Portrait of Bea Benaderet

Bea Benaderet

Acting

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.

Born: April 4, 1906

Place of Birth: New York, New York, USA

Filmography

2010
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)

1965
Green Acres

as Kate Bradley

1963
Petticoat Junction

as Kate Bradley

1963
Vacation Playhouse

as Sybil Murdock

1962
The Beverly Hillbillies

as Cousin Pearl Bodine

1962
The Jetsons

as Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)

1962
Tender Is the Night

as Mrs. McKisco

1961
The New Breed

as Miss Horne

1961
Top Cat

as Mrs. Ball (voice)

1961
Top Cat

as Fifi The Maid (voice)

1961
Top Cat

as Julie / Mom (voice)

1961
Top Cat

as Fancy's Girlfriend (voice)

1961
Top Cat

as Receptionist (voice)

1961
Top Cat

as Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice)

1960
The Flintstones

as Betty Rubble (voice)

1959
Tweet Dreams

as Various (voice)

1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as Telephone Operator (voice)

1959
1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Mary Field

1957
The Restless Gun

as Madame Brimstone

1955
The Hole Idea

as Gertrude

1955
Sandy Claws

as Granny

1955
Feather Dusted

as Miss Prissy (voice)

1955
The Bob Cummings Show

as Blanche Morton

1955
The Bob Cummings Show

as Dixie Yates

1954
Black Widow

as Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)

1954
Goo Goo Goliath

as Ethel (voice) (uncredited)

1954
Yankee Doodle Bugs

as Various (voice) (uncredited)

1954
Bewitched Bunny

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

1954
The Cats Bah

as Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)

1954
Wild Wife

as Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician

1953
Punch Trunk

as Marsha, Delores

1953
Of Rice and Hen

as Miss Prissy (voice)

1953
A Street Cat Named Sylvester

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1953
Tom Tom Tomcat

as Granny (voice)

1953
Hare Trimmed

as Granny (voice)

1953
Fowl Weather

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1953
1953
A Mouse Divided

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

1953
Snow Business

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1952
Terrier-Stricken

as Frisky's Mistress (voice)

1952
Ain't She Tweet

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1952
Orange Blossoms for Violet

as Violet (voice) (uncredited)

1952
Little Red Rodent Hood

as Granny Mouse (voice)

1952
Kiddin' the Kitten

as Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)

1952
Gift Wrapped

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1952
Feed the Kitty

as Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)

1952
The First Time

as Mrs. Potter

1951
A Bear for Punishment

as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

1951
I Love Lucy

as Miss Lewis

1951
Tweety's S.O.S.

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1951
Lovelorn Leghorn

as Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)

1951
Chow Hound

as Pet Owner

1951
Room and Bird

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1951
Putty Tat Trouble

as Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)

1951
Hare We Go

as Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)

1950
Two's a Crowd

as (voice)

1950
The Jack Benny Program

as Gertrude, switchboard operator

1950
The Jack Benny Program

as Gertrude Gearshift

1950
The Jack Benny Program

as Gertrude - Switchboard Operator (voice)

1950
The Jack Benny Program

as Gertrude, switchboard operator (voice)

1950
The Jack Benny Program

as Gertrude Gearshift - switchboard operator

1950
Canary Row

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1950
All a Bir-r-r-d

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1950
An Egg Scramble

as Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)

1950
The Scarlet Pumpernickel

as The Fair Melissa (voice)

1949
Bear Feat

as Ma Bear

1949
On the Town

as Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)

1949
The Windblown Hare

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1949
Doggone Tired

as Operator (voice) (uncredited)

1949
The Bee-Deviled Bruin

as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

1948
Kit for Cat

as Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)

1948
I Taw a Putty Tat

as Woman (voice) (uncredited)

1948
A Hick, a Slick and a Chick

as Daisy Lou (voice)

1947
Doggone Cats

as Dog's owner (voice)

1947
Tweetie Pie

as Woman (voice) (uncredited)

1947
A Hare Grows in Manhattan

as Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)

1947
Scent-imental Over You

as Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)

1946
Notorious

as File Clerk (uncredited)

1946
Hollywood Canine Canteen

as Female dog voices

1946
Quentin Quail

as Baby Toots (voice)

1946
Baseball Bugs

as The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)

1946
Book Revue

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

1945
1945
It's Murder She Says...

as Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)

1945
The Shooting of Dan McGoo

as Lou (voice) (uncredited)

1944
Hare Force

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1944
Brother Brat

as Baby Butch's Mom

1944
Censored

as Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)

1944
Swooner Crooner

as Chickens (voice) (uncredited)

1944
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips

as Additional Characterizations

1944
The Weakly Reporter

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

1944
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears

as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)

1944
Little Red Riding Rabbit

as Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)

1943
Puss n' Booty

as Woman (voice)

1943
A Corny Concerto

as Screams (voice) (uncredited)

1943
Hiss and Make Up

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1943
Pigs in a Polka

as Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)

1942
1941
Goofy Groceries

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

1940
The Bear's Tale

as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)

1940
Confederate Honey

as Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)

1940
Cross Country Detours

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