Bea Benaderet

Known for

Acting

Born

April 4, 1906

Birthplace

New York, New York, USA

Died

October 13, 1968 (aged 62)

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.

Best known work

Notorious

1946

The Flintstones

1960

The Jetsons

1962

Top Cat

1961

On the Town

1949

I Love Lucy

1951

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

1982

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

1981

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

Feed the Kitty

1952

Filmography

2010
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
as Granny (voice)(archive footage)
2005
The History of Hooterville
as Self (archive footage)
1991
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
as Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
1986
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
1983
The Bugs Bunny ShowTV
as Nanny (103 episodes)
1982
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
as Witch Hazel (voice)
1981
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
as Granny (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1965
Green AcresTV
as Kate Bradley (6 episodes)
1963
The Danny Kaye ShowTV
as Self (1 episode)
1963
Petticoat JunctionTV
as Kate Bradley (196 episodes)
1963
Vacation PlayhouseTV
as Sybil Murdock (1 episode)
1962
The Beverly HillbilliesTV
as Pearl Bodine (23 episodes), as Operator (uncredited) (1 episode)
1962
The JetsonsTV
as Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice) (1 episode)
1962
Tender Is the Night
as Mrs. McKisco
1961
The New BreedTV
as Miss Horne (1 episode)
1961
Top CatTV
as Mrs. Ball (voice) (1 episode), as Julie / Mom (voice) (1 episode), as Fancy's Girlfriend (voice) (1 episode), as Fifi The Maid (voice) (1 episode), as Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice) (1 episode), as Receptionist (voice) (1 episode)
1960
Peter Loves MaryTV
as Wilma (32 episodes)
1960
The FlintstonesTV
as Betty Rubble (voice) (114 episodes)
1960
Pete and GladysTV
1959
Tweet Dreams
as Various (voice)
1959
The Many Loves of Dobie GillisTV
as Telephone Operator (voice) (1 episode)
1959
Plunderers of Painted Flats
as Ella Heather
1958
The George Burns ShowTV
as Blanche Morton (25 episodes)
1958
77 Sunset StripTV
as Mary Field (1 episode)
1957
The Restless GunTV
as Madame Brimstone (1 episode)