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. 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).

Frances Bavier in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

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Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, Jim Connell, Andy Griffith, and Candice Howard in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Elvia Allman, Frances Bavier, and Yvonne Adrian in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, Joyce Van Patten, and Don Wyndham in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Frances Bavier, Jack Dodson, Andy Griffith, and Paul Hartman in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Frances Bavier and Jan Shutan in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Jack Nicholson, Tol Avery, Frances Bavier, Tom Palmer, Emory Parnell, and Rhys Williams in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Jack Nicholson, Tol Avery, Frances Bavier, and Rhys Williams in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Jack Nicholson, Frances Bavier, George Lindsey, and Emory Parnell in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Frances Bavier, Andy Griffith, and Yvonne Lime in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, and Andy Griffith in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Jack Palance and Constance Smith in Man in the Attic (1953)

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