Full Name | Betty Lynn |
Net Worth | $13 Million |
Date Of Birth | August 29, 1926 |
Place Of Birth | Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
Occupation | Actress |
Profession | Actor |
Nationality | American |
Nicknames | Betty Lynn, Lynn, Betty |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0528619 |
Awards | TV Land Legend Award |
Nominations | Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Grammy Award for Be... |
Movies | Return to Mayberry, Cheaper by the Dozen, June Bride, Father Was a Fullback, Meet Me in Las Vegas, Gun for a Coward, The Louisiana Hussy, Behind the High Wall, Payment on Demand, Sitting Pretty, Mother Is a Freshman, Matlock: The Don |
TV Shows | The Andy Griffith Show, Where's Raymond? |
Star Sign | Virgo |
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1 | Currently lives in Mount Airy, North Carolina. [2006] |
2 | As of July 30, 2012, after the death of Don Knotts on February 24, 2006, George Lindsey (Goober) on May 12, 2012, and then sadly, by the man himself, Andy Griffith, on July 3, 2012, Betty Lynn is one of only four regular or recurring surviving cast members of The Andy Griffith Show (1960), along with Elinor Donahue, Ron Howard (Opie), and Jim Nabors (Gomer). |
3 | After moving to Mount Airy, N.C. to "get away from crime", Betty was robbed in the street there. The robber was caught shortly afterward by the local police. |
4 | Lifelong friend of Marshall Thompson. Both graduated from University High School in Los Angeles. |
5 | Her home in West Hollywood, where she had lived since 1950, was broken into twice in the same year. She decided to move more than 2,100 miles to Mount Airy - Andy Griffith's hometown and one of the inspirations for the fictional town of Mayberry. |
6 | She was nicknamed "Boo", by actress Bette Davis during their filming of June Bride (1948) because there were two Betty's on the same set, of filming, which often caused confusion during the film's shootings. |
7 | She was asked to play the mother of Christine Jorgensen in the film The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970), but turned it down. |
8 | In July 2007, she was a guest at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina along with Jacqueline Scott, Lynn Borden, Lana Wood, Joyce Meadows, Brett Halsey, Robert Dix and Rick Lenz. |
9 | Was one of three bridesmaids at Ann Blyth's marriage to Dr. James McNulty. The other two bridesmaids were Jane Withers and Joan Leslie. |
10 | With her girl-next-door charm and beauty, she was a consistent favorite among Mayberry fans everywhere, and she remains popular with The Andy Griffith Show (1960) fans at conventions and various get-togethers to this day. |
11 | Perhaps best known for her role as Barney Fife's girlfriend, "Thelma Lou", in the television series The Andy Griffith Show (1960). She dated Barney (played by Don Knotts) throughout his entire 1960-1965 run on the show, and left the show as a regular when Knotts left. When Knotts left the show and, subsequently, made a return as a guest star, the producers of the show made the controversial decision to reunite Barney and Thelma Lou at a class reunion party, but with Thelma Lou married to another man. It was her only appearance in a color episode of the series, and it was also her final appearance on the series. The Barney/Thelma Lou story does have a happy ending, as she and Knotts reprised their roles in a 1986 TV movie, Return to Mayberry (1986), where Thelma Lou returned as a divorcée and promptly went back to Barney. The two-hour movie ended with Barney marrying Thelma Lou, a sight which pleased most every fan of the original show. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Nashville Now | 1991 | TV Series | Thelma Lou / Herself |
Shades of LA | 1990 | TV Series | Sister Clara |
Matlock | 1986 | TV Series | Sarah |
Return to Mayberry | 1986 | TV Movie | Thelma Lou |
Barnaby Jones | 1978 | TV Series | Mrs. Russell |
Gibbsville | 1976 | TV Series | |
Police Story | 1975 | TV Series | Alma |
Little House on the Prairie | 1974 | TV Series | Bridget |
Mod Squad | 1969-1972 | TV Series | Nurse Kearny / Mrs. Hill |
The Smith Family | 1971 | TV Series | Barbara Martin |
My Three Sons | 1967-1971 | TV Series | Janet Dawson / Janice Dawson / Lois Bradley |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1959-1970 | TV Series | Viola Slaughter / Viola Howell / Lottie Ladare / ... |
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant | 1970 | TV Movie | Lottie Ladare |
Family Affair | 1966-1968 | TV Series | Miss Lee |
The Singles | 1967 | | |
The Andy Griffith Show | 1961-1966 | TV Series | Thelma Lou |
My Brother the Angel | 1965 | TV Series | Verna |
The Farmer's Daughter | 1963 | TV Series | Sylvia |
National Velvet | 1960 | TV Series | Barbara Howard |
Mike Hammer | 1959 | TV Series | Mona |
Tales of Wells Fargo | 1959 | TV Series | Mary Francis |
Markham | 1959 | TV Series | Helen Burke |
Sugarfoot | 1959 | TV Series | Alice Fenton / Sarah Sears |
The Louisiana Hussy | 1959 | | Lili Guillot |
The Hangman | 1959 | | Molly - Waitress |
Bronco | 1959 | TV Series | Molly Bailey |
Wagon Train | 1958 | TV Series | Molly Richardson |
Lawman | 1958 | TV Series | Edna Phillips |
M Squad | 1958 | TV Series | Susan Baines |
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | 1958 | TV Series | Sylvia |
Sally | 1957 | TV Series | |
Matinee Theatre | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Emmy Chase |
Gun for a Coward | 1957 | | Claire |
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Sally / Anne |
Behind the High Wall | 1956 | | Anne MacGregor |
Meet Me in Las Vegas | 1956 | | Young Bride |
Cavalcade of America | 1953-1955 | TV Series | Beth Shearer |
TV Reader's Digest | 1955 | TV Series | |
Fireside Theatre | 1954-1955 | TV Series | Kay |
Studio 57 | 1955 | TV Series | |
Schlitz Playhouse | 1951-1955 | TV Series | Lois Harlow / Nan Tolland |
Many Rivers to Cross | 1955 | | Cissie Crawford (uncredited) |
Ricochet Romance | 1954 | | Bit Role (uncredited) |
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | 1954 | TV Series | Virginia Beasley |
Where's Raymond? | 1953-1954 | TV Series | June |
The Revlon Mirror Theater | 1953 | TV Series | Mary |
Million Dollar Mermaid | 1952 | | Minor Role (uncredited) |
Chevron Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | |
Take Care of My Little Girl | 1951 | | Marge Colby |
Payment on Demand | 1951 | | Martha Ramsey |
Cheaper by the Dozen | 1950 | | Deborah Lancaster |
Father Was a Fullback | 1949 | | Connie Cooper |
Mother Is a Freshman | 1949 | | Susan Abbott |
June Bride | 1948 | | Barbara 'Boo' Brinker |
Apartment for Peggy | 1948 | | Wife (as Betty Ann Lynn) |
Sitting Pretty | 1948 | | Ginger (as Betty Ann Lynn) |