Bea Benaderet
Acting
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.
Filmography 112
Movies (88)
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire2010Granny (voice)(archive footage)
The History of Hooterville2005Self (archive footage)
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame1991Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration1986Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales1982Witch Hazel (voice)
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie1981Granny (voice)
Tender Is the Night1962Mrs. McKisco
Tweet Dreams1959Various (voice)
Plunderers of Painted Flats1959Ella Heather- A Midsummer Daydream1955Woman
The Hole Idea1955Gertrude
Sandy Claws1955Granny
Feather Dusted1955Miss Prissy (voice)
Black Widow1954Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
Goo Goo Goliath1954Ethel (voice) (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Bugs1954Various (voice) (uncredited)
Bewitched Bunny1954Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
The Cats Bah1954Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Wild Wife1954Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician
Punch Trunk1953Marsha, Delores
Of Rice and Hen1953Miss Prissy (voice)
A Street Cat Named Sylvester1953Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Tom Tomcat1953Granny (voice)
Hare Trimmed1953Granny (voice)
Fowl Weather1953Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Kiss Me Cat1953Vi (voice)
A Mouse Divided1953Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Snow Business1953Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Terrier-Stricken1952Frisky's Mistress (voice)
Ain't She Tweet1952Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Shows (24)
The Bugs Bunny Show1983Nanny
Green Acres1965Kate Bradley
The Danny Kaye Show1963Self
Petticoat Junction1963Kate Bradley- Vacation Playhouse1963Sybil Murdock
The Beverly Hillbillies1962Cousin Pearl Bodine
The Jetsons1962Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)
The New Breed1961Miss Horne
Top Cat1961Mrs. Ball (voice)- Peter Loves Mary1960Wilma
The Flintstones1960Betty Rubble (voice)
Pete and Gladys1960
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis1959Telephone Operator (voice)- The George Burns Show1958Blanche Morton
77 Sunset Strip1958Mary Field
The Restless Gun1957Madame Brimstone
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956Self
Matinee Theater1955
Screen Director's Playhouse1955Woman
The Bob Cummings Show1955Blanche Morton
General Electric Theater1953Marie
I Love Lucy1951Miss Lewis
The Jack Benny Program1950Gertrude Gearshift
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show1950Blanche Morton