamie Porter. Jamie Porter is a popular American stand-up comedian and magician who has worked with some of the biggest names in show business, including Larry the Cable Guy and Celine Dion. ...

Henderson has also appeared with her TV children whenever the opportunity comes about. For instance, she appeared on the reality-television series My Fair Brady starring Christopher Knight. She is also in the sixth season of VH1's Surreal Life. My Fair Brady is a Celebreality show on VH1 that follows Christopher Knight, who played Peter Brady on The Brady Bunch, and Adrianne Curry, who won the first season of Americas Next Top Model, a year after they met and fell in love on The Surreal Life. ... For other persons named Christopher Knight, see Christopher Knight (disambiguation). ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... The Surreal Life is a reality television series that takes a handful of out-of-the-spotlight celebrities and showcases them in an household environment similar to The Real World or Big Brother. ...

Personal life

Henderson married Ira Bernstein in January 1956. In 1985, she divorced him after almost 29 years of marriage. She later married Dr. John Kappas, who died in 2002. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Henderson is the mother of four children, none of whom has entered show business.

She is an Aluma Initiate of the Alpha Chi chapter of Delta Zeta Sorority. Delta Zeta (ΔΖ) is a college sorority founded on October 24, 1902, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. ...

Filmography

Television

• General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (1954)
• Sing Along (1958-1959)
• Little Women (1958)
• The Jack Paar Show (regular guest from 1958-1962)
• Oldsmobile Music Theatre (1959) (canceled after a few months)
• The Today Show (Today Girl from 1959-1960)
• The Brady Bunch (1969-1974)
• The Love Boat (1976) (pilot for series)
• The Muppet Show (1976) guest star
• The Brady Girls Get Married (1981)
• The Brady Brides (1981) (canceled after 10 episodes)
• Country Kitchen (1985-????)
• Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story (1987)
• A Very Brady Christmas (1988)
• The Bradys (1990) (canceled after 6 episodes)
• Fudge-A-Mania (1995)
• Short Cut Cooking (1998-2000)
• Later Today (1999-2000)
• Legend of the Candy Cane (2001)
• Moms On Strike (2002)
• Speaking of Women's Health (2003-????)
• The Surreal Life (cast member in 2006)
• Ellen Talk show (2007)

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Film

• Song of Norway (1970)
• Shakes the Clown (1992)
• The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) (Cameo)
• The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
• Holy Man (1998) (Cameo)
• Get Bruce (1999) (documentary)
• Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? (2002) (Guest appearance)
• Venus & Vegas (2006)
• For Heaven's Sake (2006)

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Trivia

• Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson [1], a Norwegian post-rock band, are named after her.
• Florence filed law suits against two companies because of the unauthorized use of her photo - Serial Killer, Inc. had been using her face on a t-shirt with the name "Porn Queen" underneath. A Cotati, Ca. gift shop also used her picture in an ad. [May 1999]
• Her late husband, Dr. John Kappas, was a hypnotherapist, and he and Florence met when he helped her battle depression during the mid-1980s.
• She flew to New York City every weekend during the run of The Brady Bunch (1969) (which filmed in LA) in order to be with her family.
• In the mid-1950s, she was diagnosed with a bone deformation of the inner ear, and she had to have surgery to prevent deafness.
• Graduated from Indiana's St. Frances School in 1951, and then studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC. She earned a scholarship to AADA because of her singing talent.
• Was a "Today" (1952) girl from 1959-1960, and later went on to co-host the short lived spinoff series "Later Today" (1999) from 1999-2000.
• Was the first woman to host The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962).
• Is a licensed hypnotherapist. She learned about hypnotherapy from her late husband, John Kappas.
• Prefers to apply her own makeup.
• Appears in the video for Amish Paradise, Weird Al Yankovic's parody of Gangsta's Paradise.
• Is said to be the victim of the first incident of shouting "Free Bird!" at concerts. In the 1980s, Chicago Radio DJ Kevin Matthews urged his listeners to shout "Free Bird!" at one of her concerts as a sort of joke towards the musician/actress and that moment has been credited with starting the tradition.

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External links

• Florence Henderson official site
• Florence Henderson at the Internet Movie Database
• Archive of American Television Interview with Florence Henderson October 20 1999 on Google Video