Elizabeth Ann Theresa "Betty" Lynn (born August , ) is a retired
American actress. She is best known for her role as Thelma Lou, Deputy
Barney Fife's girlfriend, on The Andy Griffith Show. During the s and
s, she appeared in many films, including Sitting Pretty (), June Bride
(), the original Cheaper by the Dozen () and Meet Me in Las Vegas
().Betty Lynn was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Her mother, Elizabeth
Ann Lynn, was "an accomplished mezzo-soprano" who taught Betty to sing
and started her in the Kansas City Conservatory of Music when she was
years old.Lynn had little personal contact with her father, who once
reportedly threatened to shoot her mother in the abdomen when she was
pregnant. After Lynn's birth, her mother once took shelter in a locked
closet with the baby as her husband threatened the two. They divorced
when Lynn was years old. Lynn's grandfather, George Andrew Lynn, a
railroad engineer, took on the role of father as she grew up.When she
was , Lynn auditioned to participate in United Service Organizations
entertainment. At age she was part of a USO tour in the China Burma
India Theater. She realized the gravity of the situation when a Marine
gave her a pistol saying, "You might need this."
American actress. She is best known for her role as Thelma Lou, Deputy
Barney Fife's girlfriend, on The Andy Griffith Show. During the s and
s, she appeared in many films, including Sitting Pretty (), June Bride
(), the original Cheaper by the Dozen () and Meet Me in Las Vegas
().Betty Lynn was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Her mother, Elizabeth
Ann Lynn, was "an accomplished mezzo-soprano" who taught Betty to sing
and started her in the Kansas City Conservatory of Music when she was
years old.Lynn had little personal contact with her father, who once
reportedly threatened to shoot her mother in the abdomen when she was
pregnant. After Lynn's birth, her mother once took shelter in a locked
closet with the baby as her husband threatened the two. They divorced
when Lynn was years old. Lynn's grandfather, George Andrew Lynn, a
railroad engineer, took on the role of father as she grew up.When she
was , Lynn auditioned to participate in United Service Organizations
entertainment. At age she was part of a USO tour in the China Burma
India Theater. She realized the gravity of the situation when a Marine
gave her a pistol saying, "You might need this."
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