Florence Henderson
Actress
About This Interview
Full 10-part oral history interview with actress Florence Henderson. Ms. Henderson discusses her career as an actress, first on Broadway, and later in television. She talks about her appearances on The Tonight Show with Jack Paar, on which she became the first woman to guest host, and discusses her tenure as a "Today Girl" on NBC's Today Show. Ms. Henderson speaks extensively about The Brady Bunch. She also recalls her appearance was on Jim Henson's The Muppet Show. She also reminisces about each of the later Brady incarnations, and the place that the show holds in pop culture. She speaks about her long affiliation with Wesson Oil. She mentions her then-recent "cutting edge" work on the first Emmy Webcast and enthuses about her work on NBC's "Later Today". Conducted on October 20 & 29, 1999 by Michael Rosen.
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Highlights
Florence Henderson on how she got the role of Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch
Florence Henderson on the legacy of The Brady Bunch
Florence Henderson on Johnny Carson
Florence Henderson on Dean Martin
Florence Henderson on Brady Bunch creator Sherwood Schwartz
Florence Henderson on shooting The Brady Bunch at Paramount Studios' Stage 5
Florence Henderson on The Brady Kids
Florence Henderson on The Sound of Music
Chapters
- Chapter 1
- On her childhood, family, education, and influences.
- Chapter 2
- On her work in theatre productions of "Wish You Were Here", "Oklahoma", "Fanny", and her early TV appearances
- Chapter 3
- On her appearances on the "Tonight Show", "Jack Paar Show", the "Today" show.
- Chapter 4
- On her appearances on The Dean Martin Show, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Jonathan Winters Show. Getting cast on The Brady Bunch.
- Chapter 5
- On her role as "Carol Brady" on The Brady Bunch; how the show was shot
- Chapter 6
- On her role as Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch; working with child actors
- Chapter 7
- On her role on Just Another Kid: an AIDS Story. On her cooking shows. On the Brady Bunch movies.
- Chapter 8
- On the cast and guest stars on "The Brady Bunch", "The Brady Bunch Hour".
- Chapter 9
- On her work on the Wesson oil commercials. "Hart to Hart", "Murder She Wrote", and "A Very Brady Christmas", Johnny Carson.
- Chapter 10
- On her books. On her work on "Ellen", "Rosie".
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She's still so gorgeous!
i love her show
Where are the other 8 parts to this 12-part interview?
@birthdaymatt yep, Barry Williams has good taste
She is a class act.
@RetroVGamer Me too - I would wreck her!
@motokev Thanks to plastic surgery.
she looks rather young. she looks younger than the brady kids
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