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