Betty Lynn, who was best known as Barney Fife's sweetheart, Thelma Lou, on 'The Andy Griffith Show,' has died at 95.
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. She was 95., announced in a statement.
Lynn appeared as Thelma Lou on the show from 1961 until 1966. She reprised her role in the made-for-TV movie “Return to Mayberry,” in which Thelma Lou and Barney got married. Born Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn on Aug. 29, 1926 in Kansas City, Mo., she began studying dance and acting at a young age. In 1944, she started performing as a part of USO Camp Shows.Lynn took her talents overseas, performing in the USO for service members during World War II. She was “thought to be the only American woman to have traveled the dangerous Burma Road during the war,” according to the museum’s statement.
She moved to New York in the late 1940s and began acting in film and, later, television. Her career spanned decades, but fans came to know her best for her role on
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