Ellie Walker was Andy Taylor's girlfriend in season 1 of 'The Andy Griffith Show.' Her departure was never explained because she was supposed to stay longer.

From the jug-band stylings of the Grammy-nominated Dillards as the Darling family, to the melodious outbursts of town ...

Actor Andy Griffith said it was his own fault Sheriff Andy Taylor couldn't keep a girlfriend for long. Find out what he meant and more about the one that stayed.

While the heart of The Andy Griffith Show (which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1968) ... Ellie Walker (Elinor Donahue, born 1937) L-R: Frances Bavier, Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, ...

Running from 1960 to 1968, the series followed Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith), his young son Opie (Ron Howard), their kindhearted Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier), and Deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts).

Andy Griffith, the charming southern entertainer who died this morning at 86, is best known for two long-running television roles: Andy Taylor, from Griffith’s eponymous 1960s sitcom The Andy ...

In its TV-land immortality, “The Andy Griffith Show” has already inspired a pair of statues, a museum, an annual festival, a rerun-watchers club and a souvenir collection so it vast it ...

In a career that spanned half a century, Griffith starred in five different TV series and made more than 30 movies. He was most famous for playing a gentle small-town sheriff on The Andy Griffith ...