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Apr 19, 2024 · Barbara Bray Edwards married Andy Griffith, actor and star of the Andy Griffith Show, in 1949. Her father was the school superintendent of Montgomery County schools. The Edwards' home was near here. She and Griffith returned to Troy often to visit her family. She died in 1980 and is buried in Los Angeles, Ca. Topics.
Griffith and Barbara Bray Edwards were married on August 22, 1949, and they adopted two children: a son named Andy Samuel Griffith Jr. (born in 1957 and better known as Sam Griffith) and a daughter named Dixie Nann Griffith. They divorced in 1972. Sam, a real-estate developer, died in 1996 after years of alcoholism.
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May 14, 2021 · Throughout his life, Griffith was married three times to Barbara Bray Edwards, Greek actress Solica Cassuto, and third wife Cindi Knight. Though the beloved actor passed away from a heart attack ...
- Griffith Met His First Wife in College
- He Then Moved on to A Greek Actress
- The Actor Finally Found True Love in His Third Marriage
After developing an interest in music, especially Southern gospel, and the arts in his hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina, Griffith earned a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. At UNC, Griffith served as the president of a music fraternity and performed with the Carolina Playmakers, UNC’s professional thea...
Griffith and Edwards were married for 23 years before divorcing in 1972. Daniel de Visé claimed in Andy & Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Showthat Edwards had trouble stomaching the ups and downs that came with the entertainment industry. She also hadn’t found her own success in music, which led to tension between the coup...
They say the third time’s a charm, and that certainly seemed to be the case with Griffith’s third and longest marriage. The CBS star met Cindi Knight while he was filming the movie Murder in Coweta County. The May-December couple tied the knot in 1983, when Griffith was 56 and Knight was just 27 years old. Not long afterward, Griffith was beset by ...
Jan 2, 2024 · Barbara Bray Edwards was an American actress and singer who is best remembered for her role in The Andy Griffith Show (1960), a popular sitcom starring her then-husband, Andy Griffith. She was born on August 17, 1926, in Wilson, North Carolina, to James Spurgeon Edwards and Dixie Vance (Lamm) Edwards.
Jul 3, 2012 · Andrew Samuel Griffith, a native of Mount Airy, attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied music and theater. He married a fellow UNC alumnus and actress, Barbara Bray Edwards. Their marriage lasted from 1949 until 1972. He was later married to Solica Cassuto from 1975 until 1981 and was married to Cindi Knight ...
Nov 27, 2020 · According to MeTV, Griffith had originally planned to work as a preacher when he graduated from high school.When he started college, however, he met Barbara Edwards. She was a singer, and she must ...
