Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Ann B. Davis

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Ann B. Davis.

Last updated on April 18, 2025.

Ann Bradford Davis was an American actress. She achieved prominence for her role in the NBC situation comedy The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1959), for which she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, but she was best known for playing the part of Alice Nelson, the housekeeper in ABC's The Brady Bunch (1969–1974).

American - Actress | May 5, 1926 - June 1, 2014

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Somebody said, 'Get your agent to call the new Bob Cummings show. They're looking for a funny lady.' Within three hours, I had the job. That was January 1955. I had such fun with that show.

Ann B. Davis

I basically don't do that well with children, although my sister says I'm a great aunt.

Ann B. Davis

I'm convinced we all have a God-shaped space in us, and until we fill that space with God, we'll never know what it is to be whole.

Ann B. Davis

I think I'm lovable. That's the gift God gave me. I don't do anything to be lovable. I have no control.

Ann B. Davis

I was born again. It happens to Episcopalians. Sometimes it doesn't hit you till you're 47 years old. It changed my whole life for the better... I spent a lot of time giving Christian witness all over the country to church groups and stuff.

Ann B. Davis

The neatest thing about television is that they write for you... They find out what you can do, what you do best, how it works, and how they can use you.

Ann B. Davis

I did a couple of pilots that didn't sell, a few movies, and one year of nightclub work, which I hated. Then I did the pilot of 'The Brady Bunch' and never had to do another nightclub.

Ann B. Davis

For most people, I'm just Alice. But I don't mind. Now, if I were Alice the ax murderer, then I'd hate it.

Ann B. Davis

My mother would write letters when I was away at camp and say, 'There's an Ann-shaped space around the house. Nobody fills an Ann-shaped space except an Ann.' I'm convinced we all have a God-shaped space in us, and until we fill that space with God, we'll never know what it is to be whole.

Ann B. Davis

I don't do anything to be lovable. I have no control.

Ann B. Davis

Tell the negative committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up.

Ann B. Davis

All of us wish we had an Alice. I wish I had an Alice.

Ann B. Davis