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Perhaps best known for her role as Barney Fife's girlfriend, Thelma Lou, in the television series "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960). She dated Barney (played by Don Knotts) throughout his entire 1960-65 run on the show, and left the show as a regular when Knotts left. When Knotts left the show and subsequently made a return as a guest star, the producers of the show made the controversial decision to reunite Barney and Thelma Lou at a class reunion party, but with Thelma Lou married to another man. It was her only appearance in a color episode of the series, and it was also her final appearance on the series. The Barney/Thelma Lou story does have a happy ending, as she Knotts reprised their roles in a 1986 TV movie, Return to Mayberry (1986) (TV), where Thelma Lou returned as a divorcée and promptly went back to Barney. The two-hour movie ended with Barney marrying Thelma Lou, a sight which pleased most every fan of the original show. Was one of three bridesmaids at Ann Blyth's marriage to Dr. James McNulty. The other two bridesmaids were Jane Withers and Joan Leslie. She was asked to play the mother of Christine Jorgensen in the film The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970), but turned it down. Her home in West Hollywood, where she had lived since 1950, was broken into twice in the same year. She decided to move more than 2,100 miles to Mount Airy - Andy Griffith's hometown and one of the inspirations for the fictional town of Mayberry.