When an actor plays an iconic roll at a young age, it’s hard for us to see them as anyone else.

 

It was 1969 when Florence Henderson first appeared as matriarch Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch.

 

But instead of fighting this rock-solid TV-Mom image, she embraced it.

 

Before passing away from heart failure at 82, Florence made innumerable personal appearances, hosted several talk shows, became a reality TV star, was the face of many commercial products…and yes…she was a real-life Mom, too. She had four children, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

 

*She played “The Dating Game” on The Queen Latifah Show:

 

*Here she is on ‘Dancing With The Stars’:

 

*Oh, and check her out in this Weird Al video:

 

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