This week at Millis Road our 5th graders created powerpoints that focus on famous people and places of North Carolina!

2. Quick Facts
Andy Samuel Griffith was an American actor, television producer, Grammy Award-winning
Southern-gospel singer, and writer. He was a Tony Award nominee for two roles, and gained
prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film A Face in the Crowd before he
became better known for his television roles, playing the lead character in the 1960–1968
situation comedy The Andy Griffith Show and in the 1986–1995 legal drama Matlock
Lived: Jun 01, 1926 - Jul 03, 2012 (age 86)
Height: 6' 0" (1.83 m)
Spouse: Cindi Knight (1983 - 2012) · Solica Casuto (1975 - 1981) · Barbara Griffith
Buried: Roanoke Island
Children: Andy Griffith Jr. · Dixie Griffith
Parents: Geneva Nunn Griffith · Carl Lee Griffith

3. TV Producer Singer Comedian Writer
Teacher Musician

4. Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) was an American
actor, television producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel
singer, and writer.[2] He was a Tony Award nominee for two roles, and
gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film A
Face in the Crowd (1957) before he became better known for his
television roles, playing the lead character in the 1960–1968 situation
comedy The Andy Griffith Show and in the 1986–1995 legal drama
Matlock.

6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Griffith