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