Even after The Andy Griffith Show ended in 1968, Bavier continued to play Aunt Bee ... they tell you how things came to be and much of it centered on Frances’ character. That was the main ...

Jim Nabors was the only cast member of The Andy Griffith Show who got along with Bavier. Frances Bavier moved to a small town Bavier moved to Siler City, N.C. in 1972 when she retired. She died in ...

Frances Bavier may be best known for her role as the kind-hearted but firm Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show, but she infamously wasn’t much like her character in real life. Behind the soft ...

Frances Bavier, the late actress who played the kind-hearted Aunt Bee on the TV classic, "The Andy Griffith Show," apparently felt a lot of appreciation for her local police force. When Bavier ...

She was born Frances Elizabeth Bavier on December 14, 1902, in New York City. Her original intention was to become a teacher, which is what she went to Columbia University for, though it didn’t ...

which they mistakenly claimed depicted a young Frances Bavier, the actress who played Aunt Bee Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, posing for a pin-up style photograph: While the woman shown on the ...

Frances Bavier: 1902-1989 Her role as Aunt Bee continued on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ spin-off, ‘Mayberry R.F.D.’ In 1972 Bavier retired to North Carolina, though she appeared onscreen ...

Perhaps the most famous home in Siler City — the one previously owned by Frances Bavier, who played Aunt Bee on “The Andy Griffith Show” — has a new owner, and fans of the classic show ...

He never won anything for The Andy Griffith Show, either. Don Knotts won five Emmys. and Frances Bavier won one. Griffith was never even nominated once. But Griffith could take comfort in ...

Actress Frances Bavier died on this day in 1989 and is buried in Siler City. She played Aunt Bee on "The Andy Griffith Show." A Mount Airy hotel has turned one of its rooms into an Aunt Bee museum ...