Bea Benaderet

Personal Info

Birthday

April 4, 1906

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

The Flintstones

The Beverly Hillbillies

Petticoat Junction

I Love Lucy

Green Acres

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Jetsons

77 Sunset Strip

Filmography

2010
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
as Granny (voice)(archive footage)
2005
The History of Hooterville
as Self (archive footage)
1991
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
as Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
1986
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
1982
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
as Witch Hazel (voice)
1981
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
as Granny (voice)
1962
Tender Is the Night
as Mrs. McKisco
1959
Tweet Dreams
as Various (voice)
Plunderers of Painted Flats
as Ella Heather
1955
A Midsummer Daydream
as Woman
The Hole Idea
as Gertrude
Sandy Claws
as Granny
Feather Dusted
as Miss Prissy (voice)
1954
Black Widow
as Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
Goo Goo Goliath
as Ethel (voice) (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Bugs
as Various (voice) (uncredited)
Bewitched Bunny
as Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
The Cats Bah
as Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Wild Wife
as Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician
1953
Punch Trunk
as Marsha, Delores
Of Rice and Hen
as Miss Prissy (voice)
A Street Cat Named Sylvester
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Tom Tomcat
as Granny (voice)
Hare Trimmed
as Granny (voice)
Fowl Weather
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Kiss Me Cat
as Vi
A Mouse Divided
as Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Snow Business
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1952
Terrier-Stricken
as Frisky's Mistress (voice)
Ain't She Tweet
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Orange Blossoms for Violet
as Violet (voice) (uncredited)
Little Red Rodent Hood
as Granny Mouse (voice)
Kiddin' the Kitten
as Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Gift Wrapped
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Feed the Kitty
as Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
The First Time
as Mrs. Potter
1951
A Bear for Punishment
as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Tweety's S.O.S.
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Lovelorn Leghorn
as Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)
Chow Hound
as Pet Owner
Room and Bird
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Putty Tat Trouble
as Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)
Hare We Go
as Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)
1950
Two's a Crowd
as (voice)
Canary Row
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
All a Bir-r-r-d
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
An Egg Scramble
as Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
as The Fair Melissa (voice)
1949
Bear Feat
as Ma Bear
On the Town
as Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
For Scent-imental Reasons
as Cat
The Windblown Hare
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Doggone Tired
as Operator (voice) (uncredited)
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Kit for Cat
as Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)
I Taw a Putty Tat
as Woman (voice) (uncredited)
A Hick, a Slick and a Chick
as Daisy Lou (voice)
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
as Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)
1947
Doggone Cats
as Dog's owner (voice)
Tweetie Pie
as Woman (voice) (uncredited)
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
as Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
Scent-imental Over You
as Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)
1946
Notorious
as File Clerk (uncredited)
Hollywood Canine Canteen
as Female dog voices
Quentin Quail
as Baby Toots (voice)
Baseball Bugs
as The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
Book Revue
as Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)
1945
A Gruesome Twosome
as Girl Cat
It's Murder She Says...
as Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
as Lou (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Hare Force
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Censored
as Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)
Brother Brat
as Baby Butch's Mom
Swooner Crooner
as Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
as Additional Characterizations
The Weakly Reporter
as Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Little Red Riding Rabbit
as Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Puss n' Booty
as Woman (voice)
A Corny Concerto
as Screams (voice) (uncredited)
Hiss and Make Up
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Pigs in a Polka
as Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
1942
The Hep Cat
as Bird
1941
Goofy Groceries
as Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
1940
The Bear's Tale
as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Confederate Honey
as Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)
Cross Country Detours
as Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)