I loved it so much.” Actors Don Knotts and Betty Lynn reunited in the 1986 ‘Andy Griffith Show’ reunion TV movie ‘Return to Mayberry’ |įrank Carrroll/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images Lynn recalled that her final day on the set with the Barney Fife actor was a heartbreakerĪs much as the actor loved working on the CBS comedy, eventually she had to leave the show, due to Knotts’ decision to pursue film work. “I did a lot of movies and things, but the thing that I’m proudest of, really, is being on The Andy Griffith Show. But the experience she loved most from her career was her work on the Griffith Show. The actor worked steadily in films and television throughout her career alongside greats such as Bette Davis and Maureen O’Hara. And that doesn’t happen every day of the week in show business today.” “And everybody on it was wonderful, as actors. “I couldn’t wait to go to set, because I loved doing it so much,” she wrote in the foreword for Don Knotts’ daughter’s memoir. In her role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife’s girlfriend Thelma Lou on the Griffith Show, the actor found a family of sorts on the show’s set, as she wrote in Karen Knotts’ Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me. Actor Don Knotts, right, and Andy Griffith share a laugh in a scene from ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ | CBS via Getty Images Betty Lynn loved working on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ Here’s what Lynn had to say about the on-screen couple’s final day filming together, and about working on the classic comedy. Actor Betty Lynn may have died recently at age 95, but she will always be remembered for her role on The Andy Griffith Show as the sweet and long-suffering girlfriend to Barney Fife, unforgettably played by Don Knotts.
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