Florence Agnes Henderson (born
February 14,
1934) is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for playing the role of Carol Brady in the
television program
The Brady Bunch, which ran from 1969 to 1974.
Biography
Early life
Henderson, one of ten children, was born on Valentine's Day in
Dale, Indiana, the daughter of Elizabeth (
née Elder), a homemaker, and Joseph Henderson, a
tobacco sharecropper, of Danish origin.
[Florence Henderson Biography (1984-)] Raised a
Roman Catholic, she graduated from St. Francis Academy in
Owensboro, Kentucky in 1951; shortly thereafter, she went to
New York City, enrolling in the prestigious
American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She is an Aluma Initiate of the Alpha Chi chapter of
Delta Zeta Sorority.