maggie peterson mancuso played charlene darling on the andy griffin show.
maggie peterson mancuso played charlene darling on the andy griffin show.
who played charlene darling on the andy griffin show?
maggie peterson mancuso
maggie peterson









































maggie peterson mancuso (born january 10, 1941) is an american television actress. she is best known for playing charlene darling on "the andy griffith show". she also played the character of doris in the episode "a girl for goober" (1968).









































section::::biography.
maggie peterson
though the dillards were already an established bluegrass band, their biggest claim to fame is performing musically as members of the fictional darling family on "the andy griffith show", introducing bluegrass to many americans who had never heard it. this was a recurring role and the dillards were led by veteran character actor denver pyle as their father and jug player, briscoe darling. maggie peterson played charlene darling, their sister and the focus for the attentions of character ernest t. bass, played by howard morris. the appearances of the dillards as the darlings ran between 1963 and 1966. in 1986, the dillards reprised the role in the reunion show "return to mayberry". as part of their current tour, rodney dillard answers questions about the tv series. he says the songs such as "dooley" are about people the family knew.
the dillards