1. Margaret Ann Peterson was an American actress and singer.
13 Facts About Maggie Peterson
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Maggie Peterson was best known for playing Charlene Darling on The Andy Griffith Show.
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Maggie Peterson played the character of Doris in the episode "A Girl for Goober".
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The youngest of four children, Maggie Peterson was born in Greeley, Colorado, to Arthur and Tressa Hill Maggie Peterson.
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Maggie Peterson's father was a doctor and her mother a homemaker.
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Maggie Peterson landed a role as Susie, the coffee-shop waitress on The Bill Dana Show, another spin-off from The Danny Thomas Show, which aired from September 1963 to January 1965.
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Maggie Peterson later returned to The Andy Griffith Show in its final season, in "A Girl for Goober," as Doris, who was the dating interest of Ken Berry's character.
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Maggie Peterson tried to steal her away on the day they were to be remarried by a preacher.
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In 1968, while she was singing as an opening act for Andy Griffith at a casino in Lake Tahoe, Maggie Peterson met jazz musician Ronald Bernard "Gus" Mancuso who was playing bass in a lounge act.
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The couple spent a number of years in Los Angeles, where Maggie Peterson worked doing commercials, until they decided to settle in Las Vegas, where Maggie Peterson worked as a location scout for film and television.
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In May 2016 and May 2019, Maggie Peterson appeared as a guest of honor at the Mayberry in the Midwest Festival in Danville, Indiana.
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Maggie Peterson died in her sleep, surrounded by family and friends, on May 15,2022, aged 81.
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Maggie Peterson had been in declining health following the death of her husband Gus.