Maggie Peterson Mancuso is an American television actress. The youngest of four children, Maggie was born to Arthur and Tressa Hill Peterson. Her father was a doctor and her mother a homemaker. 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". Aside from the The Andy Griffith Show, she also appeared on other TV shows such as Love American Style, Green Acres, Gomer Pyle USMC, and The Odd Couple. She also appeared in the 1986 movie Return to Mayberry. Peterson starred as the innocent Rose Ellen in the 1969 film The Love God?, starring next to Don Knotts. She also appeared in the 1968 film Angel in My Pocket. Peterson also landed a role as Susie, the coffee shop watress on The Bill Dana Show, another spin-off from The Danny Thomas Show, which aired from September 1963 to January 1965. She grew up in a musical family. While growing up in Colorado, she has said her earliest memories were of music. Peterson, her brother Jim and two of Jim's friends formed a small group called the Ja-Da Quartet. They would ride around in the back of a pickup truck singing to people. 

January 10th, 1941 in Greeley  /  Died:   May 15th, 2022 - aged 81