Frances Bavier spent more than four decades working in stage, film and television, but for generations of fans she will always be Aunt Bee—the kind-hearted, apron-wearing matriarch from The Andy ...

In the world of classic television shows, few are more popular and more iconic than The Andy Griffith Show. The series ran all throughout the ’60s, giving life to iconic characters like Deputy Barney ...

Author Richard Kelly in his 1981 book, The Andy Griffith Show, extensively interviewed the show’s stars and producers – Sheldon Leonard, Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, and more – in his in-depth look at ...

Actress Frances Bavier retired to Siler City after the series ended and became friends with a man in town whose daughter has written a book about that special friendship. Today, people leave pickles ...

Actress Frances Bavier died on this day in 1989 and is buried in Siler City. She played Aunt Bee on "The Andy Griffith Show." A Mount Airy hotel has turned one of its rooms into an Aunt Bee museum, ...

In her flowered dress and apron, Aunt Bee delighted the Mayberry townsfolk with her fried chicken and pecan pies, floating cheerfully through a world of church picnics and county fairs. And in real ...