On an appearance on Larry King Live (November 27, 2003), Griffith said Bavier phoned him four months before she died and apologized for being "difficult" during the series run.
Series star Andy Griffith once admitted the two sometimes clashed during the series run. īavier was easily offended on the set of The Andy Griffith Show and the production staff took a cautious approach when communicating with her. As a New York City actress, she felt her dramatic talents were being overlooked, yet after playing Bee for eight seasons, she was the only original cast member to remain with the series in the spin-off, Mayberry R.F.D., for two additional seasons. Bavier had a love-hate relationship with her famous role during the run of the show. The episode led to The Andy Griffith Show, and Bavier was cast in the role of Aunt Bee. She played a character named Henrietta Perkins. She was in an episode of Make Room for Daddy, which featured Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor and Ron Howard as Opie Taylor. That same year, Bavier guest-starred in the eighth episode of Perry Mason as Louise Marlow in "The Case of the Crimson Kiss". In 1957, she played Nora Martin, mother of Eve Arden's character on The Eve Arden Show, despite the fact that Arden was less than six years younger than Bavier. In 1955, she played the rough and tough "Aunt Maggie" Sawtelle, a frontier Ma Barker-type character, in the Lone Ranger episode "Sawtelle's Saga End". Barley in the classic 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still. Career highlights include her turn as Mrs.
īavier had roles in more than a dozen films, and played a range of supporting roles on television. She later appeared with Henry Fonda in the play Point of No Return. Bavier's big break came in the original Broadway production of On Borrowed Time. Īfter graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1925, she was cast in the stage comedy The Poor Nut. She first appeared in vaudeville, later moving to the Broadway stage. She originally planned to become a teacher after attending Columbia University. Bavier, a stationary engineer, and Mary S. Bavier was known for playing Amy Morgan on It's a Great Life (1954–1956).īavier was born in New York City in a brownstone on Gramercy Park to Charles S. She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Comedy Actress for the role in 1967. Aunt Bee logged more Mayberry years (ten) than any other character. She is best known for her role as Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. Originally from New York theatre, she worked in film and television from the 1950s until the 1970s. Oakwood Cemetery, Siler City, North Carolina, U.S.įrances Elizabeth Bavier (Decem– December 6, 1989) was an American stage and television actress.
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