Bea Benaderet

actress • soundtrack

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, ...

Born: April 4, 1906 in New York, New York, USA

Died: October 13, 1968 (age 62)

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Known For

8.0

The Flintstones

Movies & TV Credits

122 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire Movie	8.3	Actress	Granny (voice)(archive footage)	2010
The History of Hooterville Movie	9.6	Actress	Self (archive footage)	2005
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame Movie	8.6	Actress	Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)	1991
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration Movie	7.0	Actress	Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)	1986
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales Movie	7.2	Actress	Witch Hazel (voice)	1982
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie Movie	7.2	Actress	Granny (voice)	1981
Green Acres TV Show	7.2	Actress	Kate Bradley(6 Episodes)	1965
Petticoat Junction TV Show	6.8	Actress	Kate Bradley(196 Episodes)	1963
Vacation Playhouse TV Show	7.6	Actress	Sybil Murdock(1 Episode)	1963
The Danny Kaye Show TV Show	7.6	Actress	Self(1 Episode)	1963
Tender Is the Night Movie	5.8	Actress	Mrs. McKisco	1962
The Beverly Hillbillies TV Show	7.1	Actress	Cousin Pearl Bodine(23 Episodes)	1962
The Jetsons TV Show	7.2	Actress	Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)(1 Episode)	1962
The New Breed TV Show	7.2	Actress	Miss Horne(1 Episode)	1961
Top Cat TV Show	7.2	Actress	Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice)(1 Episode)	1961
Top Cat TV Show	7.2	Actress	Fancy's Girlfriend (voice)(1 Episode)	1961
Top Cat TV Show	7.2	Actress	Fifi The Maid (voice)(1 Episode)	1961
Top Cat TV Show	7.2	Actress	Julie / Mom (voice)(1 Episode)	1961
Top Cat TV Show	7.2	Actress	Mrs. Ball (voice)(1 Episode)	1961
Top Cat TV Show	7.2	Actress	Receptionist (voice)(1 Episode)	1961
Peter Loves Mary TV Show	6.3	Actress	Wilma(32 Episodes)	1960
Pete and Gladys TV Show	7.1	Actress	—(1 Episode)	1960
The Flintstones TV Show	7.4	Actress	Betty Rubble (voice)(114 Episodes)	1960
Plunderers of Painted Flats Movie	6.1	Actress	Ella Heather	1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis TV Show	7.5	Actress	Telephone Operator (voice)(1 Episode)	1959
Tweet Dreams Short Film	6.1	Actress	Various (voice)	1959
The George Burns Show TV Show	7.9	Actress	Blanche Morton(18 Episodes)	1958
77 Sunset Strip TV Show	7.5	Actress	Mary Field(1 Episode)	1958
The Restless Gun TV Show	7.2	Actress	Madame Brimstone(1 Episode)	1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV Show	7.8	Actress	Self(1 Episode)	1956
A Midsummer Daydream Movie	—	Actress	Woman	1955
Matinee Theater TV Show	6.5	Actress	—(1 Episode)	1955
The Bob Cummings Show TV Show	7.5	Actress	Dixie Yates(1 Episode)	1955
Screen Director's Playhouse TV Show	—	Actress	Woman(1 Episode)	1955
The Bob Cummings Show TV Show	7.5	Actress	Blanche Morton(1 Episode)	1955
The Hole Idea Short Film	7.2	Actress	Gertrude	1955
Feather Dusted Short Film	6.8	Actress	Miss Prissy (voice)	1955
Black Widow Movie	6.6	Actress	Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)	1954
Sandy Claws Short Film	6.6	Actress	Granny	1954
Goo Goo Goliath Short Film	6.6	Actress	Ethel (voice) (uncredited)	1954
Bewitched Bunny Short Film	7.5	Actress	Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)	1954
Wild Wife Short Film	6.9	Actress	Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician	1954
The Cats Bah Short Film	6.7	Actress	Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)	1954
Yankee Doodle Bugs Short Film	6.4	Actress	Various (voice) (uncredited)	1954
General Electric Theater TV Show	6.5	Actress	Marie(1 Episode)	1953
Snow Business Short Film	6.9	Actress	Granny (voice) (uncredited)	1953
Punch Trunk Short Film	7.3	Actress	Marsha, Delores	1953
A Street Cat Named Sylvester Short Film	7.0	Actress	Granny (voice) (uncredited)	1953
Kiss Me Cat Short Film	7.5	Actress	Vi	1953
Hare Trimmed Short Film	7.3	Actress	Granny (voice)	1953
Fowl Weather Short Film	7.0	Actress	Granny (voice) (uncredited)	1953
Of Rice and Hen Short Film	6.7	Actress	Miss Prissy (voice)	1953
A Mouse Divided Short Film	7.4	Actress	Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)	1953
Tom Tom Tomcat Short Film	5.9	Actress	Granny (voice)	1953
The First Time Movie	5.9	Actress	Mrs. Potter	1952
Gift Wrapped Short Film	7.0	Actress	Granny (voice) (uncredited)	1952
Little Red Rodent Hood Short Film	6.7	Actress	Granny Mouse (voice)	1952
Kiddin' the Kitten Short Film	6.7	Actress	Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)	1952
Terrier-Stricken Short Film	6.8	Actress	Frisky's Mistress (voice)	1952
Feed the Kitty Short Film	7.9	Actress	Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)	1952
Ain't She Tweet Short Film	7.1	Actress	Granny (voice) (uncredited)	1952
Orange Blossoms for Violet Short Film	4.8	Actress	Violet (voice) (uncredited)	1952
I Love Lucy TV Show	8.4	Actress	Miss Lewis(1 Episode)	1951
Hare We Go Short Film	7.0	Actress	Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)	1951
Lovelorn Leghorn Short Film	6.9	Actress	Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)	1951
Chow Hound Short Film	7.3	Actress	Pet Owner	1951
Room and Bird Short Film	6.9	Actress	Granny (voice) (uncredited)	1951
A Bear for Punishment Short Film	6.9	Actress	Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)	1951
Putty Tat Trouble Short Film	7.1	Actress	Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)	1951
Tweety's S.O.S. Short Film	7.0	Actress	Granny (voice) (uncredited)	1951
Fresh Laid Plans Short Film	5.8	Actress	—	1951
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show TV Show	8.4	Actress	Blanche Morton(291 Episodes)	1950
The Jack Benny Program TV Show	8.3	Actress	Gertrude Gearshift - switchboard operator(1 Episode)	1950
The Jack Benny Program TV Show	8.3	Actress	Gertrude - Switchboard Operator (voice)(1 Episode)	1950
The Jack Benny Program TV Show	8.3	Actress	Gertrude Gearshift(1 Episode)	1950
The Jack Benny Program TV Show	8.3	Actress	Peggy(1 Episode)	1950
The Jack Benny Program TV Show	8.3	Actress	Gertrude, switchboard operator(2 Episodes)	1950
The Jack Benny Program TV Show	8.3	Actress	Gertrude, switchboard operator (voice)(1 Episode)	1950
The Scarlet Pumpernickel Short Film	7.1	Actress	The Fair Melissa (voice)	1950
Canary Row Short Film	6.9	Actress	Granny (voice) (uncredited)	1950
All a Bir-r-r-d Short Film	6.7	Actress	Granny (voice) (uncredited)	1950
An Egg Scramble Short Film	6.6	Actress	Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)	1950
Two's a Crowd Short Film	7.1	Actress	(voice)	1950
On the Town Movie	7.5	Actress	Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)	1949
For Scent-imental Reasons Short Film	7.0	Actress	Cat	1949
The Windblown Hare Short Film	7.5	Actress	Granny (voice) (uncredited)	1949
Doggone Tired Short Film	7.1	Actress	Operator (voice) (uncredited)	1949
Bear Feat Short Film	6.4	Actress	Ma Bear	1949
The Bee-Deviled Bruin Short Film	6.9	Actress	Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)	1949
Kit for Cat Short Film	7.2	Actress	Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)	1948
A Hick a Slick and a Chick Short Film	6.1	Actress	Daisy Lou (voice)	1948
I Taw a Putty Tat Short Film	7.1	Actress	Woman (voice) (uncredited)	1948
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home Short Film	—	Actress	Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)	1948
Tweetie Pie Short Film	6.9	Actress	Woman (voice) (uncredited)	1947
A Hare Grows in Manhattan Short Film	7.1	Actress	Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)	1947
Scent-imental Over You Short Film	6.4	Actress	Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)	1947
Doggone Cats Short Film	6.5	Actress	Dog's owner (voice)	1947
Notorious Movie	8.0	Actress	File Clerk (uncredited)	1946
Baseball Bugs Short Film	7.5	Actress	The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)	1946
Hollywood Canine Canteen Short Film	6.1	Actress	Female dog voices	1946
Book Revue Short Film	6.9	Actress	Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)	1946
Quentin Quail Short Film	5.5	Actress	Baby Toots (voice)	1946
It's Murder She Says... Short Film	5.7	Actress	Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)	1945
A Gruesome Twosome Short Film	6.6	Actress	Girl Cat	1945
The Shooting of Dan McGoo Short Film	7.3	Actress	Lou (voice) (uncredited)	1945
Censored Short Film	6.1	Actress	Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)	1944
The Weakly Reporter Short Film	6.0	Actress	Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle	1944
Hare Force Short Film	6.9	Actress	Granny (voice) (uncredited)	1944
Swooner Crooner Short Film	6.9	Actress	Chickens (voice) (uncredited)	1944
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears Short Film	7.1	Actress	Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)	1944
Little Red Riding Rabbit Short Film	7.3	Actress	Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)	1944
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips Short Film	5.7	Actress	Additional Characterizations	1944
Brother Brat Short Film	6.6	Actress	Baby Butch's Mom	1944
Puss n' Booty Short Film	7.0	Actress	Woman (voice)	1943
Pigs in a Polka Short Film	6.8	Actress	Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)	1943
Hiss and Make Up Short Film	6.7	Actress	Granny (voice) (uncredited)	1943
A Corny Concerto Short Film	7.1	Actress	Screams (voice) (uncredited)	1943
The Hep Cat Short Film	6.4	Actress	Bird	1942
Goofy Groceries Short Film	5.9	Actress	Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)	1941
The Bear's Tale Short Film	6.7	Actress	Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)	1940
Cross Country Detours Short Film	6.6	Actress	Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)	1940
Confederate Honey Short Film	5.4	Actress	Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)	1940

Bea Benaderet

Known For

Notorious

On the Town

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Flintstones

Movies & TV Credits