![]() ![]() ![]() “It was great to have known and worked with her. Lynn died peacefully Saturday after a brief illness, The Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, North Carolina, announced in a statement. Her last appearance was in the color era when she helps Opie learn how to dance in 'Look Pa, I'm Dancing. (AP) Betty Lynn, the film and television actor who was best known for her role as Barney Fife’s sweetheart Thelma Lou on The Andy Griffith Show, has died. “I saw her last a few years ago where she still lit up the room with the positivity,” director Ron Howard, who played Sheriff Andy Taylor’s son Opie, posted on Twitter Sunday. She will appear eight times in the series as basically the same character, but not always with the same name sometimes with dialogue, or just as a classmate visible in the shot. Her character was often flustered by the tightly-wound personality of boyfriend Barney Fife, played by Don Knotts, but they continued to date throughout most of the series.Īfter two decades of on-again, off-again romance, they finally married in the reunion TV movie “Return to Mayberry” in 1986, the characters’ final appearance together on screen. Betty Lynn, the actress best known for her portrayal of Thelma Lou, Barney Fifes sweetheart on The Andy Griffith Show, died peacefully on Saturday. John Russell/APĪfter a number of bit parts in films like “Cheaper by the Dozen” and small roles in TV series including “Disneyland,” Lynn first appeared as Thelma Lou in 1961. Actors Don Knotts who played the role of Barney Fife, right, along with George Lindsey, who played Goober and Betty Lynn who played Thelma Lou, left, arrive at a reception at the Governor's Mansion in Nashville, Tennessee Wednesday, June 27, 2001. ![]()
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