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 136
Movies 109
TV Shows 27
Voice 10
self 3
Narrator 1
Granny (voice)(archive footage)
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire (2010)
Movie
Pearl Bodine
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
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
Kate Bradley
Petticoat Junction (1963)
TV
6
Sybil Murdock
Vacation Playhouse (1963)
TV
Cousin Pearl Bodine
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
TV
6
Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)
The Jetsons (1962)
TV
7.18
Mrs. McKisco
Tender Is the Night (1962)
Movie
Miss Horne
The New Breed (1961)
TV
Fancy's Girlfriend
Top Cat (1961)
TV
6
Mother Magoo
The Mr. Magoo Show (1960)
TV
Betty Rubble
The Flintstones (1960)
TV
6.62
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
The George Burns Show (1958)
TV
Mary Field
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV
Madame Brimstone
The Restless Gun (1957)
TV
Mrs. Gertrude Calculus
The Hole Idea (1955)
Movie
Granny
Sandy Claws (1955)
Movie
Widow Hen
Feather Dusted (1955)
Movie
Dixie Yates / Blanche Morton
The Bob Cummings Show (1955)
TV
Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
Black Widow (1954)
Movie
Witch Hazel
Bewitched Bunny (1954)
Movie
Penelope's Mistress
The Cats Bah (1954)
Movie
Marsha
Wild Wife (1954)
Movie
Marsha
Punch Trunk (1953)
Movie
Miss Prissy
Of Rice and Hen (1953)
Movie
Clara the Hen
Easy Peckin's (1953)
Movie
Granny
Hare Trimmed (1953)
Movie
Lady with Lipstick
There Auto Be a Law (1953)
Movie
Mrs. Sylvester
A Mouse Divided (1953)
Movie
Frisky's Mistress
Terrier-Stricken (1952)
Movie
Various
Oily Hare (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 Mistress
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
Miss Lewis
I Love Lucy (1951)
TV
7.33
Miss Prissy
Lovelorn Leghorn (1951)
Movie
M. Hinkle
Chow Hound (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 / Gertrude Gearshift - switchboard operator / Gertrude, switchboard operator (voice) / Peggy / Gertrude - Switchboard Operator (voice) / Gertrude Gearshift
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
TV
Blanche Morton
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
The Fair Melissa (voice)
The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950)
Movie
Ma Bear
Bear Feat (1949)
Movie
Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
On the Town (1949)
Movie
4
Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Doggone Tired (1949)
Movie
Beatrice
Kit for Cat (1948)
Movie
4.67
Girl Rabbits
Little 'Tinker (1948)
Movie
1
Dog's Owner
Doggone Cats (1947)
Movie
Sylvester's Mistress
Tweetie Pie (1947)
Movie
Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947)
Movie
Girl / Ant Singer
The Gay Anties (1947)
Movie
File Clerk (uncredited)
Notorious (1946)
Movie
2.25
Bette Davis
Hollywood Daffy (1946)
Movie
Baby Toots
Quentin Quail (1946)
Movie
The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
Baseball Bugs (1946)
Movie
Bobby-Soxer
Book Revue (1946)
Movie
Anopheles Annie's Pal
It's Murder She Says... (1945)
Movie
6
Granny
Hare Force (1944)
Movie
Baby Butch's Mom
Brother Brat (1944)
Movie
Sally Lou
Censored (1944)
Movie
Gremlins
Russian Rhapsody (1944)
Movie
Chickens
Swooner Crooner (1944)
Movie
6
Lady Buying Steak
The Weakly Reporter (1944)
Movie
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
Movie
Mother Swan
A Corny Concerto (1943)
Movie
Second Little Pig
Pigs in a Polka (1943)
Movie
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
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1906-04-04
Deathday1968-10-13 (62 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York, New York, USA
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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