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Cindi Knight Biography

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Date of Birth: 1953, May 2, 1953
Years: 67 years
Nation of birth: United States of America
Name cindi knight
Dad Bobby Knight
Mother Muriel Knight
Nationality American
ethnicity White
Profession Actress
Working for Movies, TV shows
Net worth $5 million
Married Yes
Married to Andy Griffith
Films Murder in Coweta County
tv show matt houston

Cindi Knight is an American actress who is best known for her work on the television series Matt Houston . She also appeared in the crime drama TV movie. She murdered in Coweta County in 1983. She Cindi gained further recognition after she married Andy Griffith in 1983 . Griffith was an actor, singer, comedian, and writer .

only child of his parents

Cindi Knight was born on May 2, 1953 in the United States of America under the birth sign Taurus. She is an American by nationality and belongs to the white ethnic group.

Knight is the daughter of Bobby Knight and Muriel Knight . She completed her school and secondary studies in the United States. She is the only daughter of her parents.

Film and Television Career

In 1983, Knight played Secretary in the crime drama film. Matt Houston alongside Lee Horsley , Pamela Hensley , and Cis Rundle .

The actress later went on to play Julia Turner in the crime drama TV movie. Murder in Coweta County I North 1983. Johnny Cash , Earl Hindman and Norman Matlock were the other cast members in the film.

Her late husband Andy’s last screen project was the 2003 comedy The Andy Griffith Show Reunion: Back To Mayberry . In 2001, she was cast in a television series. Dawson’s Creek along with James Van Der Beek, Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson, Katie Holmes, Mary-Margaret Humes , and more.

Widow of Andy Griffith

Cindi Knight, 66, married Andy Griffith on April 12, 1983. Griffith is a late actor, singer, comedian, writer, and producer.

Cindi Knight with her late husband, Andy Griffith SOURCE: Answers Africa

The couple first met while filming Murder in Coweta County . And the couple dated for a few years before getting engaged. The two were together until the sudden death of legendary actor Andy Griffith on July 3, 2012, of a heart attack at the age of 86 at his North Carolina home.

Before marrying Knight, Griffith had been married twice. He first married Barbara Bray Edwards on August 22, 1949. The couple, however, divorced in 1972. The two also had two adopted children, Andy Samuel ‘Sam’ Griffith and Dixie Nann Griffith .

For the second time, the late actor married Solica Cassuto , a Greek actress in 1973. But their relationship also ended in divorce in 1981.

Andy Griffith Death

Cindi Knight’s husband Andy Griffith died of a heart attack on July 3, 2012, at their coastal mansion in Manteo, North Carolina. He passed away at the age of 86.

He was later buried in the Griffith Family Cemetery located on the island.

Estimated net worth of $5 million

Cindi Knight has an estimated net worth of $5 million as of 2020. She raised a large amount of money from her work in movies and TV shows.

On the other hand, Cindi’s late husband Andy had a net worth of $45 million at the time of his death. He collected most of his aforementioned fortune from his multiple professions as an actor, producer, musician and comedian.

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