{"id":107677,"date":"2021-10-18T11:27:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T16:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107677"},"modified":"2021-10-18T11:27:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T16:27:44","slug":"the-andy-griffith-show-actress-betty-lynn-dies-at-95-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107677","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Andy Griffith Show\u201d Actress Betty Lynn Dies at 95 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107677\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107677\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-107678 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/127766134_web1_Betty-Lynn-2108-9-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/127766134_web1_Betty-Lynn-2108-9-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/127766134_web1_Betty-Lynn-2108-9.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Actress Betty Lynn, who was best known for playing Barney Fife\u2019s girlfriend Thelma Lou on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW passed away October 16, 2021, in Mount Airy, North Carolina after a brief illness. She was 95.<\/p>\n<p>Betty Lynn was born Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn on August 29, 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri. She began her career in radio as a member of the cast on a daytime drama on a station in Kansas City. Lynn also performed on the stage appearing in the Broadway productions \u201cWalk with Music\u201d (1940), \u201cOklahoma\u201d (1943), and \u201cPark Avenue\u201d (1946). <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Lynn played \u201cThelma Lou\u201d on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW (1960-1968) for five years, appearing in 26 episodes. Her additional; TV and film credits include JUNE BRIDE (1948), CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (1950), MEET ME IN LAS VEGAS (1956), WAGON TRAIN (1957-1965), TALES OF WELLS FARGO (1957-1962), THE FARMER\u2019S DAUGHTER (1963-1966), FAMILY AFFAIR (1966-1971), MY THREE SONS (1960-1972), MOD SQUAD (1968-1973), LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE (1974-1983), RETUERN TO MAYBERRY (1986), and MATLOCK (1986-1995).<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Betty Lynn\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Actress Betty Lynn, who was best known for playing Barney Fife\u2019s girlfriend Thelma Lou on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW passed away October 16, 2021, in Mount Airy, North Carolina after a brief illness. She was 95. Betty Lynn was born Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn on August 29, 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[27636],"class_list":["post-107677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-the-andy-griffith-show-actress-betty-lynn-dies-at-95-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107677"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}