Carol Ann Brady (née Tyler) portrayed by Florence Henderson is the wife of Mike Brady. At the beginning of the pilot, her last name is Martin from her first marriage, during which she had had three daughters. She gains three stepsons when
she marries Mike Brady. How Carol’s previous marriage ended (i.e. due to a death or divorce) is not mentioned, though producer Sherwood Schwartz said that he meant for her to be a divorcée.[citation needed] Carol enjoys singing in the church choir, and with her daughter Marcia in the high school Family Frolic Talent Show. In one episode where Cindy is bullied due to her lisping problem, Carol confesses that she too overcame a lisp while growing up in Swampscott, Massachusetts.[1]
During the original Brady Bunch series, Carol is a stay-at-home mother. In the sequels, she becomes a real estate agent, converting the boys’ old room into her home office.