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Arlene Golonka

Acting

Born January 23, 1936 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died May 31, 2021

Biography

Arlene Leanore Golonka (January 23, 1936 – May 31, 2021) was an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Millie Hutchins on the television comedy The Andy Griffith Show and Millie Swanson on Mayberry R.F.D., and often portrayed bubbly, eccentric blondes in supporting character roles on stage, film, and television.

Filmography48 titles

M*A*S*H

1972as Nurse Edwina Ferguson

Get Smart

1965as Zelda

All in the Family

1971as Tina

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

1972as Debbie (voice)

The Rockford Files

1974as Jeannie Rosenthal

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970as Alice

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as Millie Hutchins

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Gloria Winslow

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Johnny Bravo

1997as (voice)

Taxi

1978as Sheila Martin

Car 54, Where Are You?

1961as Laverne Montaine

The Busy Body

1967as Bobbi Brody

The King of Queens

1998as Annette

Matlock

1986as Jackie Westmore

Alice

1976

Barnaby Jones

1973as Sue Paige

Police Story

1973

The Streets of San Francisco

1972as Rhoda

The Rookies

1972

One Day at a Time

1975

Hang 'Em High

1968as Jennifer

Love with the Proper Stranger

1963as Marge (uncredited)

Simon & Simon

1981

The In-Laws

1979as Jean Ricardo

Growing Pains

1985as Nancy

Fantasy Island

1978as Ava Foster

Police Woman

1974as Carolee English

1st & Ten

1984as Edna

The Love Boat

1977as Doris Weldon

The Flying Nun

1967as Dottie

That Girl

1966

The Big Valley

1965as Gail Miller

Mayberry R.F.D.

as Millie Swanson

Survival Game

1987as Barbara Hawkins

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

1984as Helen Bobowicz

Naked City

1958as Carol

Airport '77

1977as Mrs. Stern

The F.B.I.

1965as Gail Thompson

Longshot

1981as Evelyn Gripp

Welcome to Hard Times

1967as Mae

Leather Jacket Love Story

1998as Mom

Dr. Alien

1989as Mom

Shock Cinema: Volume Three

1991as Herself

Diary of a Bachelor

1964as Lois

Separate Ways

1981as Annie Donahue

Amore!

1993as Acting Coach

Foxtrap

1986as Emily