She frequently contributes meals to community or church events and brings picnic baskets of food to Mayberry's tiny jail for its lawmen and inmates. In the first episode, she serves a platter of fried chicken with all the trimmings, and thereafter her character is associated with wholesome, home-cooked meals. Bee is well known in Mayberry for her cooking skills. Andy explains to Opie that he was raised by Aunt Bee, and Bee later mentions, without elaboration, having raised other Taylors. Aunt Bee thereafter manages Andy's household and becomes Opie's surrogate mother and grandmother. In the premiere episode of The Andy Griffith Show, "The New Housekeeper," Aunt Bee returns to Mayberry after a five-year sojourn in Morgantown, West Virginia, when Andy's housekeeper Rose marries and leaves his house. Though she was the aunt of Sheriff Andy Taylor, virtually every character in Mayberry, even those in her age bracket such as Floyd and Emmett, called her "Aunt Bee."īlack-and-white seasons (1960–1965) Īunt Bee, full name Beatrice Taylor, is the paternal aunt of widower sheriff Andy Taylor and great-aunt to his son Opie Taylor. (1968–1971) when The Andy Griffith Show ended its run in 1968, and remained for two years. Played by Frances Bavier, the character migrated to the spinoff Mayberry R.F.D. Photograph Album 1-2 Photoalbum 1 Photoalbum 2Ĭhiefly professional photographs of Frances BavierĬhiefly personal and extended family photographs, 1890s-1920sĬontains 20 pages and loose images.Aunt Bee's first appearance, "The New Housekeeper" (1960).Īunt Bee is a fictional character from the 1960 American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. Professional and personal photographs of Frances Bavier alone and with others The Actors' Fund membership certificate, 1976 She died on 6 December 1989.įolder 19-22 Folder 19 Folder 20 Folder 21 Folder 22įolder 23-25 Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25įolder 28-31 Folder 28 Folder 29 Folder 30 Folder 31įolder 32-38 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34 Folder 35 Folder 36 Folder 37 Folder 38įolder 39-47 Folder 39 Folder 40 Folder 41 Folder 42 Folder 43 Folder 44 Folder 45 Folder 46 Folder 47įolder 48-50 Folder 48 Folder 49 Folder 50įolder 51-56 Folder 51 Folder 52 Folder 53 Folder 54 Folder 55 Folder 56įolder 60-67 Folder 60 Folder 61 Folder 62 Folder 63 Folder 64 Folder 65 Folder 66 Folder 67įolder 68-76 Folder 68 Folder 69 Folder 70 Folder 71 Folder 72 Folder 73 Folder 74 Folder 75 Folder 76įolder 77-79 Folder 77 Folder 78 Folder 79 Show after Griffith left and the show was renamedīavier retired in 1970 and, in 1972, moved to Siler City, N.C., where she lived a ![]() The Andy Griffith Show, which ran from 1960 to 1968 and for which she won an Emmy. She is most often remembered for her role as Aunt Bee on the On the small screen, she found regular work in sitcoms including Arriving in Hollywood in 1950, she appeared in such films Point of No Return (1951) with Henry Fonda. During World War II, she traveled with the USO to entertain the troops in the Pacific. She later played the grandmother in the original Broadway production of Upon graduating from the American Academy of DramaticĪrts in 1925, she acted in the stage farce She had planned to be a teacher, but was influenced by a friend There is disagreement on whether she wasīorn in 1902 or 1905. Person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes noįrances Bavier was born in New York City. Private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable Of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action underĬommon law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's ![]() Identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. §ġ32 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of ![]() Laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. Sensitive Materials Statement Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive orĬonfidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy Preferred Citation, in the Frances Bavier Papers #4598, Southern HistoricalĬollection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Īcquisitions Information Transferred from the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television inĭecember 1991 and June 2022 (Acc. Copyright Notice Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,Īs stipulated by United States copyright law.
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