Thelma Lou | |
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Profile | |
Full Name | Thelma Lou |
Occupation | Office work |
First Episode | Cyrano Andy |
Last Episode | The Return of Barney Fife |
Spin-off Appearances | Return to Mayberry |
Relationships | |
Family | Mary Grace Gossage (cousin), Karen Moore (cousin) |
Spouse | Barney Fife (m. 1986)
Gerald Whitfield (m. abt. 1965-divorced) |
Romances | (A concocted one with Andy Taylor and one with Gomer Pyle) |
Children | None |
Portrayed by | Betty Lynn |
Thelma Lou Fife (née ???) (formerly Whitfield) is Barney Fife's girlfriend on The Andy Griffith Show. She is played by the late Betty Lynn.
Biography
Thelma Lou's last name and occupation are never revealed; However, in one episode, she mentions getting back to the office. Her two cousins are Mary Grace Gossage and Karen Moore. She lives in a small, quaint home within Mayberry city limits - making Barney's ice cream deliveries much quicker.
Thelma Lou's Romances
Barney Fife would be considered Thelma Lou's first and last true love. They met in 1960 at Wilton Blair's funeral. They had their tiffs, but would always seem to get back together. There were times when Thelma Lou would successfully make Barney jealous - by using Andy Taylor and Gomer Pyle. But as Barney said, "Thelma Lou, you're the only girl I love!"
In her last appearance on the series, Barney returns to Mayberry to discover that Thelma Lou is married to a man she met in Florida named Gerald Whitfield.
Return to Mayberry
In Return to Mayberry, it is said said she is divorced, presumably from Gerald Whitfield. Barney and Thelma Lou go through a brief, yet touching re-acquaintance and are finally married at the end of the movie. The whole town comes to celebrate, and The Darlings even drop in to play.
Appearances
The Andy Griffith Show
- Cyrano Andy
- Barney Gets His Man
- Barney's Replacement
- Barney on the Rebound
- The Perfect Female
- The Farmer Takes a Wife
- Barney and the Choir
- Three's a Crowd
- Andy on Trial - mentioned
- Andy's Rich Girlfriend
- Barney Mends a Broken Heart
- Lawman Barney - mentioned
- The Bank Job - mentioned
- Man in a Hurry - mentioned
- The Great Filling Station Robbery - mentioned
- Barney's First Car
- The Rivals
- A Wife for Andy
- A Date for Gomer
- Up in Barney's Room
- Barney and the Cave Rescue
- Prisoner of Love - mentioned
- The Shoplifters - mentioned
- Divorce, Mountain Style - mentioned
- The Fun Girls (episode)
- The Rumor
- Barney and Thelma Lou - Phfftt
- Opie Loves Helen - mentioned
- Barney's Physical
- Man in the Middle
- Barney's Uniform - mentioned
- Opie's Fortune - mentioned
- Andy and Helen Have Their Day - mentioned
- Three Wishes for Opie - mentioned
- The Lucky Letter
- Goober and the Art of Love
- Barney Runs for Sheriff
- The Arrest of the Fun Girls
- The Luck of Newton Monroe - mentioned
- Opie Flunks Arithmetic - mentioned
- The Return of Barney Fife