
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

Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
Movie · as Granny (voice)(archive footage)

The History of Hooterville
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
Movie · as Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)

The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
Movie · as Witch Hazel (voice)

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Movie · as Granny (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Green Acres
TV · as Kate Bradley · 6 eps

Petticoat Junction
TV · as Kate Bradley · 196 eps
Vacation Playhouse
TV · as Sybil Murdock · 1 ep

The Danny Kaye Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Tender Is the Night
Movie · as Mrs. McKisco

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

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

The New Breed
TV · as Miss Horne · 1 ep

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

The Flintstones
TV · as Betty Rubble (voice) · 114 eps

Pete and Gladys
TV · 1 ep

Peter Loves Mary
TV · as Wilma · 32 eps

Tweet Dreams
Movie · as Various (voice)

Plunderers of Painted Flats
Movie · as Ella Heather

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV · as Telephone Operator (voice) · 1 ep

77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Mary Field · 1 ep
The George Burns Show
TV · as Blanche Morton · 25 eps

The Restless Gun
TV · as Madame Brimstone · 1 ep

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Sandy Claws
Movie · as Granny

The Hole Idea
Movie · as Gertrude

Feather Dusted
Movie · as Miss Prissy (voice)
A Midsummer Daydream
Movie · as Woman

Matinee Theater
TV · 1 ep

The Bob Cummings Show
TV · as Blanche Morton, Dixie Yates · 1 ep

Screen Director's Playhouse
TV · as Woman · 1 ep

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

Goo Goo Goliath
Movie · as Ethel (voice) (uncredited)

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

Black Widow
Movie · as Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)

The Cats Bah
Movie · as Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)

Yankee Doodle Bugs
Movie · as Various (voice) (uncredited)

Of Rice and Hen
Movie · as Miss Prissy (voice)

Kiss Me Cat
Movie · as Vi (voice)

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

Snow Business
Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Punch Trunk
Movie · as Marsha, Delores

Tom Tom Tomcat
Movie · as Granny (voice)

Hare Trimmed
Movie · as Granny (voice)

A Street Cat Named Sylvester
Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Fowl Weather
Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

General Electric Theater
TV · as Marie · 1 ep

Gift Wrapped
Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

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

Orange Blossoms for Violet
Movie · as Violet (voice) (uncredited)

Kiddin' the Kitten
Movie · as Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)

Ain't She Tweet
Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Little Red Rodent Hood
Movie · as Granny Mouse (voice)

Terrier-Stricken
Movie · as Frisky's Mistress (voice)

The First Time
Movie · as Mrs. Potter

Fresh Laid Plans
Movie

A Bear for Punishment
Movie · as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Chow Hound
Movie · as Pet Owner

Putty Tat Trouble
Movie · as Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)

Tweety's S.O.S.
Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

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

Room and Bird
Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Hare We Go
Movie · as Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)

I Love Lucy
TV · as Miss Lewis · 1 ep

Two's a Crowd
Movie · as (voice)

The Scarlet Pumpernickel
Movie · as The Fair Melissa (voice)

Canary Row
Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

All a Bir-r-r-d
Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

An Egg Scramble
Movie · as Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV · as Blanche Morton · 291 eps

The Jack Benny Program
TV · as Gertrude Gearshift, Peggy · 6 eps

On the Town
Movie · as Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)

For Scent-imental Reasons
Movie · as Cat

Bear Feat
Movie · as Ma Bear

The Bee-Deviled Bruin
Movie · as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Doggone Tired
Movie · as Operator (voice) (uncredited)

The Windblown Hare
Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
Movie · as Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)

Kit for Cat
Movie · as Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)

A Hick, a Slick and a Chick
Movie · as Daisy Lou (voice)

I Taw a Putty Tat
Movie · as Woman (voice) (uncredited)

A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Movie · as Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)

Tweetie Pie
Movie · as Woman (voice) (uncredited)

Doggone Cats
Movie · as Dog's owner (voice)

Scent-imental Over You
Movie · as Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)

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

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

Hollywood Canine Canteen
Movie · as Female dog voices

Quentin Quail
Movie · as Baby Toots (voice)

Notorious
Movie · as File Clerk (uncredited)

A Gruesome Twosome
Movie · as Girl Cat

It's Murder She Says...
Movie · as Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)

The Shooting of Dan McGoo
Movie · as Lou (voice) (uncredited)

Hare Force
Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

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

Censored
Movie · as Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)

Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
Movie · as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)

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

Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
Movie · as Additional Characterizations

Brother Brat
Movie · as Baby Butch's Mom

Swooner Crooner
Movie · as Chickens (voice) (uncredited)

Pigs in a Polka
Movie · as Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)

Puss n' Booty
Movie · as Woman (voice)

A Corny Concerto
Movie · as Screams (voice) (uncredited)

Hiss and Make Up
Movie · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

The Hep Cat
Movie · as Bird

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

The Bear's Tale
Movie · as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)

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

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

Looney Tunes
TV · 60 eps