Frances Bavier spent more than four decades working in stage, film and television, but for generations of fans she will always be Aunt Bee—the kind-hearted, apron-wearing matriarch from The Andy ...
Character bio: Andy Taylor is the affable and level-headed sheriff of Mayberry, North Carolina. A widower, he raises his young son, Opie, with the help of his Aunt Bee. Andy is known for his ...
Frances Bavier may be best known for her role as the kind-hearted but firm Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show, but she infamously wasn’t much like her character in real life. Behind the soft smile was ...
The actress who played Aunt Bee on the Andy Griffith Show died 35 years ago this week in Siler City. And today, people still leave pickles at her grave in tribute to her and a famous episode on the ...
Everybody knows that familiar whistling tune that opened up each episode of The Andy Griffith Show, which has far outlived the series itself. From 1960 until 1968, the Andy Griffith-led sitcom aired ...
Character bio: Andy Taylor is the affable and level-headed sheriff of Mayberry, North Carolina. A widower, he raises his ...
Travel Tar Heel Traveler, Aunt Bee museum Actress Frances Bavier died on this day in 1989 and is buried in Siler City. She played Aunt Bee on "The Andy Griffith Show." A Mount Airy hotel has turned ...