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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
as Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
1991
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
as Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)
1948
Fresh Laid Plans
1951
Of Rice and Hen
as Miss Prissy (voice)
1953
A Bear for Punishment
as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Baseball Bugs
as The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
1946
On the Town
as Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
1949
Gift Wrapped
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1952
Two's a Crowd
as (voice)
1950
Bewitched Bunny
as Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
1954
Chow Hound
as Pet Owner
1951
Feed the Kitty
as Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
1952
For Scent-imental Reasons
as Cat
1949
Kiss Me Cat
as Vi
1953
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
as Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
1947
A Gruesome Twosome
as Girl Cat
1945
Hare Force
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Kit for Cat
as Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Little Red Riding Rabbit
as Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Pigs in a Polka
as Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
1943
TV Appearances
77 Sunset Strip
as Mary Field
1958
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Cousin Pearl Bodine
1962
The Flintstones
as Betty Rubble (voice)
1960
I Love Lucy
as Miss Lewis
1951
Petticoat Junction
as Kate Bradley
1963
General Electric Theater
as Marie
1953
Pete and Gladys
1960
Matinee Theater
1955
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
The New Breed
as Miss Horne
1961
Vacation Playhouse
as Sybil Murdock
1963
The George Burns Show
as Blanche Morton
1958