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.
Filmography
all 135
Movies 108
TV Shows 27
Voice 13
self 3
Narrator 2
Granny (voice)(archive footage)
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire (2010)
Movie
Self
The History of Hooterville (2005)
Movie
Pearl Bodine / Kate Bradley
Paul Henning & The HIllbillies (2005)
Movie
Marc Anthony's Mistress
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame (1991)
Movie
Little Red Riding Hood, Additional Voices
Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (1989)
Movie
Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration (1986)
Movie
Henry's Cat (1983)
TV
Witch Hazel (voice)
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
Movie
6
Granny (voice)
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
Movie
5
Additional Voices
Bugs Bunny's Valentine (1979)
Movie
Kate Bradley
Green Acres (1965)
TV
3.5
Self
The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
TV
Kate Bradley
Petticoat Junction (1963)
TV
6
Sybil Murdock
Vacation Playhouse (1963)
TV
Cousin Pearl Bodine / Operator Supervisor
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
TV
6
Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)
The Jetsons (1962)
TV
7.18
Princess
The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series (1962)
TV
Mrs. McKisco
Tender Is the Night (1962)
Movie
Miss Horne
The New Breed (1961)
TV
Mrs. Ball (voice) / Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice) / Fancy's Girlfriend (voice) / Receptionist (voice) / Julie / Mom (voice) / Fifi The Maid (voice)
Top Cat (1961)
TV
6
Belle / Lady on Riverboat / Queen
The Yogi Bear Show (1961)
TV
1
Mother Magoo / Leading Lady
The Mr. Magoo Show (1960)
TV
Wilma
Peter Loves Mary (1960)
TV
Betty Rubble / Nurse / Girl #2
The Flintstones (1960)
TV
6.62
Pete and Gladys (1960)
TV
Various
Tweet Dreams (1959)
Movie
Telephone Operator (voice)
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959)
TV
6
Ella Heather
Plunderers of Painted Flats (1959)
Movie
Blanche Morton / Sybil Wentworth
The George Burns Show (1958)
TV
Mary Field
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV
Madame Brimstone
The Restless Gun (1957)
TV
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
TV
Matinee Theater (1955)
TV
Woman
Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
TV
Mrs. Gertrude Calculus
The Hole Idea (1955)
Movie
Granny
Sandy Claws (1955)
Movie
Widow Hen
Feather Dusted (1955)
Movie
Blanche Morton / Dixie Yates
The Bob Cummings Show (1955)
TV
Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
Black Widow (1954)
Movie
Ethel
Goo Goo Goliath (1954)
Movie
6
Various
Yankee Doodle Bugs (1954)
Movie
Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit
Bewitched Bunny (1954)
Movie
Granny
Muzzle Tough (1954)
Movie
6
Penelope's Mistress
The Cats Bah (1954)
Movie
Marsha / Daughter / Old Women with Pennies
Wild Wife (1954)
Movie
Marsha / Delores
Punch Trunk (1953)
Movie
Miss Prissy / Various Hens
Of Rice and Hen (1953)
Movie
Teacher
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1953)
Movie
Clara the Hen
Easy Peckin's (1953)
Movie
Granny
A Street Cat Named Sylvester (1953)
Movie
Granny
Tom Tom Tomcat (1953)
Movie
Granny
Hare Trimmed (1953)
Movie
Lady with Lipstick
There Auto Be a Law (1953)
Movie
Granny
Fowl Weather (1953)
Movie
6
Vi
Kiss Me Cat (1953)
Movie
Marie
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse
A Mouse Divided (1953)
Movie
Granny
Snow Business (1953)
Movie
Frisky's Mistress
Terrier-Stricken (1952)
Movie
Various
Oily Hare (1952)
Movie
Granny
Ain't She Tweet (1952)
Movie
Violet
Orange Blossoms for Violet (1952)
Movie
Granny Mouse
Little Red Rodent Hood (1952)
Movie
Dodsworth's Mistress
Kiddin' the Kitten (1952)
Movie
5.33
Granny
Gift Wrapped (1952)
Movie
Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
Feed the Kitty (1952)
Movie
Mrs. Potter
The First Time (1952)
Movie
Chickens
Fresh Laid Plans (1951)
Movie
Mrs. Consumer
Inside Cackle Corners (1951)
Movie
Ma Bear
A Bear for Punishment (1951)
Movie
Miss Lewis
I Love Lucy (1951)
TV
7.33
Granny
Tweety's S.O.S. (1951)
Movie
Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens
Lovelorn Leghorn (1951)
Movie
M. Hinkle
Chow Hound (1951)
Movie
Granny / Sylvester's Owner
Room and Bird (1951)
Movie
Ladies letting cats out
Putty Tat Trouble (1951)
Movie
6
Queen Isabella
Hare We Go (1951)
Movie
John's Wife
Two's a Crowd (1950)
Movie
Gertrude, switchboard operator / Peggy / Gertrude - Switchboard Operator (voice) / Gertrude Gearshift / Gertrude, switchboard operator (voice) / Gertrude Gearshift - switchboard operator
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
TV
Blanche Morton / Natalie Baker
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
TV
Granny
Canary Row (1950)
Movie
Tweety's Owner
All a Bir-r-r-d (1950)
Movie
6
Hens / Housewife
An Egg Scramble (1950)
Movie
6
The Fair Melissa (voice)
The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950)
Movie
Granny
Home, Tweet Home (1950)
Movie
Ma Bear
Bear Feat (1949)
Movie
Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
On the Town (1949)
Movie
4
Cat
For Scent-imental Reasons (1949)
Movie
Granny
The Windblown Hare (1949)
Movie
Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Doggone Tired (1949)
Movie
Ma Bear
The Bee-Deviled Bruin (1949)
Movie
Beatrice
Kit for Cat (1948)
Movie
4.67
Lioness / Camel / Bear
Speaking of Animals: Tain't So (1948)
Movie
Gnu / Ostrich / French Poodle
Speaking of Animals in the Gnu Look (1948)
Movie
Girl Rabbits
Little 'Tinker (1948)
Movie
1
Woman
I Taw a Putty Tat (1948)
Movie
Daisy Lou
A Hick, a Slick and a Chick (1948)
Movie
Turtle / Kangaroo
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home (1948)
Movie
Hen / Cow / Sheep
Speaking of Animals Country Life (1947)
Movie
Dog's Owner
Doggone Cats (1947)
Movie
Sylvester's Mistress
Tweetie Pie (1947)
Movie
Lola Beverly
A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947)
Movie
Narrator / Chihuahua
Scent-imental Over You (1947)
Movie
Girl / Ant Singer
The Gay Anties (1947)
Movie
Skunk Mother
Speaking of Animals No. Y6-1: Stork Crazy (1946)
Movie
File Clerk (uncredited)
Notorious (1946)
Movie
2.25
Bette Davis
Hollywood Daffy (1946)
Movie
Various
Hollywood Canine Canteen (1946)
Movie
Baby Toots
Quentin Quail (1946)
Movie
The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
Baseball Bugs (1946)
Movie
Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)
Book Revue (1946)
Movie
Girl Cat
A Gruesome Twosome (1945)
Movie
6.86
Anopheles Annie's Pal
It's Murder She Says... (1945)
Movie
6
Lou
The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945)
Movie
Granny
Hare Force (1944)
Movie
Sally Lou
Censored (1944)
Movie
Baby Butch's Mom
Brother Brat (1944)
Movie
Gremlins / Screams
Russian Rhapsody (1944)
Movie
Chickens
Swooner Crooner (1944)
Movie
6
Various
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944)
Movie
Lady Buying Steak / Saleslady / Narrator
The Weakly Reporter (1944)
Movie
Mama Bear
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (1944)
Movie
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
Movie
Woman
Puss n' Booty (1943)
Movie
Mother Swan / Baby Swans
A Corny Concerto (1943)
Movie
Granny
Hiss and Make Up (1943)
Movie
Second Little Pig
Pigs in a Polka (1943)
Movie
Bird
The Hep Cat (1942)
Movie
Dora Standpipe
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (1942)
Movie
6
Various
Wacky Blackout (1942)
Movie
Actress
The Sky Princess (1942)
Movie
Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Goofy Groceries (1941)
Movie
Mama Bear
The Bear's Tale (1940)
Movie
Crimson O'Hairoil
Confederate Honey (1940)
Movie
Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator
Cross Country Detours (1940)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.3
Based on 342 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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1947
1952
1948
2010
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1906-04-04
Deathday1968-10-13 (62 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
RelationshipsJim Bannon (1938-01-01 - 1950-01-01), Eugene Twombly (1957-01-01 - 1968-01-01)
ChildrenJack Bannon
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsBee Benadaret, Bea Benadaret
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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