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Arlene Golonka "Millie Swanson- Howard Sprauge's Girlfriend" Arlene was born in Chicago and started acting when she was 8 years old. She studied at the prestigious Goodman Theatre before making her way to New York City where she studied with Uta Hagen, Lee Strasberg, and Sanford Meisner. In her first year there, she was in her first Broadway show, "Night Circus" with Ben Gazzara. She continued to work on Broadway including, "Come Blow Your Horn" which ran 677 performances, "Take me Along" with Jackie Gleason and Bobby Morse and which ran 448 performances, and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" with Kirk Douglas. Arlene has made hundreds of television appearances including: "Car 54, Where Are You?", "The Flying Nun", "The Andy Griffith Show", "The Big Valley", "Get Smart", "I Spy", "That Girl", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "M*A*S*H", "All in the Family", "Barnaby Jones", "Maude", "Alice", "The Rockford Files", "One Day at a Time", "Taxi", "Fantasy Island", "The Love Boat", "Benson", "Murder, She Wrote", "Valerie", and "Matlock". She was also a series regular on "Kitty Foyle", "It's about Time", "Speed Buggy", "Joe and Valerie", and as "Millie Swanson" on "Mayberry R.F.D" and "The Andy Griffith Show". Arlene also has made thirty films including, "Love with a Proper Stranger", "Penelope" directed by Arthur Hiller, "Hang 'em High" with Clint Eastwood, "Airport '77", "The In-Laws" with Peter Falk and Allen Arkin, and "The End of Innocence" directed by Dyan Cannon. Arlene has taught acting for ten years. She is happily married and has a very handsome Airdale named Winston. Bettter know to TAGS fans as "Millie", "Howard Sprauge's" girlfriend, Arlene is taking part in her first "Andy Griffith Show" event in more than 8 years. We are very happy to welcome Arlene!