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Bea Benaderet

Bea Benaderet

Acting1906New York, New York, USA

Biography

Beatrice "Bea" Benaderet was an American actress born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, California. She appeared in a wide variety of television work, which included a starring role in the 1960s television series Petticoat Junction and Green Acres as Shady Rest Hotel owner Kate Bradley, supporting roles as Blanche Morton in The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and as the voice of Betty Rubble during the first four seasons of The Flintstones, and in The Beverly Hillbillies as Pearl Bodine. She did a great deal of voice work in Warner Bros. animated cartoons of the 1940s/50s.

Acting History

2010
2005
The History of Hooterville
as Self (archive footage)
1991
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
as Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
1986
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
1982
1981
1965
Green Acres
TVas Kate Bradley• 6 eps
1964
The Danny Kaye Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
1963
Vacation Playhouse
TVas Sybil Murdock• 1 eps
Petticoat Junction
TVas Kate Bradley• 196 eps
1962
Tender Is the Night
as Mrs. McKisco
The Beverly Hillbillies
TVas Cousin Pearl Bodine• 23 eps
The New Breed
TVas Miss Horne• 1 eps
Top Cat
TVas Receptionist (voice)• 1 eps
The Jetsons
TVas Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)• 1 eps
1961
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TVas Telephone Operator (voice)• 1 eps
1960
Peter Loves Mary
TVas Wilma• 32 eps
The Flintstones
TVas Betty Rubble (voice)• 114 eps
77 Sunset Strip
TVas Mary Field• 1 eps
1959
Tweet Dreams
as Various (voice)
General Electric Theater
TVas Marie• 1 eps
The Restless Gun
TVas Madame Brimstone• 1 eps
1958
The George Burns Show
TVas Blanche Morton• 18 eps
1956
The Bob Cummings Show
TVas Dixie Yates• 1 eps
1955
Sandy Claws
as Granny
Feather Dusted
as Miss Prissy (voice)
The Hole Idea
as Gertrude
Screen Director's Playhouse
TVas Woman• 1 eps
1954
The Cats Bah
as Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Black Widow
as Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
Bewitched Bunny
as Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Bugs
as Various (voice) (uncredited)
Goo Goo Goliath
as Ethel (voice) (uncredited)
Wild Wife
as Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician
1953
A Street Cat Named Sylvester
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Of Rice and Hen
as Miss Prissy (voice)
Fowl Weather
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Tom Tomcat
as Granny (voice)
A Mouse Divided
as Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Hare Trimmed
as Granny (voice)
Snow Business
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Punch Trunk
as Marsha, Delores
The Jack Benny Program
TVas Gertrude - Switchboard Operator (voice)• 1 eps
1952
Gift Wrapped
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Feed the Kitty
as Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
Orange Blossoms for Violet
as Violet (voice) (uncredited)
Kiddin' the Kitten
as Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Ain't She Tweet
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Little Red Rodent Hood
as Granny Mouse (voice)
Terrier-Stricken
as Frisky's Mistress (voice)
The First Time
as Mrs. Potter
I Love Lucy
TVas Miss Lewis• 1 eps
1951
A Bear for Punishment
as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Lovelorn Leghorn
as Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)
Chow Hound
as Pet Owner
Hare We Go
as Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)
Tweety's S.O.S.
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Putty Tat Trouble
as Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)
Room and Bird
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1950
Two's a Crowd
as (voice)
Canary Row
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
as The Fair Melissa (voice)
All A Bir-r-r-d
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
An Egg Scramble
as Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TVas Blanche Morton• 291 eps
1949
Bear Feat
as Ma Bear
Doggone Tired
as Operator (voice) (uncredited)
On the Town
as Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
The Windblown Hare
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
as Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)
A Hick, a Slick and a Chick
as Daisy Lou (voice)
I Taw a Putty Tat
as Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Kit for Cat
as Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Scent-imental Over You
as Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
as Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
Tweetie Pie
as Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Doggone Cats
as Dog's owner (voice)
1946
Hollywood Canine Canteen
as Female dog voices
Quentin Quail
as Baby Toots (voice)
Notorious
as File Clerk (uncredited)
Book Revue
as Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)
Baseball Bugs
as The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
1945
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
as Lou (voice) (uncredited)
It's Murder She Says...
as Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
1944
Hare Force
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
The Weakly Reporter
as Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle
Brother Brat
as Baby Butch's Mom
Censored
as Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)
Swooner Crooner
as Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
Little Red Riding Rabbit
as Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
as Additional Characterizations
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Hiss and Make Up
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Pigs in a Polka
as Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
A Corny Concerto
as Screams (voice) (uncredited)
Puss n' Booty
as Woman (voice)
1942
1941
Goofy Groceries
as Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
1940
Confederate Honey
as Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)
Cross Country Detours
as Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
The Bear's Tale
as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
4/4/1906
Day of Death
10/13/1968
Place of Birth
New York, New York, USA