Arlene Leanore Golonka (born January , ) is an American actress. She
is perhaps best known for playing Millie Hutchins on the television
comedy The Andy Griffith Show and Millie Swanson on Mayberry R.F.D.,
and often portrayed bubbly, eccentric blondes in supporting character
roles on stage, film, and television.Golonka was born in Chicago in
of Polish descent.[citation needed] She worked as a waitress before
she began acting and began her acting career in her early teens, going
professional in a summer-stock troupe. After studying at the
prestigious Goodman Theatre in Chicago, she made her way to New York
City, where she studied with Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner and Uta
Hagen.[citation needed]A life member of The Actors Studio, she
appeared in her first major production, The Night Circus, with Ben
Gazzara, at the Shubert Theater in New Haven, Connecticut on November
, . After a week-long trial run, the play moved to Broadway on
December , , but closed after only seven performances.Despite that
setback, she continued working in other plays such as Take Me Along
with Jackie Gleason, Walter Pidgeon and Robert Morse ( performances
from late to late ), Neil Simon's first Broadway play, Come Blow Your
Horn, which ran performances from February until October , and One
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, starring Kirk Douglas, from November
until January . Golonka appeared in two other Broadway plays from -,
and took supporting roles in films produced in the New York City area.
is perhaps best known for playing Millie Hutchins on the television
comedy The Andy Griffith Show and Millie Swanson on Mayberry R.F.D.,
and often portrayed bubbly, eccentric blondes in supporting character
roles on stage, film, and television.Golonka was born in Chicago in
of Polish descent.[citation needed] She worked as a waitress before
she began acting and began her acting career in her early teens, going
professional in a summer-stock troupe. After studying at the
prestigious Goodman Theatre in Chicago, she made her way to New York
City, where she studied with Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner and Uta
Hagen.[citation needed]A life member of The Actors Studio, she
appeared in her first major production, The Night Circus, with Ben
Gazzara, at the Shubert Theater in New Haven, Connecticut on November
, . After a week-long trial run, the play moved to Broadway on
December , , but closed after only seven performances.Despite that
setback, she continued working in other plays such as Take Me Along
with Jackie Gleason, Walter Pidgeon and Robert Morse ( performances
from late to late ), Neil Simon's first Broadway play, Come Blow Your
Horn, which ran performances from February until October , and One
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, starring Kirk Douglas, from November
until January . Golonka appeared in two other Broadway plays from -,
and took supporting roles in films produced in the New York City area.
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