re: Favorite Andy Griffith Episodes

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She was made up for effect.

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I don't disagree - she wasn't "a looker" as they would have said back then, but I submit:



Probably the best Hollywood could do with at the time. And - not "ugly".

And part of it was the character she played - a mousy handy(wo)man, kind of an Eeyore personality - always kind of deadpan or depressed sounding.

Here is picture of her, as Ralph, (may be an off camera shot) smiling:



Not the end of the world in the looks department.