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Alice Nelson is an Australian novelist who has written three books, including Faithless and The Children's House. She lived in New York for many years and now lives in the south of France.
Aug 17, 2022 · Alice Nelson is a novelist who writes about love, desire and deception. In this interview, she talks about her latest book Faithless, a story of a writer and an older man, and her writing process and routine.
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Alice Nelson is a character on The Brady Bunch. She was played by veteran character actress the late Ann B. Davis.
Alice is the Brady Family's housekeeper and friend. She has an ongoing relationship with Sam the butcher and says multiple times that she wants to marry him. She lives at the Brady House.
Alice grew up in the same neighborhood as the Bradys, graduating from Westdale High School, the school Greg and Marcia attend. She was the middle sister, Emily was the oldest, and Myrtle was her younger sister. Alice was the housekeeper to Mike Brady, his previous wife (who died before the series started), and their three boys. Alice stayed on, to be the housekeeper for not only his boys, but for his new wife, Carol, and her three daughters. Alice was generally impartial toward the children, although she presented Jan with a locket at one point, "from one middle sister to another."
Alice was best known for telling jokes, often self-deprecating, and usually interspersed with drier humor than the rest of the Brady clan, which were almost invariably met with multiple "Oh, Alice!" responses. Alice was also known for her sky-blue housekeeping uniform, which she almost always wore. She also joined in the children's games, including playing basketball, and went along with the family on vacations.
Strenuous physical activity would sometimes cause Alice to throw her back out, making her immobile for a short period of time.
Alice had an identical cousin, Emma, who was a retired master sergeant in the Women's Army Corps. Emma once filled in for Alice when Alice traveled out of town. Alice quit her job at one point when she felt the children no longer trusted her, becoming a waitress at a local restaurant. Her replacement Kay, who did her work faithfully but never tried to become close with the Bradys, told the kids where to find her ("The Golden Spoon at Fourth and Oak..."), and they begged Alice to come back.
Alice dated Sam Franklin (Allan Melvin), who ran the local butcher shop, and eventually became engaged and married. Alice and Sam have won awards in Charleston dancing and bowling.
•The role of Alice was originally to have been played by Monty Margetts, but at the last minute, the role was recast. This was due to the fact that producers of the show changed their mind about casting Joyce Bulifant, who was originally cast as Carol Brady, and instead replaced her with Florence Henderson, who took on the role; producers felt a more comedic, zany housekeeper was called for, to balance Henderson's soft-spoken, low-key presence.
•In the 1990s parody movies, Alice was played by actress Henriette Mantel. In the first film, Davis makes a cameo as a truck driver whose CB handle is "Schultzy". Davis first became popular in the 1950s playing a character named Schultzy on The Bob Cummings Show.
•She along with Carol and Greg are the only main characters to appear in every episode.
•She made a guest appearance in the Hi Honey I'm Home episode SRP.
The Brady Bunch wouldn’t have been complete without the family’s witty housekeeper and beloved friend, Alice Nelson, an essential character throughout the five seasons of the ’70s show.
Aug 2, 2022 · Faithless is a novel by Australian writer Alice Nelson about a woman's love affair with a married man and her relationship with a traumatised child. Read the book description, ratings, reviews and author information on Goodreads.
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Alice Nelson is an Australian writer. Her first novel, The Last Sky, was shortlisted for The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award, won the T.A.G. Hungerford Award and was shortlisted for the Australian Society of Authors’ Barbara Jefferis Award.
Jan 1, 2018 · Alice Nelson has a way of drawing the reader into the world of her characters, seating you at the dinner table, in the study…wherever they go. The story discusses mothers in all forms – from those desperate to love to those who appear to be desperate to leave.
