Frances Bavier
Actor/Actriz
14
Filmes
22
Séries
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Frances Elizabeth Bavier (December 14, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American stage and television actress. Originally from New York theatre, Bavier worked in film and television from the 1950s. She is best known for her role of Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. from 1960–70. Aunt Bee logged more Mayberry years (ten) than any other character. She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Comedy Actress for the role in 1967.
Bavier had roles in more than a dozen films, as well as playing a range of supporting roles on television. Career highlights include her turn as Mrs. Barley in the classic 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still. 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". In the episode, she fights with Tonto while the Lone Ranger battles with her nephew. At the conclusion, Tonto says that he would like to trade opponents next time. In 1957, she played Nora Martin, mother to Eve Arden's character on The Eve Arden Show, despite the fact that Arden was only 6 or 7 years younger than Bavier. That same year, Bavier guest-starred in the eighth episode of Perry Mason as Louise Marlow in "The Case of the Crimson Kiss".
She was in an episode of Make Room for Daddy, which featured Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor and Ron Howard as Opie Taylor. She played a character named Henrietta Perkins. The episode led to The Andy Griffith Show, and Bavier was cast in the new role of Aunt Bee. Bavier had a love-hate relationship with her famous role during the run of the show. 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.
Como Ator/Atriz
Perry Mason
Louise Marlow
The Andy Griffith Show
Aunt Bee Taylor
Dragnet
Rawhide
The Lone Ranger
Aunt Maggie Sawtelle
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Aunt Bee Taylor
77 Sunset Strip
The Ford Television Theatre
Sugarfoot
Nancy Thomas
Alfred Hitchcock Presenta
Mrs. Fergusen
The Danny Thomas Show
Henrietta Perkins
Mayberry R.F.D.
Aunt Bee Taylor
Cavalcade of America
Mrs. Hayes
MGM Parade
Self
The Thin Man
City Detective
Letter to Loretta
Mrs. Logan
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lou Bloor
The Investigators
La mala semilla
Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
Miss Trimingham
El día que la tierra se detuvo
Mrs. Barley, boarder
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Horizons West
Martha Hammond
Tierra y esperanza
Mrs. Prentiss
The Stooge
Mrs. Rogers
Benji
Lady with the Cat
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Mrs. Solitaire
Girls About Town
Joy - Party Girl (uncredited)