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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 4, 1906
Place of Birth:
New York, New York, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire | Granny (voice)(archive footage) |
| 2005 | The History of Hooterville | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame | Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice) |
| 1986 | The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration | Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage) |
| 1982 | Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales | Witch Hazel (voice) |
| 1981 | The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie | Granny (voice) |
| 1962 | Tender Is the Night | Mrs. McKisco |
| 1959 | Tweet Dreams | Various (voice) |
| 1959 | Plunderers of Painted Flats | Ella Heather |
| 1955 | Sandy Claws | Granny |
| 1955 | The Hole Idea | Gertrude |
| 1955 | Feather Dusted | Miss Prissy (voice) |
| 1955 | A Midsummer Daydream | Woman |
| 1954 | Bewitched Bunny | Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Goo Goo Goliath | Ethel (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Wild Wife | Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician |
| 1954 | Black Widow | Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Cats Bah | Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Yankee Doodle Bugs | Various (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Of Rice and Hen | Miss Prissy (voice) |
| 1953 | Kiss Me Cat | Vi |
| 1953 | A Mouse Divided | Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Snow Business | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Punch Trunk | Marsha, Delores |
| 1953 | Tom Tom Tomcat | Granny (voice) |
| 1953 | Hare Trimmed | Granny (voice) |
| 1953 | A Street Cat Named Sylvester | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Fowl Weather | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Gift Wrapped | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Feed the Kitty | Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Orange Blossoms for Violet | Violet (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Kiddin' the Kitten | Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Ain't She Tweet | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Little Red Rodent Hood | Granny Mouse (voice) |
| 1952 | Terrier-Stricken | Frisky's Mistress (voice) |
| 1952 | The First Time | Mrs. Potter |
| 1951 | Fresh Laid Plans | |
| 1951 | A Bear for Punishment | Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Chow Hound | Pet Owner |
| 1951 | Putty Tat Trouble | Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Tweety's S.O.S. | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Lovelorn Leghorn | Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice) |
| 1951 | Room and Bird | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Hare We Go | Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Two's a Crowd | (voice) |
| 1950 | The Scarlet Pumpernickel | The Fair Melissa (voice) |
| 1950 | Canary Row | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | All a Bir-r-r-d | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | An Egg Scramble | Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice) |
| 1949 | On the Town | Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited) |
| 1949 | For Scent-imental Reasons | Cat |
| 1949 | Bear Feat | Ma Bear |
| 1949 | The Bee-Deviled Bruin | Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Doggone Tired | Operator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Windblown Hare | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home | Turtle / Kangaroo (voice) |
| 1948 | Kit for Cat | Beatrice (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1948 | A Hick, a Slick and a Chick | Daisy Lou (voice) |
| 1948 | I Taw a Putty Tat | Woman (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | A Hare Grows in Manhattan | Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Tweetie Pie | Woman (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Doggone Cats | Dog's owner (voice) |
| 1947 | Scent-imental Over You | Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Baseball Bugs | The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Book Revue | Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice) |
| 1946 | Hollywood Canine Canteen | Female dog voices |
| 1946 | Quentin Quail | Baby Toots (voice) |
| 1946 | Notorious | File Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1945 | A Gruesome Twosome | Girl Cat |
| 1945 | It's Murder She Says... | Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice) |
| 1945 | The Shooting of Dan McGoo | Lou (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Hare Force | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Little Red Riding Rabbit | Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Censored | Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears | Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Weakly Reporter | Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle |
| 1944 | Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips | Additional Characterizations |
| 1944 | Brother Brat | Baby Butch's Mom |
| 1944 | Swooner Crooner | Chickens (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Pigs in a Polka | Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Puss n' Booty | Woman (voice) |
| 1943 | A Corny Concerto | Screams (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Hiss and Make Up | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Hep Cat | Bird |
| 1941 | Goofy Groceries | Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Bear's Tale | Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Confederate Honey | Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Cross Country Detours | Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Green Acres | Kate Bradley |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Kate Bradley |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse | Sybil Murdock |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show | Self |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Cousin Pearl Bodine |
| 1962 | The Jetsons | Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice) |
| 1961 | The New Breed | Miss Horne |
| 1961 | Top Cat | Mrs. Ball (voice) |
| 1961 | Top Cat | Fifi The Maid (voice) |
| 1961 | Top Cat | Julie / Mom (voice) |
| 1961 | Top Cat | Fancy's Girlfriend (voice) |
| 1961 | Top Cat | Receptionist (voice) |
| 1961 | Top Cat | Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice) |
| 1960 | The Flintstones | Betty Rubble (voice) |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys | |
| 1960 | Peter Loves Mary | Wilma |
| 1959 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Telephone Operator (voice) |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Mary Field |
| 1958 | The George Burns Show | Blanche Morton |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun | Madame Brimstone |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show | Blanche Morton |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Woman |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show | Dixie Yates |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Marie |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | Miss Lewis |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Blanche Morton |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Gertrude, switchboard operator |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Gertrude Gearshift |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Peggy |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Gertrude - Switchboard Operator (voice) |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Gertrude, switchboard operator (voice) |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Gertrude Gearshift - switchboard operator |