“Here’s the story of a lovely lady…” Just reading those words is enough to bring back the whole theme song, the bouncing tic-tac-toe grid and nine smiling faces glancing at one another. The Brady Bunch premiered on ABC on September 26, 1969, with the story of a widowed architect and his three boys who become a family with a woman and her three girls, while housekeeper Alice kept the whole household running. Creator Sherwood Schwartz’s sitcom lasted five seasons and 117 episodes before it ended on March 8, 1974.
Here is the funny part. The show was never a ratings giant in its first run, and it only found its real audience once it went into syndication in 1975, when generations of kids came home from school to Brady reruns. The Brady Bunch cast reunited again and again over the decades for TV movies, a variety hour and even a home renovation series. Some of those familiar faces are gone now, so here is where each of them landed, and who is still with us in 2026.
Is Robert Reed still alive?
Robert Reed played Mike Brady, the patient dad with a drafting table and a gentle lecture for every crisis, but he never thought of himself as a sitcom actor. He had starred as a young lawyer on The Defenders in the early 1960s, and on Broadway he replaced Robert Redford in Barefoot in the Park.
That serious streak made for famous friction. Reed clashed with Schwartz over scripts he found silly, sending long memos about story logic, and he sat out the series finale, “The Hair-Brained Scheme,” over a script dispute. His work after the show proved his range, with Emmy nominations for Medical Center and Rich Man, Poor Man in 1976 and another for Roots in 1977. For all the grumbling, he still came back for A Very Brady Christmas and The Bradys.
Robert Reed died on May 12, 1992, in Pasadena, California, at the age of 59. According to Biography.com, his death was first attributed to cancer, and his death certificate later listed HIV as a contributing factor. He had kept his private life out of the public eye for his entire career.
Is Allan Melvin still alive?
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Allan Melvin played Sam Franklin, the friendly neighborhood butcher who courted Alice for years. Sam turned up in only eight episodes, yet fans never stopped hoping Alice would finally marry him. Melvin was one of television’s busiest character actors, and you may know his face from several other shows. He played Sgt. Hacker on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. and Archie Bunker’s pal Barney Hefner on All in the Family and Archie Bunker’s Place, and cartoon fans know his voice as Magilla Gorilla.
Allan Melvin died of cancer on January 17, 2008, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 84, and the Associated Press reported that he was survived by his wife, Amalia, a daughter and a grandson.
Is Ann B. Davis still alive?
Ann B. Davis played Alice Nelson, the housekeeper in the blue uniform who was quick with a joke and quicker with a hug. She was no newcomer when she arrived at the Bradys, either, because she had already won two Emmys for playing Schultzy on The Bob Cummings Show in the 1950s.
When the series ended, Davis stepped away from Hollywood in a way few stars ever do. In 1976 she sold her Los Angeles home and joined an Episcopal community in Denver led by Bishop William C. Frey, and she devoted much of her life to church volunteer work. Still, she always found time to put Alice’s uniform back on for the Brady reunions, from The Brady Girls Get Married in 1981 to The Bradys in 1990, and she made a cameo in The Brady Bunch Movie in 1995.
Ann B. Davis died on June 1, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. She was 88. According to CBN News, she suffered a subdural hematoma after a fall in her bathroom and never regained consciousness. She had been living with Bishop Frey and his wife, Barbara.
Is Florence Henderson still alive?
Florence Henderson played Carol Brady, the warm mom with the famous shag haircut who held two families together. She had come to the show from Broadway, and she never stopped singing and performing. From 1974 to 1996 she was the face of Wesson cooking oil, and she later hosted talk and cooking shows before competing on Dancing with the Stars in 2010. She called her 2011 memoir Life Is Not a Stage.
Henderson stayed close to her TV children long after the cameras stopped rolling. At home she was also a devoted mother of four, a story told in our look at Florence Henderson’s children.
Florence Henderson died on November 24, 2016, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She was 82, and her manager said the cause was heart failure, as reported by Dakota News Now and other outlets.
Is Barry Williams still alive?
Barry Williams played Greg Brady, the oldest son with the groovy attic bedroom and the doomed singing career as “Johnny Bravo.” Once the show wrapped, he toured in stage musicals like Pippin and Grease and made his Broadway debut in Romance/Romance in 1988. Then he told his own story. His 1992 memoir, Growing Up Brady: I Was a Teenage Greg, became a New York Times bestseller and was turned into a TV movie.
Yes, Barry Williams is still alive, and at 72 (he was born on September 30, 1954) he keeps saying yes to new adventures. He competed on Dancing with the Stars in 2023, and in January 2026 he headed into the jungle for the Australian edition of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! He did not want to leave. After his exit, he told Woman’s Day, “I wasn’t ready to go.”
Is Maureen McCormick still alive?
Maureen McCormick played Marcia Brady, the oldest daughter whose nose took a football in one of TV’s most famous episodes. Life after the show was hard at times, and she wrote honestly about addiction and recovery in her 2008 memoir, Here’s the Story, which reached the New York Times bestseller list. She came out the other side stronger, winning VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club and competing on Dancing with the Stars in 2016.
Yes, Maureen McCormick is still alive. Born on August 5, 1956, she turned 70 this summer, and according to Hello! Magazine, she recently starred off-Broadway in Pen Pals opposite Sharon Lawrence. She has been married to Michael Cummings since 1985. This fall she even sat down with the actress who played Marcia in the 1990s movies, a meeting covered in our story on Maureen McCormick and Christine Taylor.
Is Christopher Knight still alive?
Christopher Knight played Peter Brady, the middle son whose voice cracked mid-song and who gave us “pork chops and applesauce.” In the late 1980s he walked away from acting for the computer industry, where he held sales and marketing jobs and later founded his own tech companies. Television pulled him back in the 2000s with VH1’s The Surreal Life and My Fair Brady.
Yes, Christopher Knight is still alive. He was born on November 7, 1957, so he is 68 and will turn 69 next month, and he still talks about the show with real affection, even the parts that hurt. In a February 2026 podcast interview reported by Parade, he admitted that filming the “Dough Re Mi” episode was “the bleakest week of my life.” He also marveled that the series has “never been off the air.”
Is Eve Plumb still alive?
Eve Plumb played Jan Brady, the famously frustrated middle daughter who sighed “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!” Viewers felt for her, and she received a mountain of fan mail, as our story on Jan Brady’s fan mail explains. After the show she took on a far darker role in the 1976 TV movie Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, and she went on to build a long stage career while painting for more than two decades.
Yes, Eve Plumb is still alive. She was born on April 29, 1958, which makes her 68, and in April 2026 she finally told her own story in the memoir Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond, written with Marcia Wilkie. The Boston Globe reported that the title comes from the slogan of PlumbGoods, her accessories company.
Is Mike Lookinland still alive?
Mike Lookinland played Bobby Brady, the youngest boy and the family’s would-be detective and safety monitor. After the show he moved behind the camera and worked for years as a TV camera operator, until he left show business altogether and settled in Salt Lake City, where he runs a decorative concrete business.
Yes, Mike Lookinland is still alive. Born on December 19, 1960, he is 65, and he has been open about the hard years that followed childhood fame. On The Real Brady Bros podcast, he told TV brother Christopher Knight that he lived out his childhood in his 20s, as Fox News reported in April 2026. Read more in our story on Mike Lookinland’s life after the show.
Is Susan Olsen still alive?
Susan Olsen played Cindy Brady, the youngest girl with the bouncy pigtails and the lisp, and she found her real calling outside acting. She worked in graphic design, hosted talk radio in Los Angeles and has long championed animal rescue. In 2009 she co-wrote Love to Love You Bradys, a book about the famously strange Brady Bunch Hour.
Yes, Susan Olsen is still alive. She was born on August 14, 1961, and turned 65 this summer. Speaking with ReMIND Magazine at the Hollywood Show in Burbank this year, she remembered realizing at 23 that acting “wasn’t my medium.” She shared more of that story in our piece on Susan Olsen’s very different life today.
More than 50 years after the last episode was filmed, all six Brady kids are still here. They have lost both of their TV parents and their dear Alice, but they still show up for one another, and Barry Williams has already hinted that something is in the works for the show’s 60th anniversary in 2029. Which Brady was your favorite growing up? Tell us in the comments.
