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Personal Info

Birth date

1890-07-12 (135 Years)

Day of death

1964-12-25

Gender

Female

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Missouri, USA

Also known as

Edwina Lucille Hoffmann

Cheerio Meredith

Biography

Cheerio Meredith was born as Edwina Lucille Hoffmann on July 12, 1890 in Missouri. She was originally a stage actress until breaking into films and TV. She was a regular as Emma Brand and Emma Watson on "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960)" and appeared in "One Happy Family" (1961) as Lovey Hackett. She died in 1964 of undisclosed causes after a lengthy illness.

Filmography

The Andy Griffith Show poster

The Andy Griffith Show

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Overview:

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.

Acting

1964Sex and the Single Girl as Emily (uncredited)

1963Petticoat Junction (1 Episode) as Nettie

1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as Mrs. Von Dittersdorf

1962Little Amy as Grandmother Peabody

1960The Andy Griffith Show (3, 3 Episode) as Emma Brand, Emma Watson

1960Sex Kittens Go to College as Miss Everleigh

1959Bonanza (1 Episode) as Nellie Lynch

1959The Legend of Tom Dooley as Meg

1958The Case Against Brooklyn as Landlady

1958I Married a Woman as Mrs. Wilkins (uncredited)

1957Perry Mason (1 Episode) as Mrs. Temple

1956Bus Stop as Woman in Bus Passenger Line (uncredited)

1944A Fig Leaf for Eve as Tillie