Bea Benaderet
Acting
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
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movieLooney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
2010
Granny (voice)(archive footage)
movieThe History of Hooterville
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
1991
Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
movieThe Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
1986
Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
movieBugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
1982
Witch Hazel (voice)
movieThe Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
1981
Granny (voice)
tvGreen Acres
1965
Kate Bradley
tvPetticoat Junction
1963
Kate Bradley
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Sybil Murdock
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Cousin Pearl Bodine
tvThe Jetsons
1962
Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)
movieTender Is the Night
1962
Mrs. McKisco
tvThe New Breed
1961
Miss Horne
tvTop Cat
1961
Mrs. Ball (voice) / Julie / Mom (voice) / Fancy's Girlfriend (voice) / Fifi The Maid (voice) / Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice) / Receptionist (voice)
tvThe Flintstones
1960
Betty Rubble (voice)
movieTweet Dreams
1959
Various (voice)
tvThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Telephone Operator (voice)
moviePlunderers of Painted Flats
1959
Ella Heather
The George Burns Show
1958
Blanche Morton
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958
Mary Field
tvThe Restless Gun
1957
Madame Brimstone
movieThe Hole Idea
1955
Gertrude
movieSandy Claws
1955
Granny
movieFeather Dusted
1955
Miss Prissy (voice)
tvThe Bob Cummings Show
1955
Blanche Morton / Dixie Yates
movieBlack Widow
1954
Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
movieGoo Goo Goliath
1954
Ethel (voice) (uncredited)
movieYankee Doodle Bugs
1954
Various (voice) (uncredited)
movieBewitched Bunny
1954
Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Cats Bah
1954
Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
movieWild Wife
1954
Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician
moviePunch Trunk
1953
Marsha, Delores
movieOf Rice and Hen
1953
Miss Prissy (voice)
movieA Street Cat Named Sylvester
1953
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
movieTom Tom Tomcat
1953
Granny (voice)
movieHare Trimmed
1953
Granny (voice)
movieFowl Weather
1953
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
movieKiss Me Cat
1953
Vi (voice)
movieA Mouse Divided
1953
Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
movieSnow Business
1953
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
movieTerrier-Stricken
1952
Frisky's Mistress (voice)
movieAin't She Tweet
1952
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
movieOrange Blossoms for Violet
1952
Violet (voice) (uncredited)
movieLittle Red Rodent Hood
1952
Granny Mouse (voice)
movieKiddin' the Kitten
1952
Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
movieGift Wrapped
1952
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
movieFeed the Kitty
1952
Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe First Time
1952
Mrs. Potter
movieA Bear for Punishment
1951
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
tvI Love Lucy
1951
Miss Lewis
movieTweety's S.O.S.
1951
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
movieLovelorn Leghorn
1951
Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)
movieChow Hound
1951
Pet Owner
movieRoom and Bird
1951
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
moviePutty Tat Trouble
1951
Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)
movieHare We Go
1951
Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)
movieTwo's a Crowd
1950
(voice)
tvThe Jack Benny Program
1950
Gertrude Gearshift / Peggy
tvThe George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
Blanche Morton
movieCanary Row
1950
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
movieAll a Bir-r-r-d
1950
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
movieAn Egg Scramble
1950
Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)
movieThe Scarlet Pumpernickel
1950
The Fair Melissa (voice)
movieBear Feat
1949
Ma Bear
movieOn the Town
1949
Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
movieThe Windblown Hare
1949
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
movieDoggone Tired
1949
Operator (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Bee-Deviled Bruin
1949
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
movieKit for Cat
1948
Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)
movieI Taw a Putty Tat
1948
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
movieA Hick, a Slick and a Chick
1948
Daisy Lou (voice)
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
1948
Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)
movieDoggone Cats
1947
Dog's owner (voice)
movieTweetie Pie
1947
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
movieA Hare Grows in Manhattan
1947
Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
movieScent-imental Over You
1947
Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)
movieNotorious
1946
File Clerk (uncredited)
movieHollywood Canine Canteen
1946
Female dog voices
movieQuentin Quail
1946
Baby Toots (voice)
movieBaseball Bugs
1946
The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
movieBook Revue
1946
Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)
movieA Gruesome Twosome
1945
Girl Cat
movieIt's Murder She Says...
1945
Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
movieThe Shooting of Dan McGoo
1945
Lou (voice) (uncredited)
movieHare Force
1944
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
movieCensored
1944
Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)
movieBrother Brat
1944
Baby Butch's Mom
movieSwooner Crooner
1944
Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
movieBugs Bunny Nips the Nips
1944
Additional Characterizations
movieThe Weakly Reporter
1944
Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle
movieBugs Bunny and the Three Bears
1944
Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
movieLittle Red Riding Rabbit
1944
Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
moviePuss n' Booty
1943
Woman (voice)
movieA Corny Concerto
1943
Screams (voice) (uncredited)
movieHiss and Make Up
1943
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
moviePigs in a Polka
1943
Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
movieGoofy Groceries
1941
Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Bear's Tale
1940
Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
movieConfederate Honey
1940
Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)
movieCross Country Detours
1940
Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)