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TürkçeFrances Bavier (Frances Elizabeth Bavier)
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Biography
New York City, New York, USA
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 The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), which was also the first time Frances appeared with Olan Soule. Read more... 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 Bea to Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith ) and Opie Taylor (Ron Howard on The Andy Griffith Show (1960) .
Her first movie was the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), which was also the first time Frances appeared with Olan Soule. Read more... 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 Bea to Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith ) and Opie Taylor (Ron Howard on The Andy Griffith Show (1960) .
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Mrs. Rogers
The Stooge 1952
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Martha Hammond
Horizons West 1952
1
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Mrs. Chamberlain
My Wife's Best Friend 1952
2
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Helen Harley
Man in the Attic 1953
4
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Woman in dinner party scene
The Bad Seed 1956
1
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Mrs. Tappe
It Started with a Kiss 1959
1
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Lady with the Cat
Benji 1974
1
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Aunt Marty
The Loretta Young Show 1953
0
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Henrietta Perkins
Make Room for Daddy 1953
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Grandma
77 Sunset Strip 1958
0
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Aunt Bee
Gomer Pyle: USMC 1964
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Aunt Bee
Pioneers of Television 2008
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Mrs. Wallace
The Ann Sothern Show 1958
0
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Nora
The Eve Arden Show 1957
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Mrs. Barley
The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951
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Amy Jackson
Waterfront 1954
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