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Frances Bavier(1902-1989)

  • Actress
  • Additional Crew
  • Soundtrack
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Frances Bavier in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
After an enigmatic, self-described pathologist rents the attic room of a Victorian house, his landlady begins to suspect her lodger is Jack the Ripper.
Play trailer1:51
Mies ullakolla (1953)
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Frances Bavier was born in New York City on December 14, 1902. Her first Broadway appearance was in April 1925 in "The Poor Nut", the start of a successful Broadway career. She traveled with the USO to entertain the U.S. troops in the Pacific during World War II. Her last appearance on Broadway was in the 1951 play, "Point of No Return" starring Henry Fonda. It ran for 356 performances.

Her first movie was the 1951 sci-fi classic Uhkavaatimus maalle (1951), which was also the first time Frances appeared with Olan Soule. He later went on to play Mayberry's choir director, John Masters, on the The Andy Griffith Show (1960). In the movie, they were both boarders in the rooming house where the alien stayed. She made many movies during the 50s and appeared on TV as featured characters on shows like It's a Great Life (1954) and The Eve Arden Show (1957) before what would become her most famous role, that of Aunt Bee to Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) and Opie Taylor (Ron Howard) on The Andy Griffith Show (1960).
BornDecember 14, 1902
DiedDecember 6, 1989(86)
BornDecember 14, 1902
DiedDecember 6, 1989(86)
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

Photos53

Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, Jim Connell, Andy Griffith, and Candice Howard in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Elvia Allman, Frances Bavier, and Yvonne Adrian in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, Joyce Van Patten, and Don Wyndham in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Frances Bavier, Jack Dodson, Andy Griffith, and Paul Hartman in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Frances Bavier and Jan Shutan in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Jack Nicholson, Tol Avery, Frances Bavier, Tom Palmer, Emory Parnell, and Rhys Williams in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Jack Nicholson, Tol Avery, Frances Bavier, and Rhys Williams in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Jack Nicholson, Frances Bavier, George Lindsey, and Emory Parnell in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Frances Bavier, Andy Griffith, and Yvonne Lime in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Frances Bavier, Sylvia Marriott, and Vera Miles in Wagon Train (1957)
Frances Bavier, Ken Berry, Buddy Foster, Arlene Golonka, and George Lindsey in Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)
Frances Bavier in Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)

Known for:

Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, and Andy Griffith in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
The Andy Griffith Show
8.4
TV Series
  • Aunt Bee Taylor
  • Aunt Bee
Uhkavaatimus maalle (1951)
Uhkavaatimus maalle
7.8
  • Mrs. Barley
  • 1951
Mies ullakolla (1953)
Mies ullakolla
6.1
  • Helen Harley
  • 1953
Polly Bergen, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, and Marion Marshall in Jenkki ja Lenkki neropatteina (1951)
Jenkki ja Lenkki neropatteina
6.7
  • Mrs. Rogers
  • 1951

Credits

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Actress

  • Higgins in Benji (1974)
    Benji
    6.1
    • Lady with the Cat
    • 1974
  • Andy Griffith in Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)
    Mayberry R.F.D.
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Aunt Bea
    • Aunt Bee Taylor
    • 1968–1971
  • Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, and Andy Griffith in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
    The Andy Griffith Show
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Aunt Bee Taylor
    • Aunt Bee
    • 1960–1968
  • Jim Nabors and Frank Sutton in Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964)
    Gomer Pyle: USMC
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Aunt Bee
    • Aunt Bee Taylor
    • 1967–1968
  • Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, and Sheb Wooley in Lännen tie (1959)
    Lännen tie
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Ellen Ferguson
    • 1960
  • Angela Cartwright, Rusty Hamer, Sherry Jackson, Marjorie Lord, and Danny Thomas in Make Room for Daddy (1953)
    Make Room for Daddy
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Henrietta Perkins
    • 1960
  • Sugarfoot (1957)
    Sugarfoot
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Nancy Thomas
    • 1959
  • Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds in Se alkoi suudelmasta (1959)
    Se alkoi suudelmasta
    6.0
    • Mrs. Tappe
    • 1959
  • Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in Yksityisetsivät (1958)
    Yksityisetsivät
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Hortense Fenwick
    • 1959
  • John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)
    Wagon Train
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Sister Joseph
    • 1959
  • Ronald Reagan in Se parhaiten nauraa... (1953)
    Se parhaiten nauraa...
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Miss Trimingham
    • 1957–1959
  • Frank Jenks and Alan Mowbray in Colonel Humphrey Flack (1953)
    Colonel Humphrey Flack
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Old Woman
    • 1959
  • Phyllis Kirk, Peter Lawford, and Asta in Pettävä Varjo vaaroissa (1957)
    Pettävä Varjo vaaroissa
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Sara Doone
    • 1959
  • The Ann Sothern Show (1958)
    The Ann Sothern Show
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Wallace
    • 1959
  • Target (1958)
    Target
    7.4
    TV Series
    • 1958

Additional Crew

  • Prinsessa Ruusunen (1959)
    Prinsessa Ruusunen
    7.2
    • live action model: Fairy (uncredited)
    • 1959

Soundtrack

  • Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, and Andy Griffith in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
    The Andy Griffith Show
    8.4
    TV Series
    • performer: "A Fading Flower of Forgotten Love"
    • performer: "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)", "Chinatown, My Chinatown"
    • 1963

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Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Frances Bouvier
  • Born
    • December 14, 1902
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • December 6, 1989
    • Siler City, North Carolina, USA(congestive heart failure due to heart attack)
  • Spouse
    • Russell Carpenter1928 - 1933 (divorced)
  • Parents
      Charles S. Bavier
  • Other works
    Appeared on Broadway in the following productions:
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Despite her good-hearted image on screen, cast members of The Andy Griffith Show (1960) often remember her as difficult, temperamental and somewhat cold. Griffith himself said "There was just something about me she did not like.".
  • Quotes
    [speaking in the 1970s] I had played Aunt Bee for ten years and it's very, very difficult for an actress or actor to create a role and be so identified that you as a person no longer exist and all the recognition you get is for a part that's created on screen.

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