Mae Questel

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
September 13, 1908

Place of Birth:
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Social Media

Mae Questel

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mae Questel (September 13, 1908–January 4, 1998) was an American actress and vocal artist best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop and Olive Oyl. She began in vaudeville, and played occasional small roles in films and television later in her career, most notably the role of Aunt Bethany in 1989's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2025 The Best Popeye the Sailor Man Cartoons
2024 Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer Mother / Olive Oyl (voice)
1995 Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons Self / Betty Boop (archive footage)
1989 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Aunt Bethany
1989 New York Stories Mother
1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit Betty Boop (voice)
1988 Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town Self
1988 Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz Mae Questel
1985 Hot Resort Mrs. Labowitz
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Betty Boop in 'Screen Snapshots' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983 Zelig Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)
1970 Move Mrs. Katz
1968 Funny Girl Mrs. Strakosh
1962 It's Only Money Cecilia Albright
1961 A Majority of One Essie Rubin
1961 Operation Ice-Tickle Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1961 Weight for Me Olive Oyl
1960 Planet Mouseola Mouse
1960 Trouble Date Cuddles
1960 Counter Attack Mouse
1960 Popeye and the Giant Sea Hag (voice)
1960 Barbecue for Two Olive Oyl
1960 Popeye's Service Station Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1960 Spinach Greetings Olive Oyl
1960 Matinee Idol Popeye Olive Oyl (Voice)
1960 Hits and Missiles Olive Oyl
1960 Jeep Tale Swee'pea
1960 Plumbers Pipe Dream Olive Oyl
1960 Seeing Double Olive Oyl(voice)
1959 Felineous Assault Kitnip
1959 Talking Horse Sense Ethel (voice)
1959 Fit to Be Toyed J.G.'s Wife, Little Boy (voice) (uncredited)
1959 Owly to Bed Hootie the Baby Owl (voice) (uncredited)
1958 Stork Raving Mad Baby / Mother
1958 Hansel and Gretel Voice
1957 Cat In The Act Murgatroyd
1957 From Mad to Worse Cute Kitty
1957 Ice Scream Billy (voice)
1957 Jumping with Toy Baby Huey's Mom (voice)
1957 Pest Pupil Baby Huey's Mommy (voice)
1957 The Big Fun Carnival Betty Boop
1957 Nearlyweds Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1957 Spooky Swabs Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1957 Hooky Spooky Little Ghosts' Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
1957 The Crystal Brawl Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1956 I Don't Scare Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1956 A Haul in One Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1956 Assault and Flattery Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1956 Swab the Duck Ducklings
1956 Hill-billing and Cooing Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1956 Dutch Treat Hans (voice) (uncredited)
1956 Out to Punch Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1956 Parlez Vous Woo Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1956 Penguin for Your Thoughts Baby Penguin
1956 Line of Screammage Billy / Neighborhood Kid / Tony's Friend (voice) (uncredited)
1956 Popeye for President Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1956 Sir Irving and Jeames Worthington (uncredited)
1955 Cookin' with Gags Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1955 A Bicep Built for Two Cute Kitty
1955 Mousieur Herman Herman's Cousin
1955 Beaus Will Be Beaus Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1955 Mister and Mistletoe Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1955 A Job for a Gob Olive Oyl (voice)
1955 Penny Antics Olive Oyl (voice)
1955 Git Along Lil' Duckie Baby Huey's Mom
1955 Kitty Cornered Cuddles (voice) (uncredited)
1955 Poop Goes the Weasel Wishbone (voice) (uncredited)
1955 Gift of Gag Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1954 Floor Flusher Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1954 Private Eye Popeye Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1954 The Seapreme Court Little Audrey / Little Fishes (voice) (uncredited)
1954 Taxi-Turvy Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1954 Popeye's 20th Anniversary Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1954 Crazytown Baby / Mother / People saying goodbye (uncredited)
1954 Fright to the Finish Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1954 Bride and Gloom Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1953 Firemen's Brawl Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1953 Child Sockology Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1953 Starting from Hatch Baby Huey's Mom
1953 Huey's Ducky Daddy Baby Huey's Mom
1953 Frightday the 13th Lucky (voice) (uncredited)
1953 Baby Wants a Battle Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1953 Popeye's Mirthday Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1953 Toreadorable Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1953 Ancient Fistory Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1952 Fun At The Fair Cow
1952 Big Bad Sindbad Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1952 Swimmer Take All Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1952 Lunch with a Punch Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1952 Clown on the Farm Baby Huey's Mother (voice)
1952 The Deep Boo Sea Billy / Billy's Brother's Friend (uncredited)
1952 Ghost of the Town Baby / Kids (uncredited)
1952 Law and Audrey Little Audrey (voice)
1951 Alpine for You Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1951 Tweet Music Little Eagle / Ostrich
1951 Miners Forty Niners Gold Digger / Clementine
1951 Land of Lost Watches Isabel / Rosita Wristwatch (voice)
1951 Thrill of Fair Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1951 Vacation with Play Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1951 Let's Stalk Spinach Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1951 Scout Fellow Baby Huey's Mom
1951 One Quack Mind Baby Huey's Mom
1951 Party Smarty Baby Huey's Mom
1951 To Boo or Not to Boo Lou / Ladies at Door (voice) (uncredited)
1951 Boo Scout Billy (voice)
1950 The Farmer and the Belle Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1950 Quick on the Vigor Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1950 Jitterbug Jive Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1950 Popeye Makes a Movie Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1950 Beach Peach Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1950 Gym Jam Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1950 Quack-a Doodle-Doo Baby Huey's Mommy (voice) (uncredited)
1950 Teacher's Pest Junior's Mother / Worm (voice)
1950 Land of the Lost Jewels Isabel
1950 Casper's Spree Under the Sea Goldie the Goldfish(voice) (uncredited)
1949 Barking Dogs Don't Fite Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1949 A-Haunting We Will Go Casper / Ghost Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
1949 Silly Hillbilly Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1949 Lumberjack and Jill Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1949 A Balmy Swami Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1949 Hot Air Aces Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1949 Tar with a Star Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1949 Popeye's Premiere Olive Oyl (voice)
1949 Our Funny Finny Friends Carmen Miranda Fish (voice)
1948 Olive Oyl for President Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948 Wigwam Whoopee Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948 Snow Place Like Home Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948 Flip Flap Flip-Flap (voice)
1948 A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948 Spinach vs Hamburgers Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948 Hector's Hectic Life Swedish Housekeeper - Puppies (voice)
1948 Symphony in Spinach Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948 Robin Hood-Winked Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948 Pre-Hysterical Man Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1947 All's Fair at the Fair Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1947 Santa's Surprise Little Audrey (voice) (uncredited)
1947 I'll Be Skiing Ya Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1947 Abusement Park Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1947 The Royal Four-Flusher Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1947 Popeye and the Pirates Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1947 Wotta Knight Olive Oyl (voice)
1947 Safari So Good Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1946 House Tricks? Olive Oyl (voice)
1946 The Island Fling Olive Oyl (voice)
1946 Peep in the Deep Olive Oyl (voice)
1946 Service with a Guile Olive Oyl (voice)
1946 Rocket to Mars Olive Oyl (voice)
1946 The Fistic Mystic Olive Oyl (voice)
1946 Rodeo Romeo Olive Oyl (voice)
1946 Klondike Casanova Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1945 For Better or Nurse Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1945 Shape Ahoy Olive Oyl / Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
1945 Mess Production Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1945 Tops in the Big Top Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1945 The Friendly Ghost Johnny (voice) (uncredited)
1944 Spinach Packin' Popeye Olive Oyl (voice)
1944 Gabriel Churchkitten Peter (voice)
1944 She-Sick Sailors Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1944 Puppet Love Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1944 Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1941 Mr. Bug Goes to Town Buzz (voice) (uncredited)
1940 The Fulla Bluff Man Cavewoman (voice)
1938 The Tears of an Onion Various Vegetables (voice) (uncredited)
1938 I Yam Love Sick Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1938 Mutiny Ain't Nice Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1938 Pudgy the Watchman Betty Boop
1938 Riding the Rails Betty Boop
1938 Learn Polikeness Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1938 Let's Celebrake Olive Oyl / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
1938 Be Up to Date Betty Boop
1938 The House Builder-Upper Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1938 Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1938 A Date to Skate Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1938 Buzzy Boop at the Concert Betty Boop (voice)
1937 House Cleaning Blues Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1937 The Impractical Joker Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1937 The Candid Candidate Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1937 The Paneless Window Washer Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937 Pudgy Picks a Fight
1937 Organ Grinder's Swing Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937 The Foxy Hunter Betty Boop
1937 Service with a Smile Betty Boop
1937 My Artistical Temperature Olive Oyl
1937 The Twisker Pitcher Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937 Hospitaliky Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937 The New Deal Show Betty Boop / Cats / Puppy (voice) (uncredited)
1937 Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937 I Likes Babies and Infinks Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
1937 I Never Changes My Altitude Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937 Fowl Play Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937 The Football Toucher Downer Young Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
1937 Zula Hula Betty Boop
1937 Protek the Weakerist Olive Oyl
1937 Bunny Mooning Bunny (voice) (uncredited)
1937 Lost and Foundry Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
1937 Morning, Noon and Night Club Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1937 The Hot Air Salesman Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1936 The Cobweb Hotel Flies (voice)
1936 Training Pigeons Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
1936 Be Human Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1936 You're Not Built That Way Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1936 Bridge Ahoy! Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936 Brotherly Love Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936 A Clean Shaven Man Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936 I Wanna Be a Life Guard Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936 Let's Get Movin' Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936 Never Kick a Woman Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936 Little Swee'pea Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
1936 Hold the Wire Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936 I'm in the Army Now Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936 The Spinach Roadster Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936 More Pep Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
1936 Betty Boop and the Little King Betty Boop (voice)
1936 Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936 Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936 I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1936 Christmas Comes But Once a Year Orphans (voice) (uncredited)
1936 New Shoes Girl's Shoes (voice)
1936 Betty Boop and Little Jimmy Betty Boop / Little Jimmy (voice) (uncredited)
1936 Somewhere in Dreamland Mother / Boy / Girl (voice)
1936 Grampy's Indoor Outing Betty Boop / Junior (voice)
1936 Making Friends Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1936 Happy You and Merry Me Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
1936 Little Nobody Betty Boop / Mrs. Prissy / Pup Voices (voice) (uncredited)
1936 We Did It Betty Boop / Pudgy / Kitten (voice) (uncredited)
1935 The Lost Chick Squirrel Children (voice) (uncredited)
1935 Taking the Blame Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1935 The Kids in the Shoe Woman in the shoe
1935 Swat the Fly Betty Boop (voice)
1935 No! No! A Thousand Times No!! Betty Boop (voice)
1935 For Better or Worser Olive Oyl
1935 Choose Your 'Weppins' Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935 Be Kind to 'Aminals' Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935 Beware of Barnacle Bill Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935 Pleased to Meet Cha! Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935 You Gotta Be a Football Hero Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935 Adventures of Popeye Olive Oyl (voice)
1935 The Spinach Overture Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935 King of the Mardi Gras Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935 Stop That Noise Betty Boop
1935 Betty Boop and Grampy Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1935 Baby Be Good Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1935 Dancing on the Moon Various (voice, uncredited)
1935 The Hyp-Nut-Tist Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935 A Little Soap and Water Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1935 A Language All My Own Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1935 Judge for a Day Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1934 Betty Boop's Rise to Fame Betty Boop
1934 The Two-Alarm Fire Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934 The Dance Contest Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934 We Aim to Please Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934 Betty Boop's Trial Betty Boop
1934 Betty Boop's Little Pal Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
1934 Betty Boop's Prize Show Betty Boop
1934 Shiver Me Timbers! Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934 Can You Take It Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934 Keep in Style Betty Boop
1934 A Dream Walking Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934 Axe Me Another Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934 Ha! Ha! Ha! Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1934 When My Ship Comes In Betty Boop (voice)
1934 Shoein' Hosses Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934 The Man on the Flying Trapeze Olive Oyl / Nana Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1934 There's Something About a Soldier Betty Boop (voice)
1934 Strong to the Finich Children (voice) (uncredited)
1933 Snow-White Betty Boop (voice)
1933 Mother Goose Land Betty Boop
1933 The Old Man of the Mountain Betty Boop (singing voice)
1933 Popeye the Sailor Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1933 Is My Palm Read Betty Boop
1933 Betty Boop's Birthday Party Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
1933 Betty Boop's Big Boss Betty Boop
1933 Betty Boop's Penthouse
1933 I Heard Betty Boop (voice)
1933 I Eats My Spinach Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1933 Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions Betty Boop (voice)
1933 Birds in the Spring Baby Birds (voice) (uncredited)
1932 One Hour with You Office Worker (uncredited)
1932 Time on My Hands Betty Boop
1932 Let Me Call You Sweetheart Betty Boop (voice)
1932 Rudy Vallee Melodies Betty Boop (voice)
1932 Romantic Melodies Betty Boop (voice)
1932 Betty Boop's Museum Betty Boop
1932 Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle Betty Boop
1932 Chess-Nuts Betty Boop
1932 Betty Boop's Ups and Downs Betty Boop
1932 Crazy-Town Betty Boop / Beauty Shop Customer 1 / Beauty Shop Customer 2 (voice) (uncredited)
1932 Stopping the Show Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
1932 Betty Boop, M.D. Betty Boop
1932 Betty Boop for President Betty Boop
1932 Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning Betty Boop
1932 Minnie the Moocher Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1932 The Betty Boop Limited Betty Boop (voice)
1932 Wayward Showgirl (uncredited)
1932 Just One More Chance Betty Boop (voice)
1932 Just a Gigolo Betty Boop
1932 The Musical Doctor Nurse Clef
1932 Admission Free Betty Boop (voice)
1931 Silly Scandals Betty Boop (voice)
1931 Bimbo's Initiation Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1931 Bimbo's Express Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1931 Minding the Baby Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1931 Kitty from Kansas City Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1931 Mother Goose Melodies Little Bo Peep / Lamb (voice) (uncredited)
1930 A Battery of Songs
Year TV Show Role
2004 Cartoon Alley
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self
1960 Popeye the Sailor Olive Oyl (voice)
1958 77 Sunset Strip
1958 Naked City Mrs. Annette Faber
View this project on GitHub: https://github.com/Manasess896/TMDB-Explorer