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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 4, 1906
Died
October 13, 1968
Place of Birth
New York, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Bee Benadaret
- Bea Benadaret
Bea Benaderet
0.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.3
Granny (voice)(archive footage)
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
2010
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The History of Hooterville
2005
0.0
Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
1991
7.5
Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
1986
7.1
Witch Hazel (voice)
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
1982
7.2
Granny (voice)
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
1981
7.3
Kate Bradley
Green Acres
1965
6.3
Self
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
5.8
Kate Bradley
Petticoat Junction
1963
🎬
0.0
Sybil Murdock
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Credits
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
as Granny (voice)(archive footage)
2010
8.3
The History of Hooterville
as Self (archive footage)
2005
0.0
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
as Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
1991
0.0
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
1986
7.5
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
as Witch Hazel (voice)
1982
7.1
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
as Granny (voice)
1981
7.2
Green Acres
as Kate Bradley
1965
7.3
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963
6.3
Petticoat Junction
as Kate Bradley
1963
5.8
🎬
Vacation Playhouse
as Sybil Murdock
1963
0.0
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Cousin Pearl Bodine
1962
6.8
The Jetsons
as Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)
1962
7.3
Tender Is the Night
as Mrs. McKisco
1962
5.4
The New Breed
as Miss Horne
1961
7.0
Top Cat
as Mrs. Ball (voice)
1961
7.5
Top Cat
as Julie / Mom (voice)
1961
7.5
Top Cat
as Fancy's Girlfriend (voice)
1961
7.5
Top Cat
as Fifi The Maid (voice)
1961
7.5
Top Cat
as Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice)
1961
7.5
Top Cat
as Receptionist (voice)
1961
7.5
🎬
Peter Loves Mary
as Wilma
1960
5.0
The Flintstones
as Betty Rubble (voice)
1960
7.4
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.5
Tweet Dreams
as Various (voice)
1959
6.5
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Telephone Operator (voice)
1959
5.8
Plunderers of Painted Flats
as Ella Heather
1959
5.0
🎬
The George Burns Show
as Blanche Morton
1958
0.0
77 Sunset Strip
as Mary Field
1958
6.7
The Restless Gun
as Madame Brimstone
1957
3.7
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
🎬
A Midsummer Daydream
as Woman
1955
0.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Woman
1955
6.5
The Hole Idea
as Gertrude
1955
6.8
Sandy Claws
as Granny
1955
6.3
Feather Dusted
as Miss Prissy (voice)
1955
6.4
The Bob Cummings Show
as Blanche Morton
1955
6.1
The Bob Cummings Show
as Dixie Yates
1955
6.1
Black Widow
as Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
1954
6.4
Goo Goo Goliath
as Ethel (voice) (uncredited)
1954
6.7
Yankee Doodle Bugs
as Various (voice) (uncredited)
1954
6.3
Bewitched Bunny
as Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
1954
7.1
The Cats Bah
as Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
1954
6.6
Wild Wife
as Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician
1954
7.2
Punch Trunk
as Marsha, Delores
1953
6.2
Of Rice and Hen
as Miss Prissy (voice)
1953
5.7
A Street Cat Named Sylvester
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1953
6.3
Tom Tom Tomcat
as Granny (voice)
1953
6.0
Hare Trimmed
as Granny (voice)
1953
7.0
Fowl Weather
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1953
6.8
Kiss Me Cat
as Vi
1953
6.7
General Electric Theater
as Marie
1953
6.3
A Mouse Divided
as Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1953
7.3
Snow Business
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1953
6.4
Terrier-Stricken
as Frisky's Mistress (voice)
1952
6.2
Ain't She Tweet
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1952
6.4
Orange Blossoms for Violet
as Violet (voice) (uncredited)
1952
5.5
Little Red Rodent Hood
as Granny Mouse (voice)
1952
7.0
Kiddin' the Kitten
as Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
1952
6.2
Gift Wrapped
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1952
7.1
Feed the Kitty
as Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
1952
7.4
The First Time
as Mrs. Potter
1952
6.5
Fresh Laid Plans
1951
0.0
A Bear for Punishment
as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1951
6.8
I Love Lucy
as Miss Lewis
1951
7.9
Tweety's S.O.S.
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1951
6.7
Lovelorn Leghorn
as Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)
1951
6.5
Chow Hound
as Pet Owner
1951
6.4
Room and Bird
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1951
6.5
Putty Tat Trouble
as Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)
1951
6.6
Hare We Go
as Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)
1951
6.8
Two's a Crowd
as (voice)
1950
6.7
The Jack Benny Program
as Gertrude Gearshift
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Gertrude, switchboard operator
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Gertrude Gearshift - switchboard operator
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Gertrude, switchboard operator (voice)
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Peggy
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Gertrude - Switchboard Operator (voice)
1950
7.8
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Blanche Morton
1950
6.9
Canary Row
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1950
6.5
All a Bir-r-r-d
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1950
6.0
An Egg Scramble
as Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)
1950
6.6
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
as The Fair Melissa (voice)
1950
6.7
Bear Feat
as Ma Bear
1949
6.4
On the Town
as Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
1949
7.0
For Scent-imental Reasons
as Cat
1949
6.7
The Windblown Hare
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1949
7.1
Doggone Tired
as Operator (voice) (uncredited)
1949
6.8
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1949
6.3
Kit for Cat
as Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)
1948
6.9
I Taw a Putty Tat
as Woman (voice) (uncredited)
1948
7.2
A Hick, a Slick and a Chick
as Daisy Lou (voice)
1948
6.0
🎬
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
as Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)
1948
0.0
Doggone Cats
as Dog's owner (voice)
1947
7.7
Tweetie Pie
as Woman (voice) (uncredited)
1947
6.8
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
as Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
1947
6.1
Scent-imental Over You
as Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)
1947
6.4
Notorious
as File Clerk (uncredited)
1946
7.7
Hollywood Canine Canteen
as Female dog voices
1946
5.2
Quentin Quail
as Baby Toots (voice)
1946
5.8
Baseball Bugs
as The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
1946
6.7
Book Revue
as Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)
1946
6.6
A Gruesome Twosome
as Girl Cat
1945
6.9
It's Murder She Says...
as Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
1945
4.7
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
as Lou (voice) (uncredited)
1945
6.7
Hare Force
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1944
6.9
Censored
as Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)
1944
6.5
Brother Brat
as Baby Butch's Mom
1944
7.2
Swooner Crooner
as Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
1944
7.0
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
as Additional Characterizations
1944
5.2
The Weakly Reporter
as Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle
1944
5.1
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1944
6.5
Little Red Riding Rabbit
as Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
1944
7.1
Puss n' Booty
as Woman (voice)
1943
6.5
A Corny Concerto
as Screams (voice) (uncredited)
1943
6.8
Hiss and Make Up
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1943
6.8
Pigs in a Polka
as Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
1943
6.8
The Hep Cat
as Bird
1942
6.8
Goofy Groceries
as Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
1941
5.4
The Bear's Tale
as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1940
5.8
Confederate Honey
as Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)
1940
4.8
Cross Country Detours
as Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
1940
6.5