7.4
TV
Acting
Bea Benaderet
- Born
- Died
- (aged 62)
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Credits
- 113 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.4
TV
7.3
TV
The Jetsons
7.5
TV
Top Cat
7.9
TV
I Love Lucy
7.2
Movie
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
6.9
TV
The Beverly Hillbillies
6.8
Movie
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
7.2
TV
Green Acres
6.8
Movie
For Scent-imental Reasons
6.6
Movie
Book Revue
6.8
Movie
Kiss Me Cat
5.9
TV
Petticoat Junction
6.5
Movie
Chow Hound
6.8
Movie
Lovelorn Leghorn
7.2
TV
77 Sunset Strip
6.6
Movie
Puss n' Booty
7.1
Movie
Little Red Rodent Hood
7.0
Movie
The Hep Cat
Acting credits 113
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire Film | Granny (voice)(archive footage) |
| 2005 | The History of Hooterville Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame Film | Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice) |
| 1986 | The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration Film | Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage) |
| 1983 | The Bugs Bunny Show TV | Nanny (103 ep) |
| 1982 | Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales Film | Witch Hazel (voice) |
| 1981 | The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie Film | Granny (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Green Acres TV | Kate Bradley (6 ep) |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction TV | Kate Bradley (196 ep) |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse TV | Sybil Murdock (1 ep) |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies TV | Pearl Bodine, Operator (uncredited) (23 ep) |
| 1962 | The Jetsons TV | Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice) (1 ep) |
| 1962 | Tender Is the Night Film | Mrs. McKisco |
| 1961 | The New Breed TV | Miss Horne (1 ep) |
| 1961 | Top Cat TV | Mrs. Ball (voice), Fifi The Maid (voice), Julie / Mom (voice), Fancy's Girlfriend (voice), Receptionist (voice), Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice) (1 ep) |
| 1960 | Peter Loves Mary TV | Wilma (32 ep) |
| 1960 | The Flintstones TV | Betty Rubble (voice) (114 ep) |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys TV | (1 ep) |
| 1959 | Tweet Dreams Film | Various (voice) |
| 1959 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis TV | Telephone Operator (voice) (1 ep) |
| 1959 | Plunderers of Painted Flats Film | Ella Heather |
| 1958 | The George Burns Show TV | Blanche Morton (25 ep) |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip TV | Mary Field (1 ep) |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun TV | Madame Brimstone (1 ep) |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater TV | (1 ep) |
| 1955 | A Midsummer Daydream Film | Woman |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse TV | Woman (1 ep) |
| 1955 | The Hole Idea Film | Gertrude |
| 1955 | Sandy Claws Film | Granny |
| 1955 | Feather Dusted Film | Miss Prissy (voice) |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show TV | Blanche Morton, Dixie Yates (1 ep) |
| 1954 | Black Widow Film | Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Goo Goo Goliath Film | Ethel (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Yankee Doodle Bugs Film | Various (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Bewitched Bunny Film | Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Cats Bah Film | Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Wild Wife Film | Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician |
| 1953 | Punch Trunk Film | Marsha, Delores |
| 1953 | Of Rice and Hen Film | Miss Prissy (voice) |
| 1953 | A Street Cat Named Sylvester Film | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Tom Tom Tomcat Film | Granny (voice) |
| 1953 | Hare Trimmed Film | Granny (voice) |
| 1953 | Fowl Weather Film | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Kiss Me Cat Film | Vi (voice) |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater TV | Marie (1 ep) |
| 1953 | A Mouse Divided Film | Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Snow Business Film | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Terrier-Stricken Film | Frisky's Mistress (voice) |
| 1952 | Ain't She Tweet Film | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Orange Blossoms for Violet Film | Violet (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Little Red Rodent Hood Film | Granny Mouse (voice) |
| 1952 | Kiddin' the Kitten Film | Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Gift Wrapped Film | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Feed the Kitty Film | Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The First Time Film | Mrs. Potter |
| 1951 | A Bear for Punishment Film | Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy TV | Miss Lewis (1 ep) |
| 1951 | Tweety's S.O.S. Film | Granny (voice) (uncredited) |