MAE QUESTEL

Mae Questel
Mae Questel
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: September 13, 1908
Deathday: January 4, 1998
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Mae Questel (September 13, 1908–January 4, 1998) was an American actress and vocal artist best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop and Olive Oyl. She began in vaudeville, and played occasional small roles in films and television later in her career, most notably the role of Aunt Bethany in 1989's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

Notable work

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Filmography

Starring

2025·
The Best Popeye the Sailor Man Cartoons
Olive Oyl (voiice)
2024·
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
Mother / Olive Oyl (voice) (archive sound)
2012·
Noveltoons: Original Classics
Little Audrey
2011·
Casper The Friendly Ghost The Complete Collection 1945-1963
Additional Voices
2004·
Cartoon Alley
1995·
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Self / Betty Boop (archive footage)
1989·
New York Stories
Mother
1989·
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Aunt Bethany
1988·
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Mae Questel
1988·
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Self
1988·
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Betty Boop (voice)
1985·
Hot Resort
Mrs. Labowitz
1983·
Zelig
Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)
1983·
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Betty Boop in 'Screen Snapshots' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970·
Move
Mrs. Katz
1968·
Funny Girl
Mrs. Strakosh
1962·
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962·
It's Only Money
Cecilia Albright
1961·
Weight for Me
Olive Oyl
1961·
Operation Ice-Tickle
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1961·
A Majority of One
Essie Rubin
1960·
Popeye the Sailor
Olive Oyl (voice)
1960·
Seeing Double
Olive Oyl(voice)
1960·
Plumbers Pipe Dream
Olive Oyl
1960·
Jeep Tale
Swee'pea
1960·
Hits and Missiles
Olive Oyl
1960·
Matinee Idol Popeye
Olive Oyl (Voice)
1960·
Spinach Greetings
Olive Oyl
1960·
Popeye's Service Station
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1960·
Barbecue for Two
Olive Oyl
1960·
Popeye and the Giant
Sea Hag (voice)
1960·
Counter Attack
Mouse
1960·
Trouble Date
Cuddles
1960·
Planet Mouseola
Mouse
1959·
Owly to Bed
Hootie the Baby Owl (voice) (uncredited)
1959·
Fit to Be Toyed
J.G.'s Wife, Little Boy (voice) (uncredited)
1959·
Talking Horse Sense
Ethel (voice)
1959·
Felineous Assault
Kitnip
1958·
Naked City
Mrs. Annette Faber
1958·
77 Sunset Strip
1958·
Hansel and Gretel
Voice
1958·
Stork Raving Mad
Baby / Mother
1957·
The Crystal Brawl
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1957·
Hooky Spooky
Little Ghosts' Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
1957·
Spooky Swabs
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1957·
Nearlyweds
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1957·
The Big Fun Carnival
Betty Boop
1957·
Pest Pupil
Baby Huey's Mommy (voice)
1957·
Jumping with Toy
Baby Huey's Mom (voice)
1957·
Ice Scream
Billy (voice)
1957·
From Mad to Worse
Cute Kitty
1957·
Cat In The Act
Murgatroyd
1956·
Sir Irving and Jeames
Worthington (uncredited)
1956·
Popeye for President
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1956·
Line of Screammage
Billy / Neighborhood Kid / Tony's Friend (voice) (uncredited)
1956·
Penguin for Your Thoughts
Baby Penguin
1956·
Parlez Vous Woo
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1956·
Out to Punch
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1956·
Dutch Treat
Hans (voice) (uncredited)
1956·
Hill-billing and Cooing
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1956·
Swab the Duck
Ducklings
1956·
Assault and Flattery
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1956·
A Haul in One
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1956·
I Don't Scare
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1955·
Gift of Gag
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1955·
Poop Goes the Weasel
Wishbone (voice) (uncredited)
1955·
Kitty Cornered
Cuddles (voice) (uncredited)
1955·
Git Along Lil' Duckie
Baby Huey's Mom
1955·
Penny Antics
Olive Oyl (voice)
1955·
A Job for a Gob
Olive Oyl (voice)
1955·
Mister and Mistletoe
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1955·
Beaus Will Be Beaus
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1955·
Mousieur Herman
Herman's Cousin
1955·
A Bicep Built for Two
Cute Kitty
1955·
Cookin' with Gags
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1954·
Bride and Gloom
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1954·
Fright to the Finish
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1954·
Crazytown
Baby / Mother / People saying goodbye (uncredited)
1954·
Popeye's 20th Anniversary
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1954·
Taxi-Turvy
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1954·
The Seapreme Court
Little Audrey / Little Fishes (voice) (uncredited)
1954·
Private Eye Popeye
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1954·
Floor Flusher
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1953·
Ancient Fistory
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1953·
Toreadorable
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1953·
Popeye's Mirthday
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1953·
Baby Wants a Battle
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1953·
Frightday the 13th
Lucky (voice) (uncredited)
1953·
Starting from Hatch
Baby Huey's Mom
1953·
Huey's Ducky Daddy
Baby Huey's Mom
1953·
Child Sockology
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1953·
Firemen's Brawl
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1952·
Pig-a-Boo
Junior Pig / Mama Pig (voice) (uncredited)
1952·
Law and Audrey
Little Audrey (voice)
1952·
Ghost of the Town
Baby / Kids (uncredited)
1952·
The Deep Boo Sea
Billy / Billy's Brother's Friend (uncredited)
1952·
Clown on the Farm
Baby Huey's Mother (voice)
1952·
Lunch with a Punch
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1952·
Swimmer Take All
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1952·
Big Bad Sindbad
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1952·
Fun At The Fair
Cow
1951·
Boo Scout
Billy (voice)
1951·
To Boo or Not to Boo
Lou / Ladies at Door (voice) (uncredited)
1951·
Party Smarty
Baby Huey's Mom
1951·
One Quack Mind
Baby Huey's Mom
1951·
Scout Fellow
Baby Huey's Mom
1951·
Thrill of Fair
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1951·
Vacation with Play
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1951·
Let's Stalk Spinach
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1951·
Land of Lost Watches
Isabel / Rosita Wristwatch (voice)
1951·
Tweet Music
Little Eagle / Ostrich
1951·
Miners Forty Niners
Gold Digger / Clementine
1951·
Alpine for You
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1950·
Casper's Spree Under the Sea
Goldie the Goldfish(voice) (uncredited)
1950·
Land of the Lost Jewels
Isabel
1950·
Teacher's Pest
Junior's Mother / Worm (voice)
1950·
Quack-a Doodle-Doo
Baby Huey's Mommy (voice) (uncredited)
1950·
Popeye Makes a Movie
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1950·
Beach Peach
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1950·
Gym Jam
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1950·
Jitterbug Jive
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1950·
Quick on the Vigor
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1950·
The Farmer and the Belle
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1949·
Snow Foolin'
Hen / Mama Bird (voice) (uncredited)
1949·
Our Funny Finny Friends
Carmen Miranda Fish (voice)
1949·
Popeye's Premiere
Olive Oyl (voice)
1949·
Tar with a Star
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1949·
Hot Air Aces
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1949·
Lumberjack and Jill
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1949·
A Balmy Swami
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1949·
Silly Hillbilly
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1949·
A-Haunting We Will Go
Casper / Ghost Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
1949·
Barking Dogs Don't Fite
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948·
Pre-Hysterical Man
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948·
Robin Hood-Winked
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948·
Symphony in Spinach
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948·
Hector's Hectic Life
Swedish Housekeeper - Puppies (voice)
1948·
A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948·
Spinach vs Hamburgers
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948·
Flip Flap
Flip-Flap (voice)
1948·
Snow Place Like Home
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948·
Wigwam Whoopee
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948·
Olive Oyl for President
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1947·
Wotta Knight
Olive Oyl (voice)
1947·
Safari So Good
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1947·
Popeye and the Pirates
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1947·
The Royal Four-Flusher
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1947·
Abusement Park
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1947·
I'll Be Skiing Ya
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1947·
Santa's Surprise
Little Audrey (voice) (uncredited)
1947·
All's Fair at the Fair
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1946·
Klondike Casanova
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1946·
Service with a Guile
Olive Oyl (voice)
1946·
Rodeo Romeo
Olive Oyl (voice)
1946·
Rocket to Mars
Olive Oyl (voice)
1946·
The Fistic Mystic
Olive Oyl (voice)
1946·
The Island Fling
Olive Oyl (voice)
1946·
Peep in the Deep
Olive Oyl (voice)
1946·
House Tricks?
Olive Oyl (voice)
1945·
The Friendly Ghost
Johnny (voice) (uncredited)
1945·
Tops in the Big Top
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1945·
For Better or Nurse
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1945·
Shape Ahoy
Olive Oyl / Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
1945·
Mess Production
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1944·
Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1944·
Puppet Love
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1944·
She-Sick Sailors
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1944·
Gabriel Churchkitten
Peter (voice)
1944·
Spinach Packin' Popeye
Olive Oyl (voice)
1941·
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
Buzz (voice) (uncredited)
1940·
The Fulla Bluff Man
Cavewoman (voice)
1938·
Buzzy Boop at the Concert
Betty Boop (voice)
1938·
A Date to Skate
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1938·
The House Builder-Upper
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1938·
Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1938·
Be Up to Date
Betty Boop
1938·
Let's Celebrake
Olive Oyl / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
1938·
Learn Polikeness
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1938·
Riding the Rails
Betty Boop
1938·
Pudgy the Watchman
Betty Boop
1938·
Mutiny Ain't Nice
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1938·
I Yam Love Sick
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1938·
The Tears of an Onion
Various Vegetables (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
The Hot Air Salesman
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
Morning, Noon and Night Club
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
Lost and Foundry
Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
Bunny Mooning
Bunny (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
Protek the Weakerist
Olive Oyl
1937·
Zula Hula
Betty Boop
1937·
The Football Toucher Downer
Young Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
Fowl Play
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
I Never Changes My Altitude
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
I Likes Babies and Infinks
Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
The New Deal Show
Betty Boop / Cats / Puppy (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
Hospitaliky
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
The Twisker Pitcher
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
My Artistical Temperature
Olive Oyl
1937·
Service with a Smile
Betty Boop
1937·
The Foxy Hunter
Betty Boop
1937·
Organ Grinder's Swing
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
Pudgy Picks a Fight
1937·
The Paneless Window Washer
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
The Candid Candidate
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
The Impractical Joker
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1937·
House Cleaning Blues
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
We Did It
Betty Boop / Pudgy / Kitten (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
Happy You and Merry Me
Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
Making Friends
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
Grampy's Indoor Outing
Betty Boop / Junior (voice)
1936·
Somewhere in Dreamland
Mother / Boy / Girl (voice)
1936·
Betty Boop and Little Jimmy
Betty Boop / Little Jimmy (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
New Shoes
Girl's Shoes (voice)
1936·
Christmas Comes But Once a Year
Orphans (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
Betty Boop and the Little King
Betty Boop (voice)
1936·
More Pep
Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
The Spinach Roadster
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
I'm in the Army Now
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
Hold the Wire
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
Little Swee'pea
Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
Never Kick a Woman
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
Let's Get Movin'
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
I Wanna Be a Life Guard
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
Bridge Ahoy!
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
A Clean Shaven Man
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
Brotherly Love
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
You're Not Built That Way
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
Be Human
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
Training Pigeons
Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
1936·
The Cobweb Hotel
Flies (voice)
1935·
Making Stars
Betty Boop (voice)
1935·
Judge for a Day
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
A Language All My Own
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
Little Nobody
Betty Boop / Mrs. Prissy / Pup Voices (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
A Little Soap and Water
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
The Hyp-Nut-Tist
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
Dancing on the Moon
Various (voice, uncredited)
1935·
Baby Be Good
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
Betty Boop and Grampy
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
Stop That Noise
Betty Boop
1935·
Adventures of Popeye
Olive Oyl (voice)
1935·
The Spinach Overture
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
King of the Mardi Gras
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
You Gotta Be a Football Hero
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
Pleased to Meet Cha!
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
Beware of Barnacle Bill
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
Be Kind to 'Aminals'
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
Choose Your 'Weppins'
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
For Better or Worser
Olive Oyl
1935·
No! No! A Thousand Times No!!
Betty Boop (voice)
1935·
Swat the Fly
Betty Boop (voice)
1935·
The Kids in the Shoe
Woman in the shoe
1935·
Taking the Blame
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1935·
The Lost Chick
Squirrel Children (voice) (uncredited)
1934·
Strong to the Finich
Children (voice) (uncredited)
1934·
There's Something About a Soldier
Betty Boop (voice)
1934·
The Man on the Flying Trapeze
Olive Oyl / Nana Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934·
Shoein' Hosses
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934·
When My Ship Comes In
Betty Boop (voice)
1934·
Ha! Ha! Ha!
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1934·
Axe Me Another
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934·
A Dream Walking
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934·
Keep in Style
Betty Boop
1934·
Can You Take It
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934·
Shiver Me Timbers!
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934·
Betty Boop's Prize Show
Betty Boop
1934·
Betty Boop's Little Pal
Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
1934·
Betty Boop's Trial
Betty Boop
1934·
We Aim to Please
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934·
The Dance Contest
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934·
The Two-Alarm Fire
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934·
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
Betty Boop
1933·
Birds in the Spring
Baby Birds (voice) (uncredited)
1933·
Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions
Betty Boop (voice)
1933·
I Eats My Spinach
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1933·
I Heard
Betty Boop (voice)
1933·
Betty Boop's Penthouse
1933·
Betty Boop's Big Boss
Betty Boop
1933·
Betty Boop's Birthday Party
Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
1933·
Is My Palm Read
Betty Boop (voice)
1933·
Popeye the Sailor
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1933·
The Old Man of the Mountain
Betty Boop (singing voice)
1933·
Mother Goose Land
Betty Boop
1933·
Snow-White
Betty Boop (voice)
1932·
Admission Free
Betty Boop (voice)
1932·
The Musical Doctor
Nurse Clef
1932·
Just a Gigolo
Betty Boop
1932·
Just One More Chance
Betty Boop (voice)
1932·
Wayward
Showgirl (uncredited)
1932·
The Betty Boop Limited
Betty Boop (voice)
1932·
Minnie the Moocher
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1932·
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
Betty Boop
1932·
Betty Boop for President
Betty Boop
1932·
Betty Boop, M.D.
Betty Boop
1932·
Stopping the Show
Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
1932·
Crazy-Town
Betty Boop / Beauty Shop Customer 1 / Beauty Shop Customer 2 (voice) (uncredited)
1932·
Betty Boop's Ups and Downs
Betty Boop
1932·
Chess-Nuts
Betty Boop
1932·
Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle
Betty Boop
1932·
Betty Boop's Museum
Betty Boop
1932·
Romantic Melodies
Betty Boop (voice)
1932·
Rudy Vallee Melodies
Betty Boop (voice)
1932·
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Betty Boop (voice)
1932·
Time on My Hands
Betty Boop
1932·
One Hour with You
Office Worker (uncredited)
1931·
Mother Goose Melodies
Little Bo Peep / Lamb (voice) (uncredited)
1931·
Kitty from Kansas City
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1931·
Minding the Baby
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1931·
Bimbo's Express
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1931·
Bimbo's Initiation
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1931·
Silly Scandals
Betty Boop (voice)
1930·
A Battery of Songs