Frances Bavier

'Frances Bavier' (qv) 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' (qv). It ran for 356 performances.Her first movie was the 1951 sci-fi classic _The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)_ (qv), which was also the first time Frances appeared with 'Olan Soule' (qv). He later went on to play Mayberry's choir director, John Masters, on the The 'Andy Griffith' (qv) 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)_ (qv) and _The Eve Arden Show (1957)_ (qv) before what would become her most famous role, that of Aunt Bee to Andy Taylor ('Andy Griffith' (qv)) and Opie Taylor ('Ron Howard' (qv)) on The 'Andy Griffith' (qv) Show (1960).::Allan 'News' (qv)ome <[email protected]>