Betty Lynn, Thelma Lou on 'The Andy Griffith Show,' Dies
The actress who played Thelma Lou on The Andy Griffith Show has died. Betty Lynn was Barney Fife's (Don Knotts) love interest for a half-decade on the popular television program.
Later, in a made-for-TV movie called Return to Mayberry (1986), the on-screen couple would marry.
However, fans mostly just knew Thelma Lou as Fife's sweetheart, and it's that legacy she'd live on after she retired from acting. By the time she joined the show she was a veteran stage and screen player with a diverse resume; a 1959 film called Louisiana Hussy stands apart from the wholesome fare she'd soon be attached to.
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