Frances Elizabeth Bavier was an American stage and television actress.
16 Facts About Frances Bavier
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Frances Bavier won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Comedy Actress for the role in 1967.
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Frances Bavier originally planned to become a teacher after attending Columbia University.
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Frances Bavier first appeared in vaudeville, later moving to the Broadway stage.
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Frances Bavier later appeared with Henry Fonda in the play Point of No Return.
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Frances Bavier had roles in more than a dozen films, as well as playing a range of supporting roles on television.
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That same year, Frances Bavier guest-starred in the eighth episode of Perry Mason as Louise Marlow in "The Case of the Crimson Kiss".
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Frances Bavier was in an episode of Make Room for Daddy, which featured Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor and Ron Howard as Opie Taylor.
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The episode led to The Andy Griffith Show, and Frances Bavier was cast in the role of Aunt Bee.
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Frances Bavier had a love-hate relationship with her famous role during the run of the show.
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Frances Bavier was easily offended on the set of The Andy Griffith Show and the production staff took a cautious approach when communicating with her.
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Frances Bavier won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy in 1967.
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In 1972, Frances Bavier retired from acting and bought a home in Siler City, North Carolina.
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Frances Bavier was described "as living a sparse life in her later years, a very quiet life".
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Frances Bavier was discharged on December 4,1989, ten days before her 87th birthday.
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Frances Bavier died at 7pm on December 6,1989, two days after being released from the hospital.