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.
Known For
Notorious
(1946)
File Clerk (uncredited)
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
(1981)
Granny (voice)
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
(1982)
Witch Hazel (voice)
On the Town
(1949)
Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Bear's Tale
(1940)
Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Confederate Honey
(1940)
Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)
Cross Country Detours
(1940)
Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Goofy Groceries
(1941)
Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
The Hep Cat
(1942)
Bird
A Corny Concerto
(1943)
Screams (voice) (uncredited)
Puss n' Booty
(1943)
Woman (voice)
Hiss and Make Up
(1943)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Pigs in a Polka
(1943)
Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Swooner Crooner
(1944)
Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
Hare Force
(1944)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
(1944)
Additional Characterizations
Little Red Riding Rabbit
(1944)
Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
The Weakly Reporter
(1944)
Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle
Censored
(1944)
Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)
Brother Brat
(1944)
Baby Butch's Mom
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
(1944)
Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
A Gruesome Twosome
(1945)
Girl Cat
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
(1945)
Lou
It's Murder She Says...
(1945)
Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
Quentin Quail
(1946)
Baby Toots (voice)
Hollywood Canine Canteen
(1946)
Female dog voices
Baseball Bugs
(1946)
The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
Book Revue
(1946)
Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)
Notorious
(1946)
File Clerk (uncredited)
Tweetie Pie
(1947)
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Doggone Cats
(1947)
Dog's owner (voice)
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
(1947)
Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
Scent-imental Over You
(1947)
Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)
A Hick, a Slick and a Chick
(1948)
Daisy Lou (voice)
Kit for Cat
(1948)
Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
(1948)
Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)
I Taw a Putty Tat
(1948)
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Bear Feat
(1949)
Ma Bear
For Scent-imental Reasons
(1949)
Cat
On the Town
(1949)
Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
(1949)
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
The Windblown Hare
(1949)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Doggone Tired
(1949)
Operator (voice) (uncredited)
An Egg Scramble
(1950)
Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)
All a Bir-r-r-d
(1950)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Two's a Crowd
(1950)
(voice)
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
(1950)
The Fair Melissa (voice)
Canary Row
(1950)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Fresh Laid Plans
(1951)
Hare We Go
(1951)
Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)
Room and Bird
(1951)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Lovelorn Leghorn
(1951)
Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens
Tweety's S.O.S.
(1951)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Putty Tat Trouble
(1951)
Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)
Chow Hound
(1951)
Pet Owner
A Bear for Punishment
(1951)
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Terrier-Stricken
(1952)
Frisky's Mistress (voice)
Little Red Rodent Hood
(1952)
Granny Mouse (voice)
The First Time
(1952)
Mrs. Potter
Ain't She Tweet
(1952)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Kiddin' the Kitten
(1952)
Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Feed the Kitty
(1952)
Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
Gift Wrapped
(1952)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Orange Blossoms for Violet
(1952)
Violet (voice) (uncredited)
Punch Trunk
(1953)
Marsha, Delores
Snow Business
(1953)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
A Street Cat Named Sylvester
(1953)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Hare Trimmed
(1953)
Granny
A Mouse Divided
(1953)
Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Fowl Weather
(1953)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Kiss Me Cat
(1953)
Vi
Tom Tom Tomcat
(1953)
Granny (voice)
Of Rice and Hen
(1953)
Miss Prissy (voice)
Goo Goo Goliath
(1954)
Ethel (voice) (uncredited)
Black Widow
(1954)
Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
The Cats Bah
(1954)
Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Wild Wife
(1954)
Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician
Bewitched Bunny
(1954)
Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Bugs
(1954)
Various (voice) (uncredited)
The Hole Idea
(1955)
Gertrude
Sandy Claws
(1955)
Granny
Feather Dusted
(1955)
Miss Prissy (voice)
Plunderers of Painted Flats
(1959)
Ella Heather
Tweet Dreams
(1959)
Various (voice)
Tender Is the Night
(1962)
Mrs. McKisco
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
(1981)
Granny (voice)
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
(1982)
Witch Hazel (voice)
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
(1986)
Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
(1991)
Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
The History of Hooterville
(2005)
Self (archive footage)
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
(2010)
Granny (voice)(archive footage)