BEA BENADERET

Bea Benaderet
Bea Benaderet
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: April 4, 1906
Deathday: October 13, 1968
Place of Birth: New 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.

Notable work

Filmography

Starring

Self (archive footage)
Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
Kate Bradley
Sybil Murdock
Kate Bradley
Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)
Cousin Pearl Bodine
Mrs. McKisco
1961·
Top Cat
Receptionist (voice), Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice), Fifi The Maid (voice), Fancy's Girlfriend (voice), Julie / Mom (voice), Mrs. Ball (voice)
Miss Horne
Wilma
Betty Rubble (voice)
Telephone Operator (voice)
Ella Heather
Various (voice)
Blanche Morton
Mary Field
Madame Brimstone
Blanche Morton, Dixie Yates
Miss Prissy (voice)
Gertrude
Granny
Various (voice) (uncredited)
Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
1954·
Wild Wife
Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician
Ethel (voice) (uncredited)
Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice)
Granny (voice)
Marsha, Delores
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Vi
Miss Prissy (voice)
Mrs. Potter
Frisky's Mistress (voice)
Granny Mouse (voice)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Violet (voice) (uncredited)
Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Miss Lewis
Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)
Pet Owner
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Gertrude, switchboard operator (voice), Peggy, Gertrude Gearshift - switchboard operator, Gertrude - Switchboard Operator (voice), Gertrude, switchboard operator, Gertrude Gearshift
Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
The Fair Melissa (voice)
(voice)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1949·
Bear Feat
Ma Bear
Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Daisy Lou (voice)
Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)
Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)
Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)
Dog's owner (voice)
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
1946·
Notorious
File Clerk (uncredited)
Baby Toots (voice)
Female dog voices
Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)
The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
Lou (voice) (uncredited)
Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
Girl Cat
Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Butch's Mom
Additional Characterizations
Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle
Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1944·
Censored
Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)
Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Screams (voice) (uncredited)
Woman (voice)
Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Bird
Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)
Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)