#THELMA LOU ON THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW MOVIE#
In the late 1940s, after being "discovered" in the short-lived Broadway production of "Park Avenue," the fresh-faced Betty was signed on as a starlet for Twentieth Century Fox and appeared in several of their popular movies, billed herself briefly as "Betty Ann Lynn" before abruptly dropping her middle name from the credits.īetty made her movie debut in a small, sprightly role in the classic Clifton Webb comedy Sitting Pretty (1948).
She even entertained the troops with her light soprano at USO tent shows towards the end of World War II. While Betty enjoyed other entertainment outlets such as film and the stage, it is her "Thelma Lou" character that remains indelibly etched in the minds of all her fans.īetty came from a musical background as the daughter of a singer and began her career as a young teen performing in both supper clubs and on Broadway in such musical productions as "Walk with Music" (1940) and "Oklahoma!," the latter as a dancing replacement. It took a second reunion decades later to finally get those two characters married. She is pleasantly remembered for playing TV's sweet-as-apple-pie "Thelma Lou," who had the tough end of the bargain as the ever-patient girlfriend of Don Knotts's neurotic "Barney Fife" character on The Andy Griffith Show (1960). Her name is as light, breezy and innocent as the characters she played on film and TV. Missouri born-and-bred Betty Ann Lynn was born in Kansas City.
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