Bea Benaderet

from New York, New York, USA

Artwork for NotoriousImage of 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.

Timeline

2010Aged 104

  • Poster for Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire

    Granny (voice)(archive footage)

2005Aged 99

  • Poster for The History of Hooterville

    Self (archive footage)

1991Aged 85

  • Poster for The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame

    Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)

1986Aged 80

  • Poster for The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)

1982Aged 76

  • Poster for Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

    Witch Hazel (voice)

1981Aged 75

  • Poster for The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

    Granny (voice)

1962Aged 56

  • Poster for Tender Is the Night

    Mrs. McKisco

1959Aged 53

  • Poster for Plunderers of Painted Flats

    Ella Heather

  • Poster for Tweet Dreams

    Various (voice)

1955Aged 49

1954Aged 48

  • Poster for Wild Wife

    Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician

  • Poster for The Cats Bah

    Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Bewitched Bunny

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

  • Poster for Yankee Doodle Bugs

    Various (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Goo Goo Goliath

    Ethel (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Black Widow

    Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)

1953Aged 47

  • Poster for Snow Business

    Granny (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Mouse Divided

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

  • Poster for Kiss Me Cat

    Vi (voice)

  • Poster for Fowl Weather

    Granny (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Hare Trimmed

    Granny (voice)

  • Poster for Tom Tom Tomcat

    Granny (voice)

  • Poster for A Street Cat Named Sylvester

    Granny (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Of Rice and Hen

    Miss Prissy (voice)

  • Poster for Punch Trunk

    Marsha, Delores

1952Aged 46

  • Poster for The First Time

    Mrs. Potter

  • Poster for Feed the Kitty

    Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Gift Wrapped

    Granny (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Kiddin' the Kitten

    Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Little Red Rodent Hood

    Granny Mouse (voice)

  • Poster for Orange Blossoms for Violet

    Violet (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Ain't She Tweet

    Granny (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Terrier-Stricken

    Frisky's Mistress (voice)

1951Aged 45

  • Poster for Hare We Go

    Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Putty Tat Trouble

    Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Room and Bird

    Granny (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Chow Hound

    Pet Owner

  • Poster for Lovelorn Leghorn

    Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)

  • Poster for Tweety's S.O.S.

    Granny (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Bear for Punishment

    Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Fresh Laid Plans

    (Unknown)

1950Aged 44

  • Poster for The Scarlet Pumpernickel

    The Fair Melissa (voice)

  • Poster for An Egg Scramble

    Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)

  • Poster for All a Bir-r-r-d

    Granny (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Canary Row

    Granny (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Two's a Crowd

    (voice)

1949Aged 43

  • Poster for The Bee-Deviled Bruin

    Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Doggone Tired

    Operator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Windblown Hare

    Granny (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for For Scent-imental Reasons

    Cat

  • Poster for On the Town

    Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)

  • Poster for Bear Feat

    Ma Bear

1948Aged 42

1947Aged 41

  • Poster for Scent-imental Over You

    Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Hare Grows in Manhattan

    Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Tweetie Pie

    Woman (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Doggone Cats

    Dog's owner (voice)

1946Aged 40

  • Poster for Book Revue

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

  • Poster for Baseball Bugs

    The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Quentin Quail

    Baby Toots (voice)

  • Poster for Hollywood Canine Canteen

    Female dog voices

  • Poster for Notorious

    File Clerk (uncredited)

1945Aged 39

  • Poster for The Shooting of Dan McGoo

    Lou (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for It's Murder She Says...

    Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)

  • Poster for A Gruesome Twosome

    Girl Cat

1944Aged 38

  • Poster for Little Red Riding Rabbit

    Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears

    Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Weakly Reporter

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

  • Poster for Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips

    Additional Characterizations

  • Poster for Swooner Crooner

    Chickens (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Censored

    Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Brother Brat

    Baby Butch's Mom

  • Poster for Hare Force

    Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1943Aged 37

  • Poster for Pigs in a Polka

    Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Hiss and Make Up

    Granny (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Corny Concerto

    Screams (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Puss n' Booty

    Woman (voice)

1942Aged 36

  • Poster for The Hep Cat

    Bird

1941Aged 35

  • Poster for Goofy Groceries

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

1940Aged 34

  • Poster for Cross Country Detours

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

  • Poster for Confederate Honey

    Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Bear's Tale

    Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)