Lynn died peacefully Saturday after a brief illness, The Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, North Carolina, announced in a statement. As for Stephen, you may be thinking of Stephen Bogart, the son of Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart. 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. Stanwyck’s obituary in the New York Times in 1990 said they had been “estranged for decades.” Dion Anthony Fay died in 2006. (The marriage ended in divorce, as did a later one to actor Robert Taylor.) Mother and son did not have a happy time. THELMA LOU ON THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW HOW TOHer last appearance was in the color era when she helps Opie learn how to dance in 'Look Pa, I'm Dancing. What happened to him?Ī: From what I can find, the acclaimed actress Stanwyck had only an adopted son, Dion Anthony Fay, from her marriage to actor Frank Fay. 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. Q: I believe Barbara Stanwyck had a son, Stephen. While it seemed designed to draw the “This Is Us” audience, ratings were reportedly low. NBC has dropped the show after a single season. Q: Will the phenomenal show “Council of Dads” return this fall?Ī: No. (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. (Viewers did see Juanita Pike, one of Mayor Pike’s daughters.)Īccording to Beck and Clark, Thelma Lou “works in an office in town (we’re never told exactly where she works or what she does).” It was on “The Danny Thomas Show,” which included the pilot for Griffith’s show, that we learned that Andy’s wife - Opie’s mom - died when Opie was a “speck of a baby.”īarney was fond of Juanita Beasley, a local waitress, who was never seen onscreen.
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