
It’s not glowing or anything.” Actor Tatum O’Neal, left, with her mother actor Joanna Moore in 1981 | Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images She told The Guardian in 2011 that she keeps her Oscar “just in the other room on a shelf. Tatum starred in the film alongside her father Ryan. The pair divorced in 1967.Īt the age of 9 in 1973, Tatum became (and as of now still is) the youngest actor to earn the golden statuette for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Addie Loggins in the film Paper Moon. That same year, she gave birth to their daughter, Tatum O’Neal. In 1963, Moore married actor Ryan O’Neal who eventually became nominated for an Oscar for the 1970s film Love Story. Walt Disney Television via Getty Images She is mom to Oscar-winning actor Tatum O’Neal I was shocked by the honesty on that show, but it was a refreshing kind of honesty.” Actor Joanna Moore who played Nurse Peggy in ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ | The people discuss their problems openly and the difficulties just seem to disappear. The show is well organized and there is no rush. “I liked the Griffith show better than anything else I’ve ever done,” she said. In 1962, the actor shared with the Akron Beacon Journal her delight in being part of the cast of not only a hit show, but a hit show with easy-to-work-with actors. Moore arrived in Mayberry in the show’s third season, portraying the blonde and pretty town nurse Peggy McMillan who dated the sheriff for four episodes. Actor Andy Griffith dressed as Sheriff Andy Taylor on the set of ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ 1960 | CBS via Getty Images Joanna Moore loved working on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ Reality, of course, is always less harmonious and more fraught with friction than a 22-minute situation comedy script.įor one of the actors who portrayed Andy Taylor’s girlfriend on the Griffith Show, the reality of her life was nothing like Mayberry and ended sadly.

And when misunderstandings arose, they were quickly resolved. Outsider.In the happy town of Mayberry on The Andy Griffith Show, relationships for the most part were peaceful, contention-free bonds. Griffith’s reference was of Lucy Ricardo, Lucille Ball’s character on “I Love Lucy.” Her husband on the show was her then-real-life husband, Desi Arnaz. They wanted to introduce a mayor as the boss figure.”

“That’s a good idea for the lead to have a boss figure. “They wanted me to have a boss figure,” Griffith said. “He wanted to introduce a character that I knew wasn’t going to work. “The only fight Sheldon and I ever had in my whole acquaintanceship with him was over a story idea,” Griffith said in an interview with the Television Academy Foundation in 1999. Griffith would say the difference of opinion with showrunner Sheldon Leonard was over this character.


No, we’re not talking about Andy or even Deputy Barney Fife, played by Don Knotts. When looking back on different characters who had roles on “The Andy Griffith Show,” then you’ll remember there was a town leader in Mayberry. Sitcom’s Main Star Only Had One Difference Of Opinion With Showrunner
