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Bea Benaderet
Born 1906-04-04New York, New York, USA
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare ExtraordinaireGranny (voice)(archive footage)The History of HootervilleSelf (archive footage)The Looney Tunes Hall of FameMarc Anthony's Mistress (voice)The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary CelebrationBetty Rubble (voice - archive footage)Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit TalesWitch Hazel (voice)The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny MovieGranny (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)Tender Is the NightMrs. McKiscoTweet DreamsVarious (voice)Plunderers of Painted FlatsElla HeatherA Midsummer DaydreamWomanThe Hole IdeaGertrudeSandy ClawsGrannyFeather DustedMiss Prissy (voice)Black WidowMrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)Goo Goo GoliathEthel (voice) (uncredited)Yankee Doodle BugsVarious (voice) (uncredited)Bewitched BunnyWitch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)The Cats BahPenelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)Wild WifeMarsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, BeauticianPunch TrunkMarsha, DeloresOf Rice and HenMiss Prissy (voice)A Street Cat Named SylvesterGranny (voice) (uncredited)Tom Tom TomcatGranny (voice)Hare TrimmedGranny (voice)