Ann Bradford Davis (May 3, 1926 -- June 1, 2014) 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).

Who was the maid on the brady bunch? Let's have some stream of consciousness first.
The relevant sentence in the passage is: 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). So, the answer is Ann Bradford Davis.