Arlene Golonka

Arlene Golonka was an American actress born in Chicago in 1936 who began performing as a teenager and turned professional with a summer-stock company. A life member of The Actors Studio, she made her first major stage appearance in The Night Circus with Ben Gazzara in 1958; the play had a brief Broadway run. She went on to appear in Take Me Along, Neil Simon's Come Blow Your Horn, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. She was known for playing Millie Swanson on Mayberry R.F.D. and Millie Hutchins on The Andy Griffith Show, and for portraying bubbly, eccentric blondes in supporting parts. After moving to Los Angeles in 1967, she worked extensively in television and provided voices for animated series including Speed Buggy. She had supporting roles in films such as Penelope (1966), The Busy Body (1967), Hang 'em High (1968), Airport '77 (1977), The In-Laws (1979), and The Last Married Couple in America (1980).