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Betty Lynn

ベティ・リン　/　べてぃ・りん

American actor

August 29, 1926 – October 16, 2021　・　Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Missouri
actor
stage actor
television actor

My Take

Betty Lynn is the kind of actress I treasure: not the lead chasing fame, but the warm presence that made a show feel like home. Her Thelma Lou on The Andy Griffith Show, Barney Fife's sweetheart, became part of American living rooms, and her earlier film work in Sitting Pretty and the original Cheaper by the Dozen shows real range. From Kansas City to a 95-year life ending in 2021, she built a career on gentleness rather than spectacle. I think that quiet likability is exactly why audiences kept loving her, decades after the cameras stopped rolling.

Overview

Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn (August 29, 1926 – October 16, 2021) was an American actress. She played Thelma Lou, Deputy Barney Fife's girlfriend, on The Andy Griffith Show. During the 1940s and 1950s, she appeared in many films, including Sitting Pretty (1948), June Bride (1948), the original Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), and Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Betty Lynn
Name (Japanese): ベティ・リン
Reading: べてぃ・りん
Born: August 29, 1926 – October 16, 2021
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Tiger
Origin: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
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4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%20(1926%E5%B9%B4%E7%94%9F)

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