‘Brady Bunch’ Star Barry Williams Was Inspired by Florence Henderson to Join ‘Dancing With the Stars’

“She made me promise to go for it,” the actor says of the late actress, who competed on Season 11

Barry Williams on Dancing With the Stars
Barry Williams on Dancing With the Stars Disney 100 Night (Credit: Disney/Eric McCandless)

“The Brady Bunch” star Barry Williams was inspired by TV mom Florence Henderson to go on “Dancing With the Stars,” he told TheWrap in an interview last week.

Henderson, who played mom Carol Brady on the ’70s sitcom, competed in Season 11 of the ABC competition. “She was my inspiration,” he said. When asked if he thinks of the actress, who died on Nov. 24, 2016, whenever he hits the dance floor, he answered, “Yes. Every week.”

Williams visited the set in 2010 to watch Henderson rehearse and perform. “I was really taken with it,” he said. “She had always mentored me in one way or another.

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