“When those little things called hormones start kicking in, you get excited by even inanimate objects. In his 1992 memoir, Growing Up Brady, Williams recalled having a crush on his onscreen mom. Williams, as eldest son Greg, was 16 at the time and Henderson was 36. One particular rumor from her time on set would haunt Henderson throughout later life: That she and Williams dated and had an affair. “Whenever anybody came up to her to say anything about the show, she was as warm as could be – I saw it a million times.” Williams took Henderson on a date “She knew the respect that people had for that character,” Lloyd Schwartz, son of Sherwood, said to Variety following Henderson’s death. In real life, Henderson was described as fun-loving and having a bawdy sense of humor.
The archetypal mother figure, Carol was ingrained in the imaginations of millions of viewers. The role of Carol would be something Henderson, who passed away in 2016, would be associated with for the remainder of her life. Davis), Mike’s live-in housekeeper, and the boy’s dog, Tiger. Also ensconced in the shag-carpeted abode was Alice Nelson (Ann B. Mike was a widowed architect and the story of Carol’s first marriage was never fully explained, but the blended group took up residence in a sprawling two-story house – designed by Mike – in a suburb of Los Angeles.