Bea Benaderet

Bea Benaderet

Known for
Acting
Born
April 4, 1906
Died
October 13, 1968 (aged 62)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

Filmography

2010
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire poster

Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire

Movie · as Granny (voice)(archive footage)

2005
The History of Hooterville poster

The History of Hooterville

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1991
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame poster

The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame

Movie · as Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)

1986
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration poster

The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration

Movie · as Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)

1982
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales poster

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

Movie · as Witch Hazel (voice)

1981
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie poster

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

Movie · as Granny (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

1965
Green Acres poster

Green Acres

TV · as Kate Bradley · 6 eps

1963
Petticoat Junction poster

Petticoat Junction

TV · as Kate Bradley · 196 eps

1963
Vacation Playhouse

Vacation Playhouse

TV · as Sybil Murdock · 1 ep

1963
The Danny Kaye Show poster

The Danny Kaye Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
Tender Is the Night poster

Tender Is the Night

Movie · as Mrs. McKisco

1962
The Beverly Hillbillies poster

The Beverly Hillbillies

TV · as Pearl Bodine, Operator (uncredited) · 23 eps

1962
The Jetsons poster

The Jetsons

TV · as Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice) · 1 ep

1961
The New Breed poster

The New Breed

TV · as Miss Horne · 1 ep

1961
Top Cat poster

Top Cat

TV · as Mrs. Ball (voice), Fifi The Maid (voice), Julie / Mom (voice), Fancy's Girlfriend (voice), Receptionist (voice), Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice) · 1 ep

1960
The Flintstones poster

The Flintstones

TV · as Betty Rubble (voice) · 114 eps

1960
Pete and Gladys poster

Pete and Gladys

TV · 1 ep

1960
Peter Loves Mary poster

Peter Loves Mary

TV · as Wilma · 32 eps

1959
Tweet Dreams poster

Tweet Dreams

Movie · as Various (voice)

1959
Plunderers of Painted Flats poster

Plunderers of Painted Flats

Movie · as Ella Heather

1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis poster

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

TV · as Telephone Operator (voice) · 1 ep

1958
77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip

TV · as Mary Field · 1 ep

1958
The George Burns Show

The George Burns Show

TV · as Blanche Morton · 25 eps

1957
The Restless Gun poster

The Restless Gun

TV · as Madame Brimstone · 1 ep

1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show poster

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1955
Sandy Claws poster

Sandy Claws

Movie · as Granny

1955
The Hole Idea poster

The Hole Idea

Movie · as Gertrude

1955
Feather Dusted poster

Feather Dusted

Movie · as Miss Prissy (voice)

1955
A Midsummer Daydream

A Midsummer Daydream

Movie · as Woman

1955
Matinee Theater poster

Matinee Theater

TV · 1 ep

1955
The Bob Cummings Show poster

The Bob Cummings Show

TV · as Blanche Morton, Dixie Yates · 1 ep

1955
Screen Director's Playhouse poster

Screen Director's Playhouse

TV · as Woman · 1 ep

1954
Bewitched Bunny poster

Bewitched Bunny

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

1954
Goo Goo Goliath poster

Goo Goo Goliath

Movie · as Ethel (voice) (uncredited)

1954
Wild Wife poster

Wild Wife

Movie · as Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician

1954
Black Widow poster

Black Widow

Movie · as Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)

1954
The Cats Bah poster

The Cats Bah

Movie · as Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)

1954
Yankee Doodle Bugs poster

Yankee Doodle Bugs

Movie · as Various (voice) (uncredited)

1953
Of Rice and Hen poster

Of Rice and Hen

Movie · as Miss Prissy (voice)

1953
Kiss Me Cat poster

Kiss Me Cat

Movie · as Vi (voice)

1953
A Mouse Divided poster

A Mouse Divided

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

1953
Snow Business poster

Snow Business

Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1953
Punch Trunk poster

Punch Trunk

Movie · as Marsha, Delores

1953
Tom Tom Tomcat poster

Tom Tom Tomcat

Movie · as Granny (voice)

1953
Hare Trimmed poster

Hare Trimmed

Movie · as Granny (voice)

1953
A Street Cat Named Sylvester poster

A Street Cat Named Sylvester

Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1953
Fowl Weather poster

Fowl Weather

Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Marie · 1 ep

1952
Gift Wrapped poster

Gift Wrapped

Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1952
Feed the Kitty poster

Feed the Kitty

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

1952
Orange Blossoms for Violet poster

Orange Blossoms for Violet

Movie · as Violet (voice) (uncredited)

1952
Kiddin' the Kitten poster

Kiddin' the Kitten

Movie · as Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)

1952
Ain't She Tweet poster

Ain't She Tweet

Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1952
Little Red Rodent Hood poster

Little Red Rodent Hood

Movie · as Granny Mouse (voice)

1952
Terrier-Stricken poster

Terrier-Stricken

Movie · as Frisky's Mistress (voice)

1952
The First Time poster

The First Time

Movie · as Mrs. Potter

1951
Fresh Laid Plans poster

Fresh Laid Plans

Movie

1951
A Bear for Punishment poster

A Bear for Punishment

Movie · as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

1951
Chow Hound poster

Chow Hound

Movie · as Pet Owner

1951
Putty Tat Trouble poster

Putty Tat Trouble

Movie · as Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)

1951
Tweety's S.O.S. poster

Tweety's S.O.S.

Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1951
Lovelorn Leghorn poster

Lovelorn Leghorn

Movie · as Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)

1951
Room and Bird poster

Room and Bird

Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1951
Hare We Go poster

Hare We Go

Movie · as Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)

1951
I Love Lucy poster

I Love Lucy

TV · as Miss Lewis · 1 ep

1950
Two's a Crowd poster

Two's a Crowd

Movie · as (voice)

1950
The Scarlet Pumpernickel poster

The Scarlet Pumpernickel

Movie · as The Fair Melissa (voice)

1950
Canary Row poster

Canary Row

Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1950
All a Bir-r-r-d poster

All a Bir-r-r-d

Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1950
An Egg Scramble poster

An Egg Scramble

Movie · as Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)

1950
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show poster

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

TV · as Blanche Morton · 291 eps

1950
The Jack Benny Program poster

The Jack Benny Program

TV · as Gertrude Gearshift, Peggy · 6 eps

1949
On the Town poster

On the Town

Movie · as Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)

1949
For Scent-imental Reasons poster

For Scent-imental Reasons

Movie · as Cat

1949
Bear Feat poster

Bear Feat

Movie · as Ma Bear

1949
The Bee-Deviled Bruin poster

The Bee-Deviled Bruin

Movie · as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

1949
Doggone Tired poster

Doggone Tired

Movie · as Operator (voice) (uncredited)

1949
The Windblown Hare poster

The Windblown Hare

Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1948
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home

Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home

Movie · as Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)

1948
Kit for Cat poster

Kit for Cat

Movie · as Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)

1948
A Hick, a Slick and a Chick poster

A Hick, a Slick and a Chick

Movie · as Daisy Lou (voice)

1948
I Taw a Putty Tat poster

I Taw a Putty Tat

Movie · as Woman (voice) (uncredited)

1947
A Hare Grows in Manhattan poster

A Hare Grows in Manhattan

Movie · as Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)

1947
Tweetie Pie poster

Tweetie Pie

Movie · as Woman (voice) (uncredited)

1947
Doggone Cats poster

Doggone Cats

Movie · as Dog's owner (voice)

1947
Scent-imental Over You poster

Scent-imental Over You

Movie · as Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)

1946
Baseball Bugs poster

Baseball Bugs

Movie · as The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)

1946
Book Revue poster

Book Revue

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

1946
Hollywood Canine Canteen poster

Hollywood Canine Canteen

Movie · as Female dog voices

1946
Quentin Quail poster

Quentin Quail

Movie · as Baby Toots (voice)

1946
Notorious poster

Notorious

Movie · as File Clerk (uncredited)

1945
A Gruesome Twosome poster

A Gruesome Twosome

Movie · as Girl Cat

1945
It's Murder She Says... poster

It's Murder She Says...

Movie · as Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)

1945
The Shooting of Dan McGoo poster

The Shooting of Dan McGoo

Movie · as Lou (voice) (uncredited)

1944
Hare Force poster

Hare Force

Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1944
Little Red Riding Rabbit poster

Little Red Riding Rabbit

Movie · as Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)

1944
Censored poster

Censored

Movie · as Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)

1944
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears poster

Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears

Movie · as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)

1944
The Weakly Reporter poster

The Weakly Reporter

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

1944
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips poster

Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips

Movie · as Additional Characterizations

1944
Brother Brat poster

Brother Brat

Movie · as Baby Butch's Mom

1944
Swooner Crooner poster

Swooner Crooner

Movie · as Chickens (voice) (uncredited)

1943
Pigs in a Polka poster

Pigs in a Polka

Movie · as Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)

1943
Puss n' Booty poster

Puss n' Booty

Movie · as Woman (voice)

1943
A Corny Concerto poster

A Corny Concerto

Movie · as Screams (voice) (uncredited)

1943
Hiss and Make Up poster

Hiss and Make Up

Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

1942
The Hep Cat poster

The Hep Cat

Movie · as Bird

1941
Goofy Groceries poster

Goofy Groceries

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

1940
The Bear's Tale poster

The Bear's Tale

Movie · as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)

1940
Confederate Honey poster

Confederate Honey

Movie · as Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)

1940
Cross Country Detours poster

Cross Country Detours

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

1940
Looney Tunes poster

Looney Tunes

TV · 60 eps