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Sharon Despain played by Peggy McCay
Sharon Despain was Andy's high school sweetheart. Their tastes led them to take different paths in life - Sharon moved to the big city while Andy stayed in the small town. Sharon appears in one episode during the third season when she returns to Mayberry to attend a high school reunion.

Alice Harper played by Joanna McNeil
Andy dated Alice Harper after the death of his wife and before meeting Ellie Walker. Alice returns to Mayberry in the seventh season for one episode. She invites Andy, Helen, and Howard to take a weekend trip to a family cabin.

Ellie Walker played by Elinor Donahue
Elinore 'Ellie' Walker is the niece of Mayberry pharmacist Fred Walker. She is a pharmacist herself and has taken up residence in Mayberry to assist her uncle. Ellie is elected to a seat on the council. Ellie appeared in twelve episodes during the first season.

Karen Moore played by Gail Davis
Karen is Thelma Lou's cousin. Karen appears in one episode during the second season. Karen betters Andy in a skeet shooting match.

Mary Simpson played first by Julie Adams, and secondly by Sue Ann Langdon
Mary Simpson is a county nurse. In her first appearance she tackles the job of giving a tetanus shot to an unwilling farmer. In her second appearance she tries to get to know Andy better during a quiet evening in her home. Barney however annoys the couple with repeated interruptions. Mary Simpson appeared in two episodes during the second season.

Peggy McMillan played by Joanna Moore
Peggy is a newcomer to Mayberry when Andy begins dating her. She is a nurse and works at the hospital. Peggy acts as housekeeper for Andy and Opie when Aunt Bee travels out of town for a few days. Peggy appears in four episodes during the third season.

Helen Crump played by Aneta Corsaut
Helen hails from Kansas City and moves to Mayberry to accept a teaching job. She is Opie's teacher. Helen is a self sufficient, independent woman. She displays a quick temper on occasion but most often plays the voice of reason for others - especially Andy. Helen and Andy date for several years and marry in the first episode of Mayberry RFD. They return at a later date on Mayberry RFD to christen their son Andrew Samuel Taylor.

Corsaut was hired for a one-shot guest appearance as Helen Crump. The producers liked her performance and she remained in the series as a semi-regular. She appeared as Helen in 66 episodes from the third through the eighth seasons.

Beginning with the second season, Bee had at least one romantic encounter per season.


Henry Wheeler [second season, 1961-1962] played by Edgar Buchanan
Wheeler is an itinerant handyman that plays upon Bee's romantic vulnerability to receive free room and board. When Andy tells Wheeler he will face serious consequences if Aunt Bee is hurt, Wheeler skeedaddles as quickly as possible. He appears in one second season episode.

Fred Goss [second season, 1961-1962], played by Fred Sherman
Fred Goss is a tailor who operates a dry cleaning and alterations establishment in Mayberry. Bee dates him (and considers marriage) in order to give Andy some space to pursue his opportunities to marry. Goss's affair with Bee occurs in a second season episode.


Colonel Harvey [third season, 1962-1963], played by John Dehner
Harvey is an old fashioned medicine man. Bee is charmed and invites him home for dinner. She buys his elixir and becomes inebriated. He appears in one third season episode.


Briscoe Darling [fourth season, 1963-1964], played by Denver Pyle
Briscoe is a hillbilly who woos Aunt Bee and carries her off to his mountain cabin. She makes his life miserable and Briscoe is relieved when she returns to Mayberry. Briscoe's adventure with Bee occurs in the fourth season.


Roger Hanover [fifth season, 1964-1965], played by Wallace Ford
Hanover is an old friend of Bee's. He appears in the fifth season episode "Aunt Bee's Romance".


Orville Hendricks [fifth season, 1964-1965], played by Woodrow Chambliss
When Bee believes her presence in the Taylor home makes it difficult for Andy to date and remarry, she invents a story about butter and egg man Orville Hendricks being her beau. Hendricks appears in the fifith season's "Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau".


John Canfield, [sixth season, 1965-1966], played by Charlie Ruggles
Canfield is a retired Congressman who dates Bee. Both become exhausted with their activities. Canfield appears in one sixth season episode.


Reverend Leighton [seventh season, 1966-1967], played by Ian Wolfe
Bee gets a wig when Reverend Leighton pays a visit to Mayberry. He is attracted to her and tells her he may take a parish in Mt. Pilot to be close to her. She is forced to tell him she's not who she appears to be. Reverend Leighton appears in one seventh season episode.


Professor Hubert St. John [eighth season, 1967-1968], played by Edward Andrews
Visiting lecturer Hubert St. John becomes smitten with Aunt Bee - but only because she reminds him of his deceased wife Ethel. He appears in the eighth season episode "Aunt Bee and the Lecturer".

Miss Rosemary played by Amzie Strickland
Miss Rosemary is a seamstress. Barney and Miss Rosemary are brought together with the help of Andy and Ellie. Miss Rosemary appears in one first season episode.

Hilda May played by Florence MacMichael
Hilda May appears in two episodes during the first season.

Juanita
Juanita is a waitress at the Bluebird Diner in Mayberry. Juanita never appears in person on the show. Barney mentions her occasionally and talks to her on the telephone.

Thelma Lou played by Betty Lynn
Thelma Lou is Barney's steady girlfriend. We never learn her last name. She works in an office. Thelma Lou lives alone and has a brother and two cousins: Karen Moore and Mary Grace Gossage. Thelma Lou and Barney frequently double date with Andy and Helen. After Barney leaves Mayberry for a new job, Thelma Lou marries.