<P> Ann Bradford Davis ( May 3 , 1926 -- June 1 , 2014 ) was an American actress . She achieved prominence for her role in the NBC situation comedy The Bob Cummings Show ( 1955 -- 1959 ) , for which she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series , but she was best known for playing the part of Alice Nelson , the housekeeper in ABC 's The Brady Bunch ( 1969 -- 1974 ) . </P>
<P> Ann Bradford Davis ( May 3 , 1926 -- June 1 , 2014 ) was an American actress . She achieved prominence for her role in the NBC situation comedy The Bob Cummings Show ( 1955 -- 1959 ) , for which she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series , but she was best known for playing the part of Alice Nelson , the housekeeper in ABC 's The Brady Bunch ( 1969 -- 1974 ) . </P>
who played the maid on the brady bunch
who played the maid on the brady bunch
Ann Bradford Davis
Ann Bradford Davis