Bea Benaderet

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

The Flintstones

Petticoat Junction

The Beverly Hillbillies

Matinee Theater

Green Acres

I Love Lucy

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

The Jack Benny Program

All Movies (88)

• Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire2010 · as Granny (voice)(archive footage)
• The History of Hooterville2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame1991 · as Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
• The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration1986 · as Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
• Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales1982 · as Witch Hazel (voice)
• The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie1981 · as Granny (voice)
• Tender Is the Night1962 · as Mrs. McKisco
• Tweet Dreams1959 · as Various (voice)
• Plunderers of Painted Flats1959 · as Ella Heather
• A Midsummer Daydream1955 · as Woman
• The Hole Idea1955 · as Gertrude
• Sandy Claws1955 · as Granny
• Feather Dusted1955 · as Miss Prissy (voice)
• Black Widow1954 · as Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
• Goo Goo Goliath1954 · as Ethel (voice) (uncredited)
• Yankee Doodle Bugs1954 · as Various (voice) (uncredited)
• Bewitched Bunny1954 · as Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
• The Cats Bah1954 · as Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
• Wild Wife1954 · as Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician
• Punch Trunk1953 · as Marsha, Delores
• Of Rice and Hen1953 · as Miss Prissy (voice)
• A Street Cat Named Sylvester1953 · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
• Tom Tom Tomcat1953 · as Granny (voice)
• Hare Trimmed1953 · as Granny (voice)
• Fowl Weather1953 · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
• Kiss Me Cat1953 · as Vi (voice)
• A Mouse Divided1953 · as Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
• Snow Business1953 · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
• Terrier-Stricken1952 · as Frisky's Mistress (voice)
• Ain't She Tweet1952 · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
• Orange Blossoms for Violet1952 · as Violet (voice) (uncredited)
• Little Red Rodent Hood1952 · as Granny Mouse (voice)
• Kiddin' the Kitten1952 · as Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
• Gift Wrapped1952 · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
• Feed the Kitty1952 · as Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
• The First Time1952 · as Mrs. Potter
• Fresh Laid Plans1951
• A Bear for Punishment1951 · as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
• Tweety's S.O.S.1951 · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
• Lovelorn Leghorn1951 · as Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)
• Chow Hound1951 · as Pet Owner
• Room and Bird1951 · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
• Putty Tat Trouble1951 · as Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)
• Hare We Go1951 · as Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)
• Two's a Crowd1950 · as (voice)
• Canary Row1950 · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
• All a Bir-r-r-d1950 · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
• An Egg Scramble1950 · as Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)
• The Scarlet Pumpernickel1950 · as The Fair Melissa (voice)
• Bear Feat1949 · as Ma Bear
• On the Town1949 · as Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
• For Scent-imental Reasons1949 · as Cat
• The Windblown Hare1949 · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
• Doggone Tired1949 · as Operator (voice) (uncredited)
• The Bee-Deviled Bruin1949 · as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
• Kit for Cat1948 · as Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)
• I Taw a Putty Tat1948 · as Woman (voice) (uncredited)
• A Hick, a Slick and a Chick1948 · as Daisy Lou (voice)
• Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home1948 · as Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)
• Doggone Cats1947 · as Dog's owner (voice)
• Tweetie Pie1947 · as Woman (voice) (uncredited)
• A Hare Grows in Manhattan1947 · as Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
• Scent-imental Over You1947 · as Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)
• Notorious1946 · as File Clerk (uncredited)
• Hollywood Canine Canteen1946 · as Female dog voices
• Quentin Quail1946 · as Baby Toots (voice)
• Baseball Bugs1946 · as The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
• Book Revue1946 · as Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)
• A Gruesome Twosome1945 · as Girl Cat
• It's Murder She Says...1945 · as Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
• The Shooting of Dan McGoo1945 · as Lou (voice) (uncredited)
• Hare Force1944 · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
• Censored1944 · as Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)
• Brother Brat1944 · as Baby Butch's Mom
• Swooner Crooner1944 · as Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
• Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips1944 · as Additional Characterizations
• The Weakly Reporter1944 · as Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle
• Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears1944 · as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
• Little Red Riding Rabbit1944 · as Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
• Puss n' Booty1943 · as Woman (voice)
• A Corny Concerto1943 · as Screams (voice) (uncredited)
• Hiss and Make Up1943 · as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
• Pigs in a Polka1943 · as Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
• The Hep Cat1942 · as Bird
• Goofy Groceries1941 · as Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
• The Bear's Tale1940 · as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
• Confederate Honey1940 · as Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)
• Cross Country Detours1940 · as Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)

All TV Shows (31)

• The Bugs Bunny Show1983 · as Nanny
• Green Acres1965 · as Kate Bradley
• The Danny Kaye Show1963 · as Self
• Petticoat Junction1963 · as Kate Bradley
• Vacation Playhouse1963 · as Sybil Murdock
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · as Cousin Pearl Bodine
• The Jetsons1962 · as Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)
• The New Breed1961 · as Miss Horne
• Top Cat1961 · as Mrs. Ball (voice)
• Top Cat1961 · as Julie / Mom (voice)
• Top Cat1961 · as Fancy's Girlfriend (voice)
• Top Cat1961 · as Fifi The Maid (voice)
• Top Cat1961 · as Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice)
• Top Cat1961 · as Receptionist (voice)
• Peter Loves Mary1960 · as Wilma
• The Flintstones1960 · as Betty Rubble (voice)
• Pete and Gladys1960
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis1959 · as Telephone Operator (voice)
• The George Burns Show1958 · as Blanche Morton
• 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Mary Field
• The Restless Gun1957 · as Madame Brimstone
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956 · as Self
• Matinee Theater1955
• Screen Director's Playhouse1955 · as Woman
• The Bob Cummings Show1955 · as Dixie Yates
• The Bob Cummings Show1955 · as Blanche Morton
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Marie
• I Love Lucy1951 · as Miss Lewis
• The Jack Benny Program1950 · as Gertrude Gearshift
• The Jack Benny Program1950 · as Peggy
• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show1950 · as Blanche Morton