Died Florence Henderson, the mom from “The clan Brady” – Clarín.com

Florence Henderson, who went from Broadway to television to become an icon of the small screen as the ever-smiling mother of “The clan Brady” (“The Brady Bunch”), died at the age of 82 in Los Angeles, reported local sources

The actress’s death was confirmed by David Brokaw, his agent. He said that Henderson died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, as a result of a heart failure

“he Was very active until I began to feel not very well some days ago,” said Brokaw. “We thought that he was going to retrieve“

Henderson had begun his acting career in the 50s as singer soprano in several musicals Broadway. In 1969, when he was filming a movie in Norway, was called to appear in the pilot episode of the comedy “The Brady Bunch”.

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The series, a comedy optimistic about a widow woman, (Carol Brady) with three daughters who marries a widower with three sons (Mike Brady, played by Robert Reed), and they go to live in a house beautiful of a California suburb, was a ratings success

Analysts of the show argue that the success of “The clan Brady”, which was on the air from September of 1969 until march of 1974, it was the optimism that the world, family-expressed at a time of great social changes and the Vietnam War

once the series ended, there were two feature films for tv and some special ones, such as “The Brady Bunch Variety Hour”

But before the series that launched her to fame, Henderson had built a large reputation the scenarios

Starring “Fanny” on Broadway in the mid-50s, when he was just over 20 years; “The King and I” in The los Angeles Music Center; “South Pacific” at Lincoln Center; and “The Novice Rebel”, among other

Born in Dale (Indiana) as a Florence Agnes Henderson on the 14th of February, 1934, had two daughters, Barbara and Elizabeth; two sons, Joseph and Robert; and five grandchildren

In 1999, in a television interview asked Henderson as he would like to be remembered: “Probably as someone who survived for a long time in a very hard and, with luck, managed to maintain a sense of humanity“.

(ANSA)