Frances Bavier (December 14, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an Emmy Award winning American character actress, best remembered for her role as Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show in the 1960s. She played the same role on Mayberry R.F.D. from 1968 to 1970. A convincing actress, nobody seemed to notice or care that the New York-born Bavier did not speak with a Southern accent, as some of the other characters did. Her role of Aunt Bee earned her an Emmy Award as Best Supporting Actress in 1967, making her one of only two cast members on the show to win an Emmy Award (Don Knotts is the other). is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Siler City is a town located in Chatham County, North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... An Emmy Award. ... A character actor is an actor, especially in motion pictures, who predominantly performs in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ... Beatrice Aunt Bee Taylor was a character on the long-running 1960s American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and its successor program Mayberry R.F.D. played by Frances Bavier. ... The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series that aired on CBS from October 3rd, 1960 to April 1st, 1968. ... Mayberry R.F.D. (R.F.D. is a postal abbreviation for Rural Free Delivery) was a spin-off, or perhaps, more accurately, a direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show under a new title. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Emmy Award. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (a role which earned him five Emmy Awards), and as landlord Ralph Furley on the television sitcom Threes...

Career

In addition to her years in Mayberry, Bavier performed on Broadway and in more than a dozen films, as well playing a range of supporting roles on television. Career highlights include the play Point of No Return, alongside Henry Fonda, and her turn as Mrs. Barley in the classic 1951 film, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Mayberry is the name of a fictional town in North Carolina which was the setting for the American television sitcoms The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D.. Mayberry, population 1,800, was a small rural town which is remembered as much for its slow-paced life as it... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Point of No Return was a Broadway play starring Henry Fonda. ... Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was a highly acclaimed Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 black-and-white science fiction film that tells the story of a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to warn its leaders not to take their conflicts into space, or they will face devastating consequences. ...

Bavier had a love-hate relationship with her most famous role, Aunt Bee. As a New York actress, she felt her dramatic talents were being overlooked. At the same time, she played Aunt Bee for ten seasons, longer than any other Mayberry character. Her career illustrates the paradox facing many strongly "typed" performers. Audiences took at face value her portrayal of a warm, nurturing matron, but co-workers and others who interacted with her reportedly often found her cool and uneasy. Bavier and Andy Griffith did not get along well on the set. Andy Griffith had addressed the fact that the two sometimes clashed during The Andy Griffith Show's run. The actress was easily slighted, and the production staff would often appease her by "walking on eggshells". According to Griffith ("Larry King Live"- April 24, 1998) Bavier phoned him four months before she died, and said she was deeply sorry for being "difficult" during the series' run. Her medical condition prevented her from taking part in the 1986 television movie, Return to Mayberry. A love-hate relationship is a personal relationship between humans or organizations, or figuratively between a human and an inanimate object, like a computer, a field of study, a body of ideas, or a profession, involving simultaneous or alternating emotions of love and enmity. ... This article is about the state. ... Not to be confused with Andy Griffiths. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... “Telefilm” redirects here. ... Return to Mayberry was a television movie made in 1986 on NBC. The show was a reunion movie for the 1960s American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. ...

Later Years

In 1972, Bavier, who was born in New York, bought a home in Siler City, North Carolina, sight unseen, and retired from acting. On choosing to live in North Carolina instead of her native New York, Bavier stated in an interview that, "I fell in love with North Carolina, all the pretty roads and the trees". She briefly returned to acting in 1974 in the family film, Benji. Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Siler City is a town located in Chatham County, North Carolina. ... This article is about the state. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... [[ Benji is the first film in a series of nine about the golden mutt named Benji. ...

Death

The day before Thanksgiving 1989, Bavier was admitted to Chatham Hospital. Frances was suffering from both heart disease and cancer, and was kept in the coronary care unit for two weeks. She was discharged on December 4, 1989 and died at her home two days later of a heart attack in 1989, just eight days before her 87th birthday.^[1] The art of diplomacy, painted by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863-1930). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Heart disease is an umbrella term for a number of different diseases which affect the heart and as of 2007 it is the leading cause of death in the United States. ... Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ... is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), more commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

Bavier was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Siler City. Her tombstone is emblazoned with the name of her most famous role, "Aunt Bee".

Bavier's will bequeathed her home to the Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, North Carolina, and the some contents of the home went to the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television. On June 20, 1990, Bavier's belongings were auctioned off, including her wardrobe from The Andy Griffith Show and a 1966 Studebaker. Frances had last driven in the car in 1983.^[1] After her death, it was found in her garage, sitting on four flat tires, its interior having been ruined by her many cats. Despite its deterioration, two Andy Griffith fans bought it for $20,000 at the auction.^[2] Pinehurst is a village in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. ... is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Studebaker Corporation, or simply Studebaker, was a United States wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...

Filmography

• Girls About Town (1931)
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
• The Lady Says No (1952)
• Bend of the River (1952)
• Sally and Saint Anne
• Racket Squad (1 episode, 1952)
• My Wife's Best Friend (1952)
• Horizons West (1952)
• The Stooge (1952)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 episode, 1953)
• Man in the Attic (1953)
• City Detective (3 episodes, 1953-1954)
• Waterfront (1 episode, 1954)
• Letter To Loretta aka The Loretta Young Show (3 episodes, 1953-1954)
• The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (2 episodes, 1954)
• The Lone Ranger (1 episode, 1955)
• Soldiers of Fortune (1 episode, 1955)
• Damon Runyon Theater (1 episode, 1955)
• Dragnet aka Badge 714 (3 episodes, 1953-1955)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 episode, 1955)
• It's a Great Life (19 episodes, 1954-1956)
• Lux Video Theatre (1 episode, 1956)
• The Bad Seed (Uncredited, 1956)
• Cavalcade of America (1 episode, 1956)
• Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (1 episode, 1957)
• General Electric Theater (1 episode, 1957)
• The Eve Arden Show (Unknown episodes, 1957)
• The Jack Benny Program (1 episode, 1957)
• Perry Mason (1 episode, 1957)
• Colgate Theater (1 episode, 1958)
• A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed aka How to Rob a Bank (1958)
• The Ann Sothern Show (1 episode, 1959)
• The Thin Man (1 episode, 1959)
• Wagon Train (1 episode, 1959)
• 77 Sunset Strip (1 episode, 1959)
• It Started with a Kiss (1959)
• Make Room For Daddy (1 episode, 1960)
• Rawhide (1 episode, 1960)
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1 episode, 1967)
• The Andy Griffith Show aka Andy of Mayberry (169 episodes, 1960-1968)
• Mayberry R.F.D. (24 episodes, 1968-1970)
• Benji (1974)

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External links

• Frances Bavier at the Internet Movie Database
• Frances Bavier At Find a Grave

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