Ann B. Davis (born May 5, 1926) is an American television actress. She was born in Schenectady, New York. Her first success was as Schultzy (aka Charmaine Schultz) in The Bob Cummings Show, and she won two Emmy Awards out of four nominations for this role.
She also played the role of housekeeper Alice Nelson (and her lookalike cousin Emma) in The Brady Bunch television series, and the various Brady Bunch sequel series and TV movies that followed. She made a cameo role as a truck driver in 1995's The Brady Bunch Movie.
She also was the spokesperson in commercials for Minute Rice, lasted until the mid-1980s.
Davis never married and currently lives in a residential neighborhood in San Antonio, Texas. She never completely retired from acting, and recently appeared in a commercial with other actors famous for playing servants.