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.
Movie | Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire | Granny (voice)(archive footage) | 2010-08-10 |
Movie | The History of Hooterville | Self (archive footage) | 2005-10-19 |
Movie | The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame | Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice) | 1991-11-13 |
Movie | The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration | Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage) | 1986-05-20 |
Series | Henry's Cat | 1983-09-14 | |
Movie | Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales | Witch Hazel (voice) | 1982-11-19 |
Movie | The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie | Granny (voice) | 1981-11-20 |
Series | Green Acres | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | Vacation Playhouse | Unknown | 1963-07-22 |
Series | Petticoat Junction | 1963-09-24 | |
Movie | Tender Is the Night | Mrs. McKisco | 1962-01-19 |
Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Cousin Pearl Bodine | 1962-09-26 |
Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
Series | Pete and Gladys | Unknown | 1960-09-19 |
Series | The Flintstones | Betty Rubble | 1960-09-30 |
Series | Peter Loves Mary | Wilma | 1960-10-12 |
Movie | Plunderers of Painted Flats | Ella Heather | 1959-01-23 |
Series | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Unknown | 1959-09-29 |
Series | The George Burns Show | Blanche Morton | 1958-10-21 |
Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
Series | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Movie | The Hole Idea | Gertrude | 1955-04-16 |
Movie | Sandy Claws | Granny | 1955-04-02 |
Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
Movie | Wild Wife | Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician | 1954-02-19 |
Movie | The Cats Bah | Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited) | 1954-03-20 |
Movie | Bewitched Bunny | Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited) | 1954-07-24 |
Movie | Black Widow | Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited) | 1954-10-28 |
Movie | Goo Goo Goliath | Ethel (voice) (uncredited) | 1954-09-18 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Kiss Me Cat | Vi | 1953-02-21 |
Movie | Snow Business | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1953-01-17 |
Movie | Hare Trimmed | Granny | 1953-06-19 |
Movie | Punch Trunk | Marsha, Delores | 1953-12-19 |
Movie | A Street Cat Named Sylvester | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1953-09-04 |
Movie | Gift Wrapped | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1952-02-16 |
Movie | The First Time | Mrs. Potter | 1952-01-31 |
Movie | Feed the Kitty | Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited) | 1952-02-02 |
Movie | Kiddin' the Kitten | Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited) | 1952-04-05 |
Movie | Little Red Rodent Hood | Granny Mouse (voice) | 1952-05-03 |
Movie | Ain't She Tweet | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1952-06-21 |
Movie | Terrier-Stricken | Frisky's Mistress (voice) | 1952-11-29 |
Movie | Orange Blossoms for Violet | Violet (voice) (uncredited) | 1952-05-23 |
Movie | Room and Bird | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1951-06-02 |
Movie | Chow Hound | Pet Owner | 1951-06-16 |
Movie | Putty Tat Trouble | Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited) | 1951-02-23 |
Movie | Hare We Go | Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited) | 1951-01-05 |
Movie | Tweety's S.O.S. | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1951-09-21 |
Movie | Lovelorn Leghorn | Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens | 1951-09-08 |
Movie | A Bear for Punishment | Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited) | 1951-10-20 |
Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
Movie | The Scarlet Pumpernickel | The Fair Melissa (voice) | 1950-03-04 |
Movie | An Egg Scramble | Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice) | 1950-05-27 |
Movie | All a Bir-r-r-d | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1950-06-24 |
Movie | Canary Row | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1950-10-07 |
Series | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Blanche Morton | 1950-10-12 |
Movie | Doggone Tired | Operator (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-07-30 |
Movie | The Bee-Deviled Bruin | Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-05-14 |
Movie | The Windblown Hare | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-08-27 |
Movie | On the Town | Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited) | 1949-12-08 |
Movie | For Scent-imental Reasons | Cat | 1949-11-12 |
Movie | Bear Feat | Ma Bear | 1949-12-10 |
Movie | Kit for Cat | Beatrice (voice) (uncredited) | 1948-11-06 |
Movie | Scent-imental Over You | Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited) | 1947-03-08 |
Movie | Tweetie Pie | Woman (voice) (uncredited) | 1947-05-03 |
Movie | A Hare Grows in Manhattan | Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited) | 1947-03-22 |
Movie | Baseball Bugs | The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited) | 1946-02-02 |
Movie | Book Revue | Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice) | 1946-01-05 |
Movie | Hollywood Canine Canteen | Female dog voices | 1946-04-19 |
Movie | Notorious | File Clerk (uncredited) | 1946-08-21 |
Movie | The Shooting of Dan McGoo | Lou (voice) (uncredited) | 1945-04-14 |
Movie | It's Murder She Says... | Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice) | 1945-05-15 |
Movie | A Gruesome Twosome | Girl Cat | 1945-06-09 |
Movie | The Weakly Reporter | Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle | 1944-03-24 |
Movie | Little Red Riding Rabbit | Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-01-04 |
Movie | Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips | Additional Characterizations | 1944-04-21 |
Movie | Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears | Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-02-26 |
Movie | Hare Force | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-07-22 |
Movie | Swooner Crooner | Chickens (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-05-06 |
Movie | Censored | Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-07-15 |
Movie | Brother Brat | Baby Butch's Mom | 1944-07-15 |
Movie | Pigs in a Polka | Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-02-06 |
Movie | Hiss and Make Up | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-09-11 |
Movie | A Corny Concerto | Screams (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-09-25 |
Movie | Puss n' Booty | Woman (voice) | 1943-12-10 |
Movie | The Hep Cat | Bird | 1942-10-03 |
Movie | Goofy Groceries | Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited) | 1941-03-29 |
Movie | Hollywood Steps Out | Dorothy Lamour | 1941-05-24 |
Movie | Cross Country Detours | Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited) | 1940-03-15 |
Movie | Confederate Honey | Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited) | 1940-03-29 |
Movie | The Bear's Tale | Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited) | 1940-04-13 |