Bea Benaderet

Actor Apr 4 (died age 62) New York, New York, USA 1940–2026 (86 year career)

6.8 avg rating

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 …

Known For

Film

Notorious

File Clerk (uncredited)

Film

The Flintstones

Betty Rubble (voice)

Film

On the Town

Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)

Film

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

Witch Hazel (voice)

Film

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

Granny (voice)

Film

Feed the Kitty

Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)

Film

Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire

Granny (voice)(archive footage)

Film

Little Red Riding Rabbit

Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (116)

Movies (89)

Looney Tunes Collector's Vault, Volume 2

2026

Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire

2010

as Granny (voice)(archive footage)

8.3

The History of Hooterville

2005

as Self (archive footage)

The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame

1991

as Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)

The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration

1986

as Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)

7.5

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

1982

as Witch Hazel (voice)

7.1

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

as Granny (voice)

Tender Is the Night

as Mrs. McKisco

Plunderers of Painted Flats

as Ella Heather

Tweet Dreams

as Various (voice)

The Hole Idea

as Gertrude

Sandy Claws

as Granny

A Midsummer Daydream

as Woman

Feather Dusted

1955

as Miss Prissy (voice)

6.4

Black Widow

1954

as Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)

6.4

Bewitched Bunny

1954

as Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)

7.1

Goo Goo Goliath

1954

as Ethel (voice) (uncredited)

6.6

Wild Wife

1954

as Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician

7.1

The Cats Bah

1954

as Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)

6.6

Yankee Doodle Bugs

1954

as Various (voice) (uncredited)

Punch Trunk

as Marsha, Delores

Hare Trimmed

as Granny (voice)

Kiss Me Cat

as Vi

A Mouse Divided

as Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

7.3

Snow Business

1953

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Tom Tom Tomcat

as Granny (voice)

Fowl Weather

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

7.2

Of Rice and Hen

1953

as Miss Prissy (voice)

5.7

A Street Cat Named Sylvester

1953

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

6.5

Gift Wrapped

1952

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

7.2

Orange Blossoms for Violet

1952

as Violet (voice) (uncredited)

5.5

Feed the Kitty

1952

as Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)

7.4

Little Red Rodent Hood

1952

as Granny Mouse (voice)

7.1

Ain't She Tweet

1952

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

6.6

Kiddin' the Kitten

1952

as Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)

The First Time

as Mrs. Potter

Terrier-Stricken

as Frisky's Mistress (voice)

6.6

Room and Bird

1951

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

6.8

Tweety's S.O.S.

1951

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

6.9

Lovelorn Leghorn

1951

as Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)

6.8

Chow Hound

1951

as Pet Owner

6.5

A Bear for Punishment

1951

as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Fresh Laid Plans

Putty Tat Trouble

as Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)

6.8

Hare We Go

1951

as Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)

7.0

Canary Row

1950

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

6.8

The Scarlet Pumpernickel

1950

as The Fair Melissa (voice)

6.8

An Egg Scramble

1950

as Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)

6.8

All a Bir-r-r-d

1950

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Two's a Crowd

as (voice)

The Windblown Hare

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

7.3

On the Town

1949

as Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)

7.0

Doggone Tired

1949

as Operator (voice) (uncredited)

6.8

For Scent-imental Reasons

1949

as Cat

6.8

The Bee-Deviled Bruin

1949

as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)

6.3

Bear Feat

1949

as Ma Bear

6.8

A Hick, a Slick and a Chick

1948

as Daisy Lou (voice)

6.0

Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home

1948

as Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)

Kit for Cat

1948

as Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)

7.1

I Taw a Putty Tat

1948

as Woman (voice) (uncredited)

7.2

Scent-imental Over You

1947

as Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)

6.4

Doggone Cats

1947

as Dog's owner (voice)

8.0

Tweetie Pie

1947

as Woman (voice) (uncredited)

6.8

A Hare Grows in Manhattan

1947

as Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)

6.3

Notorious

1946

as File Clerk (uncredited)

7.7

Baseball Bugs

1946

as The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)

6.9

Hollywood Canine Canteen

1946

as Female dog voices

5.2

Quentin Quail

1946

as Baby Toots (voice)

5.7

Book Revue

1946

as Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)

6.6

A Gruesome Twosome

1945

as Girl Cat

6.9

The Shooting of Dan McGoo

1945

as Lou (voice) (uncredited)

6.8

It's Murder She Says...

1945

as Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)

5.2

Hare Force

1944

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

Brother Brat

as Baby Butch's Mom

Swooner Crooner

as Chickens (voice) (uncredited)

7.2

Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears

1944

as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)

6.7

The Weakly Reporter

1944

as Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle

5.6

Little Red Riding Rabbit

1944

as Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)

7.1

Censored

1944

as Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)

6.6

Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips

1944

as Additional Characterizations

5.2

Pigs in a Polka

1943

as Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)

Puss n' Booty

as Woman (voice)

A Corny Concerto

as Screams (voice) (uncredited)

6.9

Hiss and Make Up

1943

as Granny (voice) (uncredited)

The Hep Cat

as Bird

Goofy Groceries

as Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

5.6

The Bear's Tale

1940

as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)

5.8

Confederate Honey

1940

as Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)

5.3

Cross Country Detours

1940

as Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)

6.5

Television (27)

The Bugs Bunny Show

as Nanny

Green Acres

as Kate Bradley

Petticoat Junction

as Kate Bradley

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

Vacation Playhouse

as Sybil Murdock

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

as Cousin Pearl Bodine

6.9

The Jetsons

1962

as Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)

Top Cat

as Mrs. Ball (voice)

The New Breed

as Miss Horne

The Flintstones

as Betty Rubble (voice)

Pete and Gladys

Peter Loves Mary

as Wilma

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

1959

as Telephone Operator (voice)

6.3

77 Sunset Strip

1958

as Mary Field

7.2

The George Burns Show

as Blanche Morton

The Restless Gun

as Madame Brimstone

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

Matinee Theater

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955

as Woman

6.5

The Bob Cummings Show

1955

as Dixie Yates

6.3

Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice: Volumes 1–4

1955

10.0

General Electric Theater

as Marie

I Love Lucy

as Miss Lewis

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950

as Blanche Morton

7.1

The Jack Benny Program

1950

as Gertrude Gearshift

7.8

Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes (2020)

1950

as Voice Actor — Granny, various owner roles

Looney Tunes Golden Collection

1946

as The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)