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.
Movie | The History of Hooterville | Self (archive footage) | 2005-10-19 |
Series | Henry's Cat | 1983-09-14 | |
Movie | Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales | Witch Hazel (voice) | 1982-11-19 |
Series | Green Acres | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | Vacation Playhouse | Unknown | 1963-07-22 |
Series | Petticoat Junction | Kate Bradley | 1963-09-24 |
Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Cousin Pearl Bodine | 1962-09-26 |
Movie | Tender Is the Night | Mrs. McKisco | 1962-01-19 |
Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
Series | Pete and Gladys | Unknown | 1960-09-19 |
Series | The Flintstones | Betty Rubble | 1960-09-30 |
Series | Peter Loves Mary | Wilma | 1960-10-12 |
Movie | Plunderers of Painted Flats | Ella Heather | 1959-01-23 |
Series | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Unknown | 1959-09-29 |
Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
Series | The George Burns Show | Blanche Morton | 1958-10-21 |
Series | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
Movie | Sandy Claws | Granny | 1955-04-02 |
Movie | The Hole Idea | Gertrude | 1955-04-16 |
Movie | Wild Wife | Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician | 1954-02-19 |
Movie | The Cats Bah | Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited) | 1954-03-20 |
Movie | Black Widow | Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited) | 1954-10-28 |
Movie | Bewitched Bunny | Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited) | 1954-07-24 |
Movie | Goo Goo Goliath | Ethel (voice) (uncredited) | 1954-09-18 |
Movie | Snow Business | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1953-01-17 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Kiss Me Cat | Vi | 1953-02-21 |
Movie | Punch Trunk | Marsha, Delores | 1953-12-19 |
Movie | A Street Cat Named Sylvester | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1953-09-04 |
Movie | Hare Trimmed | Granny | 1953-06-19 |
Movie | Feed the Kitty | Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited) | 1952-02-02 |
Movie | The First Time | Mrs. Potter | 1952-01-31 |
Movie | Gift Wrapped | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1952-02-16 |
Movie | Ain't She Tweet | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1952-06-21 |
Movie | Kiddin' the Kitten | Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited) | 1952-04-05 |
Movie | Terrier-Stricken | Frisky's Mistress (voice) | 1952-11-29 |
Movie | Little Red Rodent Hood | Granny Mouse (voice) | 1952-05-03 |
Movie | Chow Hound | Pet Owner | 1951-06-16 |
Movie | Room and Bird | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1951-06-02 |
Movie | Hare We Go | Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited) | 1951-01-05 |
Movie | Putty Tat Trouble | Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited) | 1951-02-23 |
Movie | Lovelorn Leghorn | Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens | 1951-09-08 |
Movie | Tweety's S.O.S. | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1951-09-21 |
Movie | A Bear for Punishment | Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited) | 1951-10-20 |
Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
Movie | The Scarlet Pumpernickel | The Fair Melissa (voice) | 1950-03-04 |
Movie | An Egg Scramble | Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice) | 1950-05-27 |
Movie | Canary Row | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1950-10-07 |
Series | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Blanche Morton | 1950-10-12 |
Movie | All a Bir-r-r-d | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1950-06-24 |
Movie | The Bee-Deviled Bruin | Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-05-14 |
Movie | Doggone Tired | Operator (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-07-30 |
Movie | Bear Feat | Ma Bear | 1949-12-10 |
Movie | For Scent-imental Reasons | Cat | 1949-11-12 |
Movie | On the Town | Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited) | 1949-12-08 |
Movie | Kit for Cat | Beatrice (voice) (uncredited) | 1948-11-06 |
Movie | Scent-imental Over You | Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited) | 1947-03-08 |
Movie | Tweetie Pie | Woman (voice) (uncredited) | 1947-05-03 |
Movie | A Hare Grows in Manhattan | Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited) | 1947-03-22 |
Movie | Baseball Bugs | The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited) | 1946-02-02 |
Movie | Book Revue | Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice) | 1946-01-05 |
Movie | Hollywood Canine Canteen | Female dog voices | 1946-04-19 |
Movie | Notorious | File Clerk (uncredited) | 1946-08-21 |
Movie | The Shooting of Dan McGoo | Lou | 1945-04-14 |
Movie | It's Murder She Says... | Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice) | 1945-05-15 |
Movie | A Gruesome Twosome | Girl Cat | 1945-06-09 |
Movie | The Weakly Reporter | Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle | 1944-03-24 |
Movie | Little Red Riding Rabbit | Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-01-04 |
Movie | Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips | Additional Characterizations | 1944-04-21 |
Movie | Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears | Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-02-26 |
Movie | Swooner Crooner | Chickens (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-05-06 |
Movie | Hare Force | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-07-22 |
Movie | Censored | Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-07-15 |
Movie | Hiss and Make Up | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-09-11 |
Movie | Pigs in a Polka | Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-02-06 |
Movie | A Corny Concerto | Screams (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-09-25 |
Movie | Puss n' Booty | Woman (voice) | 1943-12-10 |
Movie | The Hep Cat | Bird | 1942-10-03 |
Movie | Goofy Groceries | Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited) | 1941-03-29 |
Movie | Hollywood Steps Out | Dorothy Lamour | 1941-05-24 |
Movie | Cross Country Detours | Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited) | 1940-03-15 |
Movie | Confederate Honey | Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited) | 1940-03-29 |
Movie | The Bear's Tale | Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited) | 1940-04-13 |