caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
in 1916 28 october 1939 new york city , new york , u.s. 1914 -- 39 new york city , new york , u.s. alice brady 2 november 1892 james -rrb- ; 1 son l. crane -lrb- 1919 -- 22 ; divorced alice brady 1916.jpg alice brady
 mary rose brady actress cancer
alice brady

`` for the character in the brady bunch seen in the middle of the 9 intro subscreens , see alice nelson . ''
alice brady -lrb- born mary rose brady , november 2 , 1892 -- october 28 , 1939 -rrb- was an american actress who began her career in the silent film era and survived the transition into talkies .
she worked up until six months before her death from cancer in 1939 .
her films include `` my man godfrey '' -lrb- 1936 -rrb- , in which she played the flighty mother of carole lombard 's character , and `` in old chicago '' -lrb- 1937 -rrb- for which she won the academy award for best supporting actress .
