Frances Bavier

Frances Bavier was born on Dec 14, 1902 in USA. Frances Bavier's big-screen debut came with O, My Darling Clementine directed by Frank McDonald in 1943. Frances Bavier is known for The Andy Griffith Show directed by Bob Sweeney, Andy Griffith stars as Andy Taylor and Ron Howard as Opie Taylor. The most recent award Frances Bavier achieved is Primetime Emmy Awards. The upcoming new movie Frances Bavier plays is Benji which will be released on May 31, 1974.

Frances Bavier was born in New York City on December 14, 1902. Her first Broadway appearance was in April 1925 in "The Poor Nut", the start of a successful Broadway career. She traveled with the USO to entertain the U.S. troops in the Pacific during World War II. Her last appearance on Broadway was in the 1951 play, "Point of No Return" starring Henry Fonda. It ran for 356 performances.Her first movie was the 1951 sci-fi classic Le Jour où la Terre s'arrêta... (1951), which was also the first time Frances appeared with Olan Soule. He later went on to play Mayberry's choir director, John Masters, on the The Andy Griffith Show (1960). In the movie, they were both boarders in the rooming house where the alien stayed. She made many movies during the 50s and appeared on TV as featured characters on shows like It's a Great Life (1954) and The Eve Arden Show (1957) before what would become her most famous role, that of Aunt Bee to Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) and Opie Taylor (Ron Howard) on The Andy Griffith Show (1960).