Bea Benaderet
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
The Flintstones
Betty Rubble (voice)
1960
Series
Matinee Theater
1955
Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
Pearl Bodine
1962
Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
Operator (uncredited)
1962
Series
Petticoat Junction
Kate Bradley
1963
Series
I Love Lucy
Miss Lewis
1951
Series
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Blanche Morton
1950
Series
Green Acres
Kate Bradley
1965
Series
The Jetsons
Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)
1962
Series
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Telephone Operator (voice)
1959
Series
77 Sunset Strip
Mary Field
1958
Series
The Jack Benny Program
Gertrude Gearshift
1950
Series
The Jack Benny Program
Peggy
1950
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
Series
Top Cat
Mrs. Ball (voice)
1961
Series
Top Cat
Julie / Mom (voice)
1961
Series
Top Cat
Fancy's Girlfriend (voice)
1961
Series
Top Cat
Fifi The Maid (voice)
1961
Series
Top Cat
Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice)
1961
Series
Top Cat
Receptionist (voice)
1961
Series
Pete and Gladys
1960
Series
The New Breed
Miss Horne
1961
Series
Screen Director's Playhouse
Woman
1955
Series
The Bob Cummings Show
Blanche Morton
1955
Series
The Bob Cummings Show
Dixie Yates
1955
Vacation Playhouse
Sybil Murdock
1963
Series
The Restless Gun
Madame Brimstone
1957
Film
Notorious
File Clerk (uncredited)
1946
Series
Peter Loves Mary
Wilma
1960
Film
On the Town
Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
1949
Film
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Granny (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1981
Film
Black Widow
Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
1954
Film
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
Witch Hazel (voice)
1982
Series
General Electric Theater
Marie
1953
Series
The Bugs Bunny Show
Nanny
1983
Film
Censored
Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Film
Hare Force
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1944
The George Burns Show
Blanche Morton
1958
Film
Goofy Groceries
Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Film
Tender Is the Night
Mrs. McKisco
1962
Film
Baseball Bugs
The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
1946
Film
Hare Trimmed
Granny (voice)
1953
Film
A Mouse Divided
Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Film
Confederate Honey
Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)
1940
Film
Gift Wrapped
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1952
Film
Room and Bird
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Film
Little Red Riding Rabbit
Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Film
Tweet Dreams
Various (voice)
1959
Film
Sandy Claws
Granny
1955
Film
Swooner Crooner
Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Film
Ain't She Tweet
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1952
Film
The Weakly Reporter
Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle
1944
Film
The Cats Bah
Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
1954
Film
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
Additional Characterizations
1944
Film
Scent-imental Over You
Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Film
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
The Fair Melissa (voice)
1950
Film
Quentin Quail
Baby Toots (voice)
1946
Film
Kit for Cat
Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
Lou (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Film
Brother Brat
Baby Butch's Mom
1944
Film
The First Time
Mrs. Potter
1952
Film
Tweetie Pie
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Film
Doggone Tired
Operator (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Film
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Film
Terrier-Stricken
Frisky's Mistress (voice)
1952
Film
A Gruesome Twosome
Girl Cat
1945
Film
A Hick, a Slick and a Chick
Daisy Lou (voice)
1948
Film
Hare We Go
Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Film
Puss n' Booty
Woman (voice)
1943
Film
An Egg Scramble
Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)
1950
Film
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Film
Snow Business
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Film
Kiss Me Cat
Vi (voice)
1953
Film
Bewitched Bunny
Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
1954
Film
Feed the Kitty
Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
1952
Film
The History of Hooterville
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Kiddin' the Kitten
Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
1952
Film
Putty Tat Trouble
Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Film
Doggone Cats
Dog's owner (voice)
1947
Film
Book Revue
Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)
1946
Film
Bear Feat
Ma Bear
1949
Film
The Hep Cat
Bird
1942
Film
Goo Goo Goliath
Ethel (voice) (uncredited)
1954
Film
The Bear's Tale
Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1940
Film
Pigs in a Polka
Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Film
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
Granny (voice)(archive footage)
2010
Film
I Taw a Putty Tat
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Film
Of Rice and Hen
Miss Prissy (voice)
1953
Film
Chow Hound
Pet Owner
1951
Film
Little Red Rodent Hood
Granny Mouse (voice)
1952
Film
Plunderers of Painted Flats
Ella Heather
1959
Film
For Scent-imental Reasons
Cat
1949
Film
Orange Blossoms for Violet
Violet (voice) (uncredited)
1952
Film
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Film
Punch Trunk
Marsha, Delores
1953
Film
All a Bir-r-r-d
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1950
Film
The Windblown Hare
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Film
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
1991
Film
Hollywood Canine Canteen
Female dog voices
1946
Film
Cross Country Detours
Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
1986
A Midsummer Daydream
Woman
1955
Film
A Bear for Punishment
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Film
Wild Wife
Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician
1954
Film
Tom Tom Tomcat
Granny (voice)
1953
Film
Fowl Weather
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Film
Lovelorn Leghorn
Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)
1951
Film
Fresh Laid Plans
1951
Film
It's Murder She Says...
Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
1945
Film
Yankee Doodle Bugs
Various (voice) (uncredited)
1954
Film
The Hole Idea
Gertrude
1955
Film
A Corny Concerto
Screams (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Film
Feather Dusted
Miss Prissy (voice)
1955
Film
A Street Cat Named Sylvester
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Film
Tweety's S.O.S.
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Film
Canary Row
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1950
Film
Two's a Crowd
(voice)
1950
Film
Hiss and Make Up
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)
1948