Betty Lynn, Thelma Lou on โThe Andy Griffith Show,โ ๐๐๐๐ค at 95
Lynn died peacefully Saturday after a ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ค๐ค, The Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, North Carolina, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ.
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. โ Betty Lynn, the film and television actor who was best known for her role as Barney Fifeโs sweetheart Thelma Lou on โThe Andy Griffith Show,โ has ๐๐๐๐. She was 95.
Lynn died peacefully Saturday after a brief ๐๐๐๐๐๐ค๐ค, The Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, North Carolina, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ.
Lynn appeared as Thelma Lou on the show from 1961 until 1966. She reprised her role in the made-for-TV movie โReturn to Mayberry,โ in which Thelma Lou and Barney got married.
Born Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn on August 29, 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri, Lynn 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 servicemembers during World ๐๐๐ฃ II. She was โthought to be the only American woman to have traveled the ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฆ๐ค Burma Road during the ๐จ๐๐ฃ,โ according to the ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐โ๐ค ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ.
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 in โThe Andy Griffith Show.โ
In her later years, Lynn participated in reunions with fellow cast members and various Mayberry-themed festivals.
Director and actor Ron Howard, who played Sheriff Andy Taylorโs son, Opie, paid tribute to Lynn in aย tweetย Sunday saying she โbrightened every scene she was in & every shooting day she was on set.โ
Lynn moved from Hollywood to Mount Airy in 2007 following a series of break-ins at her home. She expressed her love for the city to The Associated Press in 2015.
โI think Godโs blessed me,โ Lynn said at the time. โHe brought me to a sweet town, wonderful people, and just said, โNow, thatโs for you Betty.โโ
Lynn had been working on an autobiography before her ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐, which is now expected to be released posthumously, the museum stated.
Lynn is ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ by several cousins. A ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ง๐๐๐ will take place in Culver City, California. Details are to be released at a later date.