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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

122

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-04-04

Day of Death

1968-10-13 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

New York, New York, USA

Also Known As

Bee Benadaret

Bea Benadaret

Bea Benaderet

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.

Known For

Acting

The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame

1991

The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame

as

Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)

Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home

1948

Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home

as

Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)

Of Rice and Hen

1953

Of Rice and Hen

as

Miss Prissy (voice)

A Bear for Punishment

1951

A Bear for Punishment

as

Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Baseball Bugs

1946

Baseball Bugs

as

The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)

On the Town

1949

On the Town

as

Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)

Gift Wrapped

1952

Gift Wrapped

as

Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Two's a Crowd

1950

Two's a Crowd

as

(voice)

Bewitched Bunny

1954

Bewitched Bunny

as

Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)

Chow Hound

1951

Chow Hound

as

Pet Owner

Feed the Kitty

1952

Feed the Kitty

as

Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)

Kiss Me Cat

1953

Kiss Me Cat

as

Vi

A Hare Grows in Manhattan

1947

A Hare Grows in Manhattan

as

Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)

A Gruesome Twosome

1945

A Gruesome Twosome

as

Girl Cat

Hare Force

1944

Hare Force

as

Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Kit for Cat

1948

Kit for Cat

as

Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)

Little Red Riding Rabbit

1944

Little Red Riding Rabbit

as

Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)

Pigs in a Polka

1943

Pigs in a Polka

as

Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)

Putty Tat Trouble

1951

Putty Tat Trouble

as

Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)

The Hep Cat

1942

The Hep Cat

as

Bird

Tweety's S.O.S.

1951

Tweety's S.O.S.

as

Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Censored

1944

Censored

as

Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)

It's Murder She Says...

1945

It's Murder She Says...

as

Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)

The Scarlet Pumpernickel

1950

The Scarlet Pumpernickel

as

The Fair Melissa (voice)

Tweetie Pie

1947

Tweetie Pie

as

Woman (voice) (uncredited)

Bear Feat

1949

Bear Feat

as

Ma Bear

Lovelorn Leghorn

1951

Lovelorn Leghorn

as

Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)

Tweet Dreams

1959

Tweet Dreams

as

Various (voice)

Book Revue

1946

Book Revue

as

Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)

Goofy Groceries

1941

Goofy Groceries

as

Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

Orange Blossoms for Violet

1952

Orange Blossoms for Violet

as

Violet (voice) (uncredited)

Goo Goo Goliath

1954

Goo Goo Goliath

as

Ethel (voice) (uncredited)

A Mouse Divided

1953

A Mouse Divided

as

Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

Canary Row

1950

Canary Row

as

Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears

1944

Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears

as

Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Kiddin' the Kitten

1952

Kiddin' the Kitten

as

Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)

Ain't She Tweet

1952

Ain't She Tweet

as

Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Room and Bird

1951

Room and Bird

as

Granny (voice) (uncredited)

All a Bir-r-r-d

1950

All a Bir-r-r-d

as

Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Snow Business

1953

Snow Business

as

Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Puss n' Booty

1943

Puss n' Booty

as

Woman (voice)

An Egg Scramble

1950

An Egg Scramble

as

Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)

Sandy Claws

1955

Sandy Claws

as

Granny

Punch Trunk

1953

Punch Trunk

as

Marsha, Delores

The Bear's Tale

1940

The Bear's Tale

as

Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Little Red Rodent Hood

1952

Little Red Rodent Hood

as

Granny Mouse (voice)

Tom Tom Tomcat

1953

Tom Tom Tomcat

as

Granny (voice)

Plunderers of Painted Flats

1959

Plunderers of Painted Flats

as

Ella Heather

Terrier-Stricken

1952

Terrier-Stricken

as

Frisky's Mistress (voice)

The First Time

1952

The First Time

as

Mrs. Potter

Wild Wife

1954

Wild Wife

as

Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician

The Hole Idea

1955

The Hole Idea

as

Gertrude

The Weakly Reporter

1944

The Weakly Reporter

as

Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle

Hollywood Canine Canteen

1946

Hollywood Canine Canteen

as

Female dog voices

A Hick, a Slick and a Chick

1948

A Hick, a Slick and a Chick

as

Daisy Lou (voice)

Doggone Cats

1947

Doggone Cats

as

Dog's owner (voice)

Quentin Quail

1946

Quentin Quail

as

Baby Toots (voice)

I Taw a Putty Tat

1948

I Taw a Putty Tat

as

Woman (voice) (uncredited)

The Shooting of Dan McGoo

1945

The Shooting of Dan McGoo

as

Lou (voice) (uncredited)

Black Widow

1954

Black Widow

as

Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)

Hare Trimmed

1953

Hare Trimmed

as

Granny (voice)

Hare We Go

1951

Hare We Go

as

Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)

The Cats Bah

1954

The Cats Bah

as

Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)

A Corny Concerto

1943

A Corny Concerto

as

Screams (voice) (uncredited)

The Bee-Deviled Bruin

1949

The Bee-Deviled Bruin

as

Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Confederate Honey

1940

Confederate Honey

as

Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)

Cross Country Detours

1940

Cross Country Detours

as

Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)

Scent-imental Over You

1947

Scent-imental Over You

as

Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)

A Street Cat Named Sylvester

1953

A Street Cat Named Sylvester

as

Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Doggone Tired

1949

Doggone Tired

as

Operator (voice) (uncredited)

Notorious

1946

Notorious

as

File Clerk (uncredited)

Hiss and Make Up

1943

Hiss and Make Up

as

Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips

1944

Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips

as

Additional Characterizations

Brother Brat

1944

Brother Brat

as

Baby Butch's Mom

Swooner Crooner

1944

Swooner Crooner

as

Chickens (voice) (uncredited)

The History of Hooterville

2005

The History of Hooterville

as

Self (archive footage)

Tender Is the Night

1962

Tender Is the Night

as

Mrs. McKisco

The Windblown Hare

1949

The Windblown Hare

as

Granny (voice) (uncredited)

The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration

1986

The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration

as

Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)

Yankee Doodle Bugs

1954

Yankee Doodle Bugs

as

Various (voice) (uncredited)

Fowl Weather

1953

Fowl Weather

as

Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Feather Dusted

1955

Feather Dusted

as

Miss Prissy (voice)

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

as

Mary Field

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

as

Cousin Pearl Bodine

The Flintstones

The Flintstones

as

Betty Rubble (voice)

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy

as

Miss Lewis

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction

as

Kate Bradley

The New Breed

The New Breed

as

Miss Horne

Vacation Playhouse

Vacation Playhouse

as

Sybil Murdock

The George Burns Show

The George Burns Show

as

Blanche Morton

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as

Telephone Operator (voice)

The Jack Benny Program

The Jack Benny Program

as

Gertrude, switchboard operator

The Jack Benny Program

The Jack Benny Program

as

Gertrude Gearshift

Top Cat

Top Cat

as

Mrs. Ball (voice)

Green Acres

Green Acres

as

Kate Bradley

Top Cat

Top Cat

as

Fifi The Maid (voice)

Top Cat

Top Cat

as

Julie / Mom (voice)

Top Cat

Top Cat

as

Fancy's Girlfriend (voice)

Top Cat

Top Cat

as

Receptionist (voice)

Top Cat

Top Cat

as

Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice)

The Jack Benny Program

The Jack Benny Program

as

Gertrude - Switchboard Operator (voice)

The Restless Gun

The Restless Gun

as

Madame Brimstone

The Bob Cummings Show

The Bob Cummings Show

as

Blanche Morton

The Jack Benny Program

The Jack Benny Program

as

Gertrude, switchboard operator (voice)

The Jack Benny Program

The Jack Benny Program

as

Gertrude Gearshift - switchboard operator

The Jetsons

The Jetsons

as

Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)

Production

Crew

Directing