Bea Benaderet
Acting
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.
TV Shows(24)
Mein Name ist Hase
Nanny
1983
Green Acres
Kate Bradley
1965
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
Petticoat Junction
Kate Bradley
1963
Vacation Playhouse
Sybil Murdock
1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
Cousin Pearl Bodine
1962
The Jetsons
Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)
1962
The New Breed
Miss Horne
1961
Top Cat
Mrs. Ball (voice)
1961
Peter Loves Mary
Wilma
1960
The Flintstones
Betty Rubble (voice)
1960
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Telephone Operator (voice)
1959
The George Burns Show
Blanche Morton
1958
77 Sunset Strip
Mary Field
1958
The Restless Gun
Madame Brimstone
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
Woman
1955
The Bob Cummings Show
Blanche Morton
1955
General Electric Theater
Marie
1953
I Love Lucy
Miss Lewis
1951
The Jack Benny Program
Gertrude, switchboard operator
1950
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Blanche Morton
1950
Movies(88)
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
Granny (voice)(archive footage)
2010
The History of Hooterville
Self (archive footage)
2005
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
1991
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
1986
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
Witch Hazel (voice)
1982
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Granny (voice)
1981
Tender Is the Night
Mrs. McKisco
1962
Tweet Dreams
Various (voice)
1959
Plunderers of Painted Flats
Ella Heather
1959
A Midsummer Daydream
Woman
1955
The Hole Idea
Gertrude
1955
Sandy Claws
Granny
1955
Feather Dusted
Miss Prissy (voice)
1955
Black Widow
Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
1954
Goo Goo Goliath
Ethel (voice) (uncredited)
1954
Yankee Doodle Bugs
Various (voice) (uncredited)
1954
Bewitched Bunny
Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
1954
The Cats Bah
Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
1954
Wild Wife
Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician
1954
Punch Trunk
Marsha, Delores
1953
Of Rice and Hen
Miss Prissy (voice)
1953
A Street Cat Named Sylvester
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Tom Tom Tomcat
Granny (voice)
1953
Hare Trimmed
Granny (voice)
1953
Fowl Weather
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Kiss Me Cat
Vi
1953
A Mouse Divided
Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Snow Business
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Terrier-Stricken
Frisky's Mistress (voice)
1952
Ain't She Tweet
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1952
Orange Blossoms for Violet
Violet (voice) (uncredited)
1952
Little Red Rodent Hood
Granny Mouse (voice)
1952
Kiddin' the Kitten
Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
1952
Gift Wrapped
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1952
Feed the Kitty
Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
1952
The First Time
Mrs. Potter
1952
Fresh Laid Plans
1951
A Bear for Punishment
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Tweety's S.O.S.
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Lovelorn Leghorn
Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)
1951
Chow Hound
Pet Owner
1951
Room and Bird
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Putty Tat Trouble
Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Hare We Go
Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Two's a Crowd
(voice)
1950
Canary Row
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1950
All a Bir-r-r-d
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1950
An Egg Scramble
Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)
1950
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
The Fair Melissa (voice)
1950
Bear Feat
Ma Bear
1949
On the Town
Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
1949
For Scent-imental Reasons
Cat
1949
The Windblown Hare
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Doggone Tired
Operator (voice) (uncredited)
1949
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Kit for Cat
Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)
1948
I Taw a Putty Tat
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
1948
A Hick, a Slick and a Chick
Daisy Lou (voice)
1948
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)
1948
Doggone Cats
Dog's owner (voice)
1947
Tweetie Pie
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
1947
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Scent-imental Over You
Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Notorious
File Clerk (uncredited)
1946
Hollywood Canine Canteen
Female dog voices
1946
Quentin Quail
Baby Toots (voice)
1946
Baseball Bugs
The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
1946
Book Revue
Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)
1946
A Gruesome Twosome
Girl Cat
1945
It's Murder She Says...
Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
1945
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
Lou (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Hare Force
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Censored
Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Brother Brat
Baby Butch's Mom
1944
Swooner Crooner
Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
Additional Characterizations
1944
The Weakly Reporter
Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle
1944
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Little Red Riding Rabbit
Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Puss n' Booty
Woman (voice)
1943
A Corny Concerto
Screams (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Hiss and Make Up
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Pigs in a Polka
Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
1943
The Hep Cat
Bird
1942
Goofy Groceries
Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
1941
The Bear's Tale
Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1940
Confederate Honey
Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)
1940
Cross Country Detours
Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
1940