Birthday
1906/04/04
Day of death
1968/10/13 (62 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
New York, New York, USA
Also know as
Bee Benadaret, Bea Benadaret
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.
(1991) The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
as Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
(1948) Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
as Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)
(1951) Fresh Laid Plans
as ---
(1953) Of Rice and Hen
as Miss Prissy (voice)
(1951) A Bear for Punishment
as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
(1946) Baseball Bugs
as The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
(1949) On the Town
as Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
(1952) Gift Wrapped
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
(1950) Two's a Crowd
as (voice)
(1954) Bewitched Bunny
as Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
(1951) Chow Hound
as Pet Owner
(1952) Feed the Kitty
as Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
(1949) For Scent-imental Reasons
as Cat
(1953) Kiss Me Cat
as Vi
(1947) A Hare Grows in Manhattan
as Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
(1945) A Gruesome Twosome
as Girl Cat
(1944) Hare Force
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
(1948) Kit for Cat
as Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)
(1944) Little Red Riding Rabbit
as Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
(1943) Pigs in a Polka
as Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
(1951) Putty Tat Trouble
as Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)
(1942) The Hep Cat
as Bird
(1951) Tweety's S.O.S.
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
(1944) Censored
as Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)
(1945) It's Murder She Says...
as Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
(1950) The Scarlet Pumpernickel
as The Fair Melissa (voice)
(1947) Tweetie Pie
as Woman (voice) (uncredited)
(1949) Bear Feat
as Ma Bear
(1951) Lovelorn Leghorn
as Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)
(1959) Tweet Dreams
as Various (voice)
(1946) Book Revue
as Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)
(1941) Goofy Groceries
as Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
(1952) Orange Blossoms for Violet
as Violet (voice) (uncredited)
(1954) Goo Goo Goliath
as Ethel (voice) (uncredited)
(1953) A Mouse Divided
as Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
(1950) Canary Row
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
(1944) Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
(1952) Kiddin' the Kitten
as Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
(1952) Ain't She Tweet
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
(1951) Room and Bird
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
(1950) All a Bir-r-r-d
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
(1953) Snow Business
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
(1943) Puss n' Booty
as Woman (voice)
(1950) An Egg Scramble
as Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)
(1955) Sandy Claws
as Granny
(1953) Punch Trunk
as Marsha, Delores
(1940) The Bear's Tale
as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
(1952) Little Red Rodent Hood
as Granny Mouse (voice)
(1953) Tom Tom Tomcat
as Granny (voice)
(1959) Plunderers of Painted Flats
as Ella Heather
(1952) Terrier-Stricken
as Frisky's Mistress (voice)
(1952) The First Time
as Mrs. Potter
(1954) Wild Wife
as Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician
(1955) The Hole Idea
as Gertrude
(1944) The Weakly Reporter
as Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle
(1946) Hollywood Canine Canteen
as Female dog voices
(1948) A Hick, a Slick and a Chick
as Daisy Lou (voice)
(1947) Doggone Cats
as Dog's owner (voice)
(1946) Quentin Quail
as Baby Toots (voice)
(1948) I Taw a Putty Tat
as Woman (voice) (uncredited)
(1945) The Shooting of Dan McGoo
as Lou (voice) (uncredited)
(1954) Black Widow
as Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
(1953) Hare Trimmed
as Granny (voice)
(1951) Hare We Go
as Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)
(1954) The Cats Bah
as Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
(1943) A Corny Concerto
as Screams (voice) (uncredited)
(1949) The Bee-Deviled Bruin
as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
(1940) Confederate Honey
as Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)
(1940) Cross Country Detours
as Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
(1947) Scent-imental Over You
as Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)
(1953) A Street Cat Named Sylvester
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
(1949) Doggone Tired
as Operator (voice) (uncredited)
(1946) Notorious
as File Clerk (uncredited)
(1943) Hiss and Make Up
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
(1944) Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
as Additional Characterizations
(2010) Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
as Granny (voice)(archive footage)
(1944) Brother Brat
as Baby Butch's Mom
(1981) The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
as Granny (voice)
(1982) Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
as Witch Hazel (voice)
(1944) Swooner Crooner
as Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
(2005) The History of Hooterville
as Self (archive footage)
(1962) Tender Is the Night
as Mrs. McKisco
(1949) The Windblown Hare
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
(1986) The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
(1954) Yankee Doodle Bugs
as Various (voice) (uncredited)
(1953) Fowl Weather
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
(1955) Feather Dusted
as Miss Prissy (voice)
(1955) A Midsummer Daydream
as Woman
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Mary Field
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as Cousin Pearl Bodine
(1960) The Flintstones
as Betty Rubble (voice)
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Miss Lewis
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Kate Bradley
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Marie
(1983) Henry's Cat
as ---
(1960) Pete and Gladys
as ---
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1961) The New Breed
as Miss Horne
(1963) Vacation Playhouse
as Sybil Murdock
(1958) The George Burns Show
as Blanche Morton
(1960) Peter Loves Mary
as Wilma
(1950) The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Blanche Morton
(1959) The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Telephone Operator (voice)
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as Gertrude Gearshift
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as Gertrude, switchboard operator
(1961) Top Cat
as Mrs. Ball (voice)
(1965) Green Acres
as Kate Bradley
(1961) Top Cat
as Julie / Mom (voice)
(1961) Top Cat
as Fancy's Girlfriend (voice)
(1961) Top Cat
as Fifi The Maid (voice)
(1961) Top Cat
as Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice)
(1961) Top Cat
as Receptionist (voice)
(1955) The Bob Cummings Show
as Blanche Morton
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as Gertrude Gearshift - switchboard operator
(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as Woman
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as Gertrude, switchboard operator (voice)
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as Peggy
(1955) The Bob Cummings Show
as Dixie Yates
(1957) The Restless Gun
as Madame Brimstone
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as Gertrude - Switchboard Operator (voice)
(1962) The Jetsons
as Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)
(1963) The Danny Kaye Show
as Self