L-R: Frances Bavier, Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Elinor Donahue and Don Knotts. Character bio: Ellie Walker is the new ...

Aneta Corsaut and Andy Griffith embracing, November 16, 1964. Andy Taylor's love life proved tricky for writers. The show initially paired him with Ellie Walker (Elinor Donahue), but the chemistry ...

It's the annual church picnic, and when Andy invites Ellie to the event, he begins to suspect that she has marriage on her mind -- so he hastily arranges for three of Mayberry's most eligible ...