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Ann B. Davis aka Alice from ‘The Brady Bunch’ Left Hollywood for Faith: ‘I was Born Again’
Patheos ^ | 2Jun14 | Rebecca Cusey

Posted on 06/04/2014 7:17:45 PM PDT by ReformationFan

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To: fatnotlazy
I believe Ms. Davis’ sexuality was subject to rumor and speculation over the years, but nothing was ever confirmed.

When you never marry, there will always be speculation.

21 posted on 06/04/2014 9:05:14 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: defconw

Especially considering the fact that Christ Himself was chaste His entire life in human form on this earth.


22 posted on 06/04/2014 9:08:17 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: miss marmelstein

and we’re not even mentioning Mr. Brady


23 posted on 06/04/2014 9:16:54 PM PDT by xp38
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To: yarddog

Hollywood chews up a lot of people then spits them out. Most people figure out when to call it quits. Some keep hanging on believing that next role is going to put them on the “A” list. Very few people make it. In my opinion it’s an evil business.


24 posted on 06/04/2014 9:21:53 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: ReformationFan

Exactly. I am Catholic, so I don’t memorize verses (not that there is anything wrong with that), but I believe it was actually a preferred state for those who had the strength to do it.


25 posted on 06/04/2014 9:34:12 PM PDT by defconw (Well now what?)
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To: miss marmelstein
I had a grand aunt, sister to my father's mother, who emigrated from Ireland in her late teens and lived in Hells Kitchen for 50 years. She never married. Despite this (or maybe because of it) she was the beloved aunt to scores of nieces and nephews. She even was featured in a Sunday supplement in the Daily News: "Alone But Not Lonely."

Years later, my brother's then non-Catholic wife commented, "Oh, she was gay!" My brother couldn't contain his laughter.

To nearly everone's surprise, on her death in her early eighties, she was buried in full Carmelite canonicals.

We are not all meant for married life. The price is chastity. It appears probable Ms. Davis chose this path upon leaving Hollywood.

26 posted on 06/04/2014 9:36:07 PM PDT by Oratam
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To: miss marmelstein
You people gossip like a bunch of old ladies. This is from the Fox News obit:

Davis never married, saying she never found a man who was more interesting than her career.

"By the time I started to get interested (in finding someone)," she told the Chicago Sun-Times, "all the good ones were taken."

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/06/01/ann-b-davis-known-for-role-on-brady-bunch-dies-at-88-medical-examiner-says/

Now let the good lady rest in peace.

27 posted on 06/04/2014 10:40:18 PM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: miss marmelstein
She was known to be gay.

Not according to Sam the butcher.

28 posted on 06/04/2014 11:03:08 PM PDT by Robwin
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To: ReformationFan

Why make the assumption that a person is asexual because he or she has never married? Sometimes God does not bring a spouse and this is just a burden one has to bear.


29 posted on 06/05/2014 3:11:47 AM PDT by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: Talisker
Oh, bull! I wasn't even thinking of hell. How silly. I just thought I'd throw a truth bomb at people here who are kvelling over Ann B. Davis - a brilliant comic actress who shared more than one quality with Nancy Culp. The naivete towards Hollywood actresses on this thread is amusing.
30 posted on 06/05/2014 3:34:50 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein

Loved Ann B. Davis as Schultzy in “Love that Bob”. It was one of my favorite tv shows. She was a very talented and interesting woman. May she rest in peace.


31 posted on 06/05/2014 3:58:44 AM PDT by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: LottieDah

Absolutely! I adored her as Schultzy. I was too old for The Brady Bunch (at least 17) and it as an awful show anyway.


32 posted on 06/05/2014 4:23:05 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein

I was too old for the Brady Bunch as well (also 17). I loved the episode where Schultzy was all glammed up and referred to as the “glamorous Charmaine Schultz”. She looked so 1950s chic.


33 posted on 06/05/2014 5:10:12 AM PDT by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: LottieDah

I don’t remember individual episodes - I just remember I loved that show and Schultzy in particular. She was very similar to Miss Jane on The Beverly Hillbillies - another hilarious actress and a great character. RIP Schultzy!


34 posted on 06/05/2014 5:59:06 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein

Too bad tv has gone downhill. The golden age of tv is a distant memory.


35 posted on 06/05/2014 6:50:04 AM PDT by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: LottieDah

Thank God for dvds and ME TV. ME TV has so many of the classic tv shows of the 50s and 60s. I have NO interest in today’s comedy shows. Seinfeld was the last sitcom I really liked.


36 posted on 06/05/2014 7:00:01 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein
Oh, bull! I wasn't even thinking of hell. How silly. I just thought I'd throw a truth bomb at people here who are kvelling over Ann B. Davis - a brilliant comic actress who shared more than one quality with Nancy Culp. The naivete towards Hollywood actresses on this thread is amusing.

Well, if you "just thought you'd throw a truth bomb" in there, what part of what you said did you think would be a "bomb," and why?

Let's see, your post really wasn't that long, so it's not hard to figure out what the bomb was. As for the truth, you gave no references. So maybe it wasn't actually a truth bomb. Maybe it was a slander bomb, seeing how you can't prove otherwise.

And as this is a memorial thread, what was the point? To crap on the memory of someone with slander? That's fun for you? Does seeing other people happy always make you want to attack? Have you gotten any help for that, or do you just go around wrecking things?

And seeing that this is FR, did you really have to guess how your slander would be interpreted from a religious point of view? I think not - it wouldn't be much of a "bomb" if you tossed this out on DU, right?

So the fact that you call it "truth" without proof of something that would otherwise be slander, and the fact that you call it "bomb" because you know if the religious impact it would have on FR, means that there was a lot of thought behind your slander crap.

So your shocked dismissal by trivialization is, in fact, the representation of the exact opposite of your careful efforts.

And BTW, none of it speaks of Ann Davis - all of it speaks of you alone.

37 posted on 06/05/2014 12:45:21 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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You can’t slander the death, fool. Look it up.


38 posted on 06/05/2014 4:33:27 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein

Dead, lol, not death.


39 posted on 06/05/2014 4:33:54 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein
You can’t slander the death, fool. Look it up.

But you can trash a memorial thread and deny you're own actions, while hiding behind legalisms.

Fool.

40 posted on 06/05/2014 5:19:47 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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