Details

Release year: 1969

Storyline

The misadventures of a large family united when a widower and a widow marry.

Top credits

Cast

Robert Reed — Mike Brady, Grandpa Henry Brady
Florence Henderson — Carol Brady, Grandma Connie Hutchins
Ann B. Davis — Alice Nelson, Cousin Emma
Maureen McCormick — Marcia Brady

Did you know

• During the series run, Florence Henderson lobbied the producers constantly to allow Carol Brady to get out into the workforce. Henderson thought this would be more in line with how she was in real life. The producers kept the character of Carol Brady unemployed, though she frequently did volunteer work and fundraising for charity.

• A scene in The Honeymoon (1969) makes it clear Mike's first wife had died, making him a widower, but the status of Carol's first marriage was kept a secret. Creator Sherwood Schwartz maintained Carol was divorced from her first husband, but nothing about it was mentioned on the series. At that time, divorce was a subject matter that was still considered largely taboo for television, particularly a series aimed at family audiences.

• The sliding glass door in the back of the Brady house actually never had glass in it. It was simply put on the sliders with no glass so as to prevent glares from lighting while filming.