The Dark Side Of The Brady Bunch’s “Perfect” Mother

Florence Henderson rose to fame as Carol Brady in the wholesome sitcom The Brady Bunch. But her perfect television family had dark secrets.

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[heidibee]

The Brady Bunch was a charming, wholesome show and she was great in her role as the mom.

[ronbooiman]

Thank you for sharing. Florence was one of a king in a good way. Like everyone else, I loved her. Ron 🇨🇦

[FernandoPerez-wbre]

She was so beautiful throughout her entire life.

[joyslabaugh]

Rest in peace, lovely lady.
Wisdom and loyalty, is attractive.

[figmo]

Florence Henderson was badass. A lot of folks didn't realize it back then.

[pam]

I had never thought about how her children felt with their mom being the perceived mom of the generation of kids watching TV. I bet that was a strange feeling. I can still remember as a child watching The Brady Bunch and hearing Carol say Mike as they were lying in bed talking about something or another that one of the kids had done. Robert Reed was also a very good actor, although if I remember correctly, he was much more into stage and Shakespeare. I loved the Brady Bunch and the Partridge family and later on the Hardy Brothers with Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson. But I will say I did not have any posters of any of the Brady guys on my wall like I did with David Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy, Donnie Osmond and even Bobby Sherman.. I do remember Florence Henderson from the Wesson Oil commercials and the lady from the Wizard of Oz on the Maxwell House Coffee commercials.

[jrosner]

In her later years, she was dating a chiropractor down in ft lauderdale that most of us musicians went to. A drummer friend of mine encountered her in the waiting room, and was just staring- thinking.." she looks just like florence henderson " - afraid to ask- she just stared back at him, and said " yeah, thats me...." breaking the ice without him saying a word. 😂 He said she was very gracious, sharp witted, and exuded all of the positive qualities of legend. She stands as one of the greats.

[DianeAvery-hs]

I really like this Factinate channel, very interesting facts most may not have known, and 20 minutes of time is not too lengthly to feature the high points of the topic. Well done.

[robynsegg]

About the #StarTrek segment... Could it be that they ignored Florence because THEY KNEW THAT SHE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE? And that by doing so they let her sit there to get her make up done, for whatever reason... an audition, as an extra... etc. To me, ignoring her was helping her...which was the kindest thing that they could ever do. RIP to Florence, Robert and Leonard... and thank you for making our childhood via the TV 📺memorable ones! #LiveLongAndProsper to all who read my comment. 🖖😃

[anneh]

I
always remembered a story she told about the Brady Bunch shows:
she said kids would write her & beg her to come take them away from their own unhappy real life families. One little girl wrote & said she’d have her suitcase ready & she’d be waiting for her at the nearest bus stop. They didn’t know the show was real.

[winniethepoohandeeyore]

Rest In Peace Mike, Carol, Alice, Sam

[talkdtwo]

Wow. When she was younger, does she look like Drew Barrymore or what?

[afrog]

"and then they wrote a REALLY clickbaity title"

[ScottsdaleSushi]

I remember how we fried ourselves - sunbathing in order to get that golden tan - even though we knew it was bad & we could get skin cancer! One of my roommates in college knew Maureen McCormick & shared that she was NOT the sweet goodie-goodie girl next door. The world is smaller than you think, Folks!✌🏼😎

[nonelost]

Though it was an unfortunate reality that they had to do it, Florence and Robert did a spectacular job of putting on their game faces for 20 years. That did not come easy, especially for their onscreen romantic scenes.

[charlesritt]

Little known fact, she was a regular on the today show for 1 season, I think they were called today show girls or something

[pamelot]

She’s my cousin. 4th I think. Never met her though.

[ekaterinaroyster]

Years ago I saw Song of Norway and everyone in the film were beautiful …..all the children and women

[gmcnut]

The Brady Bunch had a bunch of things fans overlooked. Like no toilet in the house. 😮

[freddyharrison]

I never understood why it was such a big deal that Mr. Reed was gay. Mr. Brady certainly was not. ....and for that we have Robert's professionalism to thank. So many actors today are so self absorbed and want to make their political opinions, activist views etc. Known that they degrade their craft and characters.