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Frances Bavier

1902 - 1989

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Frances Elizabeth Bavier (December 14, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American stage and television actress. Originally from New York theatre, she worked in film and television from the 1950s until the 1970s. She is best known for her role as Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. from 1960 to 1970. Aunt Bee logged more Mayberry years (ten) than any other character. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Frances Bavier is the 10,305th most popular actor (up from 10,328th in 2024), the 15,212th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,028th in 2019) and the 4,782nd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Frances Bavier ranks 10,305 out of 13,578. Before her are Robin Antin, Erin Cummings, Grayson Hall, Marianne Basler, Kyle Secor, and Koo Kyo-hwan. After her are Jeffrey Lynn, Brandy Ledford, Marion Byron, Park Hae-il, Salvador del Solar, and Kathleen Wilhoite.

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Among people born in 1902, Frances Bavier ranks 344. Before her are Gertrude Short, Stevie Smith, Meredith Willson, Isidoro Sota, Stepin Fetchit, and Irene Ryan. After her is Lyle Talbot. Among people deceased in 1989, Frances Bavier ranks 297. Before her are Lennox Berkeley, Prem Nazir, Shamil Serikov, Jack Smith, Frank Adams, and Thomas Sopwith. After her are Andrey Prokofyev, Constance Binney, Timoci Bavadra, Merritt Butrick, Samuel Okwaraji, and Victor Davis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frances Bavier ranks 15,218 out of 20,380. Before her are Daniel C. Burbank (1961), Kyle Secor (1957), Deborah Feldman (1986), Sharon Walsh (1952), Cindy Parlow Cone (1978), and Robert Pinsky (1940). After her are Potter Stewart (1915), Jeffrey Lynn (1909), Brandy Ledford (1969), Marion Byron (1911), Shannon Johnson (1974), and Martha P. Haynes (1951).

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Among actors born in United States, Frances Bavier ranks 4,785. Before her are James Craig (1912), Debra Wilson (1962), Robin Antin (1961), Erin Cummings (1977), Grayson Hall (1922), and Kyle Secor (1957). After her are Jeffrey Lynn (1909), Brandy Ledford (1969), Marion Byron (1911), Kathleen Wilhoite (1964), Matt Long (1980), and Angela Aames (1956).

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