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.
Betty Rubble (voice)
Blanche Morton
Miss Lewis
Cousin Pearl Bodine
Kate Bradley
Gertrude Gearshift
Gertrude, switchboard operator
Gertrude Gearshift - switchboard operator
Gertrude, switchboard operator (voice)
Peggy
Gertrude - Switchboard Operator (voice)
Telephone Operator (voice)
Kate Bradley
Self
Mary Field
Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)
Self
Madame Brimstone
Miss Horne
Woman
Mrs. Ball (voice)
Julie / Mom (voice)
Fancy's Girlfriend (voice)
Fifi The Maid (voice)
Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice)
Receptionist (voice)
Wilma
Blanche Morton
Dixie Yates
Sybil Murdock
Marie
Blanche Morton
File Clerk (uncredited)
Witch Hazel (voice)
Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
Granny (voice)
Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
Mrs. McKisco
Screams (voice) (uncredited)
Vi
Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
Granny
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle
Female dog voices
Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)
Ethel (voice) (uncredited)
Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)
Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)
Granny Mouse (voice)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Marsha, Delores
Granny (voice)(archive footage)
Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)
Girl Cat
Gertrude
The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice)
Additional Characterizations
Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician
Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)
Ma Bear
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
The Fair Melissa (voice)
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Woman (voice)
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
Cat
Mrs. Potter
Granny (voice)
Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Pet Owner
Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Bird
Baby Butch's Mom
Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
Violet (voice) (uncredited)
Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
(voice)
Ella Heather
Self (archive footage)
Miss Prissy (voice)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Miss Prissy (voice)
Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)
Lou (voice) (uncredited)
Frisky's Mistress (voice)
Baby Toots (voice)
Dog's owner (voice)
Daisy Lou (voice)
Various (voice)
Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Woman
Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)
Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)
Various (voice) (uncredited)
Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)