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Actress: The Andy Griffith Show. Missouri born-and-bred Betty Ann Lynn was born in Kansas City. Her name is as light, breezy and innocent as the characters she played on film and TV. She is pleasantly remembered for playing TV's sweet-as-apple-pie "Thelma Lou," who had the tough end of the bargain as the ever-patient girlfriend of Don Knotts's ...
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Portraying Thelma Lou on The Andy Griffith Show. Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn [1] (August 29, 1926 – October 16, 2021) was an American actress. She played Thelma Lou, Deputy Barney Fife 's girlfriend, on The Andy Griffith Show. During the 1940s and 1950s, she appeared in many films, including Sitting Pretty (1948), June Bride (1948), the ...
Oct 17, 2021 · Betty Lynn, the actress who portrayed Thelma Lou, the wholesome girlfriend of Don Knotts’ Barney Fife, on The Andy Griffith Show, has died. She was 95. Lynn died Saturday after a short illness ...
Oct 19, 2021 · She joined the cast in 1961. CBS, via Everett Collection. Betty Lynn, who portrayed Thelma Lou, the patient girlfriend of Barney Fife, the bumbling deputy sheriff of the homespun town of Mayberry ...
Oct 18, 2021 · Betty Lynn, best known for playing Barney Fife’s girlfriend Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” died Saturday, the Andy Griffith Museum stated. She was 95 years old.
Oct 18, 2021 · She was 95. Associated Press. MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — 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 ...
