Person Details
Birthday: 1906-04-04 00:08:10
Death: 1968-10-13 00:08:10
Aliases: Bee Benadaret , Bea Benadaret
Gender: Female
Place of birth: New York, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 32
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Notorious
(1946) File Clerk (uncredited)The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(1956) SelfLooney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
(2010) Granny (voice)(archive footage)The New Breed
(1961) Miss HorneBlack Widow
(1954) Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)Canary Row
(1950) Granny (voice) (uncredited)For Scent-imental Reasons
(1949) CatGift Wrapped
(1952) Granny (voice) (uncredited)Acting
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
2010 | Granny (voice)(archive footage) | |
2005 | Self (archive footage) | |
1991 | Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice) | |
1986 | Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage) | |
1983 | N/A | |
1982 | Witch Hazel (voice) | |
1981 | Granny (voice) | |
1965 | N/A | |
1963 | Self | |
Kate Bradley | ||
Sybil Murdock | ||
1962 | Cousin Pearl Bodine | |
Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice) | ||
Mrs. McKisco | ||
1961 | Miss Horne | |
1960 | Wilma | |
Betty Rubble (voice) | ||
N/A | ||
1959 | Various (voice) | |
N/A | ||
Ella Heather | ||
1958 | Blanche Morton | |
N/A | ||
1956 | Self | |
1955 | N/A | |
Gertrude | ||
Granny | ||
Miss Prissy (voice) | ||
1954 | Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited) | |
Ethel (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Various (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician | ||
1953 | Marsha, Delores | |
Miss Prissy (voice) | ||
Granny (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Granny (voice) | ||
Granny | ||
Granny (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Vi | ||
Marie | ||
Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Granny (voice) (uncredited) | ||
1952 | Frisky's Mistress (voice) | |
Granny (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Violet (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Granny Mouse (voice) | ||
Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Granny (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Mrs. Potter | ||
1951 | N/A | |
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Miss Lewis | ||
Granny (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens | ||
Pet Owner | ||
Granny (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited) | ||
1950 | (voice) | |
Blanche Morton | ||
Granny (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Granny (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Miss Prissy, Hens, Housewife | ||
The Fair Melissa (voice) | ||
1949 | Ma Bear | |
Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited) | ||
Cat | ||
Granny (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Operator (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited) | ||
1948 | Beatrice (voice) (uncredited) | |
Woman (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Daisy Lou (voice) | ||
Turtle / Kangaroo (voice) | ||
1947 | Dog's owner (voice) | |
Woman (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited) | ||
1946 | File Clerk (uncredited) | |
Female dog voices | ||
Baby Toots (voice) | ||
The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice) | ||
1945 | Girl Cat | |
Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice) | ||
Lou | ||
1944 | Granny (voice) (uncredited) | |
Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Baby Butch's Mom | ||
Chickens (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Additional Characterizations | ||
Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle | ||
Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited) | ||
1943 | Woman (voice) | |
Screams (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Granny (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited) | ||
1942 | Bird | |
1941 | Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited) | |
1940 | Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited) | |
Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |