Bea Benaderet (1906–1968)

Actress | Soundtrack

Bea Benaderet had a remarkable career in radio and television. In the earlier days of radio, before...

Born: April 4, 1906
Died: October 13, 1968 (age 62)

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Filmography

Known For

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Blanche Morton / Natalie Baker (1950-1958)
The Flintstones Betty Rubble / Nurse / Girl #2 / Switch Board Operator / Agatha Agate / Alice Secretary / Bird / Brigette / Cookie / Dancer / Dressmaker / Employment Agency Lady / Girl #1 / Girls in Beauty Contest / Gravella / Hester / Ladies in Office / Lady / Lady in Office / Lady on Phone / Lady with Baby Pram / Marylou Jim / Miss Wealthstone / Mrs. Carborundum / Mrs. Rose Sweetslam / Mrs. Slag / Ms. Boneville / Ms. Cobblehop / Ms. La Rock / Ms. Pitchblend / Octopuss / Old Lady / Operating Room Nurse / Rita / Sales Lady / Sally Secretary / Secretary / Waitress (1960-1964)
Petticoat Junction Kate Bradley (1963-1968)
Known For

Tender Is the Night Mrs. McKisco (1962)
Actress

Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends Additional Voices (1990)
Petticoat Junction Kate Bradley (1963-1968)
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour Additional Voices (1968)
The Beverly Hillbillies Cousin Pearl Bodine (1962-1967)
The Road Runner Show Additional Voices (1966)
Green Acres Kate Bradley (1965-1966)
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964)
The Flintstones Betty Rubble (1960-1964)
Vacation Playhouse Sybil Murdock (1963)
The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series Princess (1962)
Touché Turtle and Dum Dum Princess (1962)
The Jetsons Emily Scopes (1962)
Pete and Gladys Mrs. Springer (1962)
The New Breed Miss Horne (1962)
Top Cat Receptionist (1961-1962)
Tender Is the Night Mrs. McKisco (1962)
The Yogi Bear Show Belle (1961)
Peter Loves Mary Wilma (1960-1961)
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Telephone Operator (1961)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Eleanor Hewitt, Kathy's mother (1961)
The Chevy Show Eleanor Hewitt (1961)
Snagglepuss Queen (1961)
Mister Magoo Mother Magoo (1960)
O'Conner's Ocean (1960)
The Bugs Bunny Show Additional Voices (1960)
77 Sunset Strip Mary Field (1960)
Tweet Dreams Various (1959)
General Electric Theater Marie (1959)
The Restless Gun Madame Brimstone (1959)
The George Burns Show Blanche Morton (1958-1959)
Plunderers of Painted Flats Ella Heather (1959)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Blanche Morton (1950-1958)
The Bob Cummings Show Blanche Morton (1956-1957)
Matinee Theatre Edna (1956)
Screen Directors Playhouse Woman (1955)
The Jack Benny Program Gertrude, switchboard operator (1952-1955)
The Hole Idea Gertrude - Henry's Wife (1955)
The Lineup (1955)
Magoo's Check Up Mrs. Pinky / Ladies (1955)
Feather Dusted Widow Hen (1955)
Sandy Claws Granny (1954)
Black Widow Mrs. Franklin Walsh (1954)
Goo Goo Goliath Ethel (1954)
Yankee Doodle Bugs Various (1954)
Bewitched Bunny Witch Hazel / Gretel (1954)
Muzzle Tough Granny (1954)
The Cats Bah Penelope's Mistress (1954)
Wild Wife Marsha / Daughter (1954)
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z Teacher (1953)
Punch Trunk Marsha / Delores (1953)
Of Rice and Hen Miss Prissy / Various Hens (1953)
Easy Peckin's Clara the Hen (1953)
A Street Cat Named Sylvester Granny (1953)
Tom Tom Tomcat Granny (1953)
Hare Trimmed Granny (1953)
There Auto Be a Law Lady with Lipstick (1953)
Fowl Weather Granny (1953)
Kiss Me Cat Vi (1953)
A Mouse Divided Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (1953)
Snow Business Granny (1953)
Terrier-Stricken Frisky's Mistress (1952)
Oily Hare Various (1952)
Ain't She Tweet Granny (1952)
Orange Blossoms for Violet Violet (1952)
Little Red Rodent Hood Granny Mouse (1952)
Kiddin' the Kitten Dodsworth's Mistress (1952)
Gift Wrapped Granny (1952)
Feed the Kitty Marc Anthony's Mistress (1952)
The First Time Mrs. Potter (1952)
I Love Lucy Miss Lewis (1952)
Fresh Laid Plans Chickens (1951)
Inside Cackle Corners Mrs. Consumer (1951)
A Bear for Punishment Ma Bear (1951)
Tweety's S.O.S. Granny (1951)
Lovelorn Leghorn Miss Prissy / Hazel (1951)
Chow Hound M. Hinkle (1951)
Room and Bird Granny / Sylvester's Owner (1951)
Putty Tat Trouble Ladies letting cats out (1951)
Hare We Go Queen Isabella (1951)
Two's a Crowd John's Wife (1950)
Canary Row Granny (1950)
All a Bir-r-r-d Tweety's Owner (1950)
An Egg Scramble Hens / Housewife (1950)
The Scarlet Pumpernickel The Fair Melissa (1950)
Home, Tweet Home Granny (1950)
Bear Feat Ma Bear (1949)
On the Town Brooklyn Girl on Subway (1949)
Oboler Comedy Theatre (1949)
The Windblown Hare Granny (1949)
Doggone Tired Operator (1949)
The Bee-Deviled Bruin Ma Bear (1949)
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home Turtle / Kangaroo (1948)
Speaking of Animals: Tain't So Lioness / Camel (1948)
Speaking of Animals in the Gnu Look Gnu / Ostrich (1948)
Kit for Cat Beatrice (1948)
Donald's Dream Voice Unseen Lady Customer (1948)
Little 'Tinker Girl Rabbits (1948)
Daddy Duck Adoption Bureau (1948)
I Taw a Putty Tat Woman (1948)
A Hick a Slick and a Chick Daisy Lou (1948)
Speaking of Animals Country Life Hen / Cow (1947)
Doggone Cats Dog's Owner (1947)
Tweetie Pie Sylvester's Mistress (1947)
A Hare Grows in Manhattan Lola Beverly (1947)
Scent-imental Over You Narrator / Chihuahua (1947)
Speaking of Animals in the Wilds Lioness / Elephant (1946)
Speaking of Animals No. Y6-1: Stork Crazy Skunk Mother (1946)
Notorious File Clerk (1946)
Hollywood Daffy Bette Davis (1946)
Hollywood Canine Canteen Various (1946)
Quentin Quail Baby Toots (1946)
Baseball Bugs The Statue of Liberty (1946)
Book Revue Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover (1946)
Speaking of Animals: In a Musical Way Female Lovebird / Hen (1945)
It's Murder She Says... Anopheles Annie's Pal (1945)
The Shooting of Dan McGoo Lou (1945)
Speaking of Animals: Monkey Business Monkeys (1944)
Censored Sally Lou (1944)
Hare Force Granny (1944)
Brother Brat Baby Butch's Mom (1944)
Russian Rhapsody Gremlins / Screams (1944)
Swooner Crooner Chickens (1944)
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips Various (1944)
The Weakly Reporter Lady Buying Steak / Saleslady (1944)
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears Mama Bear (1944)
Little Red Riding Rabbit Little Red Riding Hood (1944)
Speaking of Animals at the Cage Door Canteen Duck / Female Camel (1943)
Puss n' Booty Woman (1943)
A Corny Concerto Mother Swan / Baby Swans (1943)
Hiss and Make Up Granny (1943)
Pigs in a Polka Second Little Pig (1943)
The Hep Cat Bird (1942)
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or the Rivals of Roquefort Hall Dora Standpipe (1942)
Wacky Blackout Various (1942)
Sky Princess (1942)
The Bear's Tale Mama Bear (1940)
Confederate Honey Crimson O'Hairoil (1940)
Actress

Cross Country Detours Deer / Little Girl (1940)
Soundtrack

Petticoat Junction (1964-1967)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
The Flintstones (1962)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1956)
Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
Soundtrack

Hiss and Make Up (1943)
Archive footage

AzUrArInG's YouTube Poops (2018)
The Dover Boys Re-Animated (2018)
CMT: The Greatest - 20 Greatest Country Comedy Shows (2006)
The History of Hooterville (2005)
Paul Henning & The Hillbillies (2005)
The Flintstones: First Family of the Stone Age (2005)
E! True Hollywood Story (2001)
ToonHeads (2000)
Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny (1995)
Pioneers of Primetime (1995)
The Flintstones: Wacky Inventions (1994)
The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993)
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame (1991)
Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (1989)
Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales (1986)
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration (1986)
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986)
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers (1979)
Archive footage

CBS: The Stars' Address (1963)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1963)

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Awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.

Another 1 win.

Did You Know

After her death of emphysema at age 62, Bea was interred at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California. Her second husband, Gene Twombly, died four days later (October 17, 1968) of a heart attack and was interred next to ...