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 137
Movies 110
TV Shows 27
Voice 18
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
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
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
Blanche Morton / Dixie Yates

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 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 (voice) (uncredited)

A Bear for Punishment (1951)
Movie
Miss Lewis

I Love Lucy (1951)
TV
7.33
Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens

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 / Gertrude - Switchboard Operator (voice) / Gertrude, switchboard operator (voice) / Gertrude Gearshift - switchboard operator / Peggy

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
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

The Bee-Deviled Bruin (1949)
Movie
Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)

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
File Clerk (uncredited)

Notorious (1946)
Movie
2.25
Bette Davis

Hollywood Daffy (1946)
Movie
Baby Toots

Quentin Quail (1946)
Movie
The Statue of Liberty

Baseball Bugs (1946)
Movie
Bobby-Soxer

Book Revue (1946)
Movie
Anopheles Annie's Pal

It's Murder She Says... (1945)
Movie
6
Lou (voice) (uncredited)

The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945)
Movie
Granny

Hare Force (1944)
Movie
Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)

Censored (1944)
Movie
Baby Butch's Mom

Brother Brat (1944)
Movie
Gremlins

Russian Rhapsody (1944)
Movie
Chickens (voice) (uncredited)

Swooner Crooner (1944)
Movie
6
Lady Buying Steak

The Weakly Reporter (1944)
Movie
Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
Movie
Screams (voice) (uncredited)

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 City, United States
RelationshipsJim Bannon (1938 - 1950), Eugene Twombly (1957 - 1968)
ChildrenJack Bannon
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsBee Benadaret, Bea Benadaret
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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