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Ann B. Davis -most loved house keeper of 'Brady Bunch' dies

Ann B. Davis, the world's most favorite house keeper after her portrayal as Alice in 'Brady Bunch', died at 88 last Sunday.

She was confirmed dead at a University hospital in San Antonio, Texas Sunday morning. The death was confirmed by Bishop William Fray and investigator Sara Horne. Davis has hit her head in a fall in the bathroom. Subdural hematoma or subdural haemorrhage was the concluded cause of her death.

Davis has been known for her role, "Schultzy", in the NBC sitcom, "The Bob Cummings Show". She has won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in Comedy Series twice of four nominations on the said show. Her appearance on broadways and other movies led her to bag a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Through the years, Davis appeared on various Ford commercials and sitcoms such as "The John Forsythe Show" and "The Brady Bunch".

Davis appeared in a production of Arsenic and Old Lace in early 1990's.

"I know at least a couple hundred glamour gals who are starving in this town," she told the Los Angeles Times in 1955, the year the Cummings show began its four-year run. "I'd rather be myself and eating."

Davis considered herself as an ordinary woman who looks at her simplicity as an asset.

"I think I'm lovable. That's the gift God gave me," Davis told in a 1993 interview. "I don't do anything to be lovable. I have no control," she added.

Many of Ann Davis' co-performers in different shows and sitcoms extend their prayers and sorrow after Ann's sudden death.

"I am so shocked and sad to learn that my dear friend and colleague, Ann B Davis, died today," Florence Henderson, who played mom Carol Brady on the sitcom (The Brady Bunch), posted on Facebook. "I spoke with her a couple of months ago and she was doing great," she added.

To most Americans and fans of Ann, they believe Davis had been well-known for her role as Alice. Indeed, the death of Davis turns out as loss of the nation.

"The neatest thing about television is that they write for you. ... They find out what you can do, what you do best, how it works, and how they can use you. And so from there on, it's wonderful. Because it's different. It's not like playing the same play forever and ever and ever. But the character's still the same. It just gets better and more developed. So that's great fun," she said according to CNN.