Bea Benaderet

Bea Benaderet

Acting

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

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.

Acting
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
0.0

(1991) The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame

as Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)

0.0

(1948) Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home

as Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)

Fresh Laid Plans
0.0

(1951) Fresh Laid Plans

as ---

Of Rice and Hen
5.7

(1953) Of Rice and Hen

as Miss Prissy (voice)

A Bear for Punishment
6.8

(1951) A Bear for Punishment

as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Baseball Bugs
6.7

(1946) Baseball Bugs

as The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)

On the Town
7.0

(1949) On the Town

as Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)

Gift Wrapped
7.1

(1952) Gift Wrapped

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Two's a Crowd
6.7

(1950) Two's a Crowd

as (voice)

Bewitched Bunny
7.1

(1954) Bewitched Bunny

as Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)

Chow Hound
6.4

(1951) Chow Hound

as Pet Owner

Feed the Kitty
7.3

(1952) Feed the Kitty

as Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)

For Scent-imental Reasons
6.7

(1949) For Scent-imental Reasons

as Cat

Kiss Me Cat
6.6

(1953) Kiss Me Cat

as Vi

A Hare Grows in Manhattan
6.1

(1947) A Hare Grows in Manhattan

as Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)

A Gruesome Twosome
6.8

(1945) A Gruesome Twosome

as Girl Cat

Hare Force
6.9

(1944) Hare Force

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Kit for Cat
6.9

(1948) Kit for Cat

as Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)

Little Red Riding Rabbit
7.1

(1944) Little Red Riding Rabbit

as Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)

Pigs in a Polka
6.8

(1943) Pigs in a Polka

as Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)

Putty Tat Trouble
6.6

(1951) Putty Tat Trouble

as Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)

The Hep Cat
6.8

(1942) The Hep Cat

as Bird

Tweety's S.O.S.
6.7

(1951) Tweety's S.O.S.

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Censored
6.5

(1944) Censored

as Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)

It's Murder She Says...
4.7

(1945) It's Murder She Says...

as Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)

The Scarlet Pumpernickel
6.7

(1950) The Scarlet Pumpernickel

as The Fair Melissa (voice)

Tweetie Pie
6.7

(1947) Tweetie Pie

as Woman (voice) (uncredited)

Bear Feat
6.4

(1949) Bear Feat

as Ma Bear

Lovelorn Leghorn
6.5

(1951) Lovelorn Leghorn

as Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)

Tweet Dreams
6.5

(1959) Tweet Dreams

as Various (voice)

Book Revue
6.6

(1946) Book Revue

as Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)

Goofy Groceries
5.4

(1941) Goofy Groceries

as Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

Orange Blossoms for Violet
5.5

(1952) Orange Blossoms for Violet

as Violet (voice) (uncredited)

Goo Goo Goliath
6.7

(1954) Goo Goo Goliath

as Ethel (voice) (uncredited)

A Mouse Divided
7.3

(1953) A Mouse Divided

as Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

Canary Row
6.5

(1950) Canary Row

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
6.5

(1944) Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears

as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Kiddin' the Kitten
6.2

(1952) Kiddin' the Kitten

as Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)

Ain't She Tweet
6.3

(1952) Ain't She Tweet

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Room and Bird
6.5

(1951) Room and Bird

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

All a Bir-r-r-d
6.0

(1950) All a Bir-r-r-d

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Snow Business
6.4

(1953) Snow Business

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Puss n' Booty
6.5

(1943) Puss n' Booty

as Woman (voice)

An Egg Scramble
6.6

(1950) An Egg Scramble

as Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)

Sandy Claws
6.3

(1955) Sandy Claws

as Granny

Punch Trunk
6.2

(1953) Punch Trunk

as Marsha, Delores

The Bear's Tale
5.8

(1940) The Bear's Tale

as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Little Red Rodent Hood
7.0

(1952) Little Red Rodent Hood

as Granny Mouse (voice)

Tom Tom Tomcat
6.0

(1953) Tom Tom Tomcat

as Granny (voice)

Plunderers of Painted Flats
5.0

(1959) Plunderers of Painted Flats

as Ella Heather

Terrier-Stricken
6.2

(1952) Terrier-Stricken

as Frisky's Mistress (voice)

The First Time
6.5

(1952) The First Time

as Mrs. Potter

Wild Wife
7.2

(1954) Wild Wife

as Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician

The Hole Idea
6.8

(1955) The Hole Idea

as Gertrude

The Weakly Reporter
5.1

(1944) The Weakly Reporter

as Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle

Hollywood Canine Canteen
5.2

(1946) Hollywood Canine Canteen

as Female dog voices

A Hick, a Slick and a Chick
6.0

(1948) A Hick, a Slick and a Chick

as Daisy Lou (voice)

Doggone Cats
7.7

(1947) Doggone Cats

as Dog's owner (voice)

Quentin Quail
5.7

(1946) Quentin Quail

as Baby Toots (voice)

I Taw a Putty Tat
7.2

(1948) I Taw a Putty Tat

as Woman (voice) (uncredited)

The Shooting of Dan McGoo
6.7

(1945) The Shooting of Dan McGoo

as Lou (voice) (uncredited)

Black Widow
6.4

(1954) Black Widow

as Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)

Hare Trimmed
6.9

(1953) Hare Trimmed

as Granny (voice)

Hare We Go
6.8

(1951) Hare We Go

as Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)

The Cats Bah
6.7

(1954) The Cats Bah

as Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)

A Corny Concerto
6.8

(1943) A Corny Concerto

as Screams (voice) (uncredited)

The Bee-Deviled Bruin
6.3

(1949) The Bee-Deviled Bruin

as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Confederate Honey
4.8

(1940) Confederate Honey

as Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)

Cross Country Detours
6.5

(1940) Cross Country Detours

as Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)

Scent-imental Over You
6.4

(1947) Scent-imental Over You

as Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)

A Street Cat Named Sylvester
6.2

(1953) A Street Cat Named Sylvester

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Doggone Tired
6.8

(1949) Doggone Tired

as Operator (voice) (uncredited)

Notorious
7.7

(1946) Notorious

as File Clerk (uncredited)

Hiss and Make Up
6.8

(1943) Hiss and Make Up

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
5.2

(1944) Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips

as Additional Characterizations

Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
8.3

(2010) Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire

as Granny (voice)(archive footage)

Brother Brat
7.2

(1944) Brother Brat

as Baby Butch's Mom

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
7.1

(1981) The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

as Granny (voice)

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
7.1

(1982) Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

as Witch Hazel (voice)

Swooner Crooner
7.0

(1944) Swooner Crooner

as Chickens (voice) (uncredited)

The History of Hooterville
0.0

(2005) The History of Hooterville

as Self (archive footage)

Tender Is the Night
5.3

(1962) Tender Is the Night

as Mrs. McKisco

The Windblown Hare
7.1

(1949) The Windblown Hare

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
7.5

(1986) The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration

as Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)

Yankee Doodle Bugs
6.3

(1954) Yankee Doodle Bugs

as Various (voice) (uncredited)

Fowl Weather
6.8

(1953) Fowl Weather

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Feather Dusted
6.4

(1955) Feather Dusted

as Miss Prissy (voice)

0.0

(1955) A Midsummer Daydream

as Woman

77 Sunset Strip
6.7

(1958) 77 Sunset Strip

as Mary Field

The Beverly Hillbillies
6.8

(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies

as Cousin Pearl Bodine

The Flintstones
7.4

(1960) The Flintstones

as Betty Rubble (voice)

I Love Lucy
7.9

(1951) I Love Lucy

as Miss Lewis

Petticoat Junction
5.8

(1963) Petticoat Junction

as Kate Bradley

General Electric Theater
6.0

(1953) General Electric Theater

as Marie

Henry's Cat
4.7

(1983) Henry's Cat

as ---

Pete and Gladys
6.5

(1960) Pete and Gladys

as ---

Matinee Theater
4.6

(1955) Matinee Theater

as ---

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
5.3

(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

The New Breed
7.0

(1961) The New Breed

as Miss Horne

0.0

(1963) Vacation Playhouse

as Sybil Murdock

0.0

(1958) The George Burns Show

as Blanche Morton

5.0

(1960) Peter Loves Mary

as Wilma

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
6.8

(1950) The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

as Blanche Morton

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
5.8

(1959) The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as Telephone Operator (voice)

The Jack Benny Program
7.7

(1950) The Jack Benny Program

as Gertrude Gearshift

The Jack Benny Program
7.7

(1950) The Jack Benny Program

as Gertrude, switchboard operator

Top Cat
7.5

(1961) Top Cat

as Mrs. Ball (voice)

Green Acres
7.3

(1965) Green Acres

as Kate Bradley

Top Cat
7.5

(1961) Top Cat

as Julie / Mom (voice)

Top Cat
7.5

(1961) Top Cat

as Fancy's Girlfriend (voice)

Top Cat
7.5

(1961) Top Cat

as Fifi The Maid (voice)

Top Cat
7.5

(1961) Top Cat

as Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice)

Top Cat
7.5

(1961) Top Cat

as Receptionist (voice)

The Bob Cummings Show
5.8

(1955) The Bob Cummings Show

as Blanche Morton

The Jack Benny Program
7.7

(1950) The Jack Benny Program

as Gertrude Gearshift - switchboard operator

Screen Director's Playhouse
6.5

(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse

as Woman

The Jack Benny Program
7.7

(1950) The Jack Benny Program

as Gertrude, switchboard operator (voice)

The Jack Benny Program
7.7

(1950) The Jack Benny Program

as Peggy

The Bob Cummings Show
5.8

(1955) The Bob Cummings Show

as Dixie Yates

The Restless Gun
3.7

(1957) The Restless Gun

as Madame Brimstone

The Jack Benny Program
7.7

(1950) The Jack Benny Program

as Gertrude - Switchboard Operator (voice)

The Jetsons
7.2

(1962) The Jetsons

as Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)

The Danny Kaye Show
6.3

(1963) The Danny Kaye Show

as Self