Mae Questel Overview:

Actress, Mae Questel, was born Mae Kwestel on Sep 13, 1908 in The Bronx, NY. Questel died at the age of 89 on Jan 4, 1998 in New York City, NY .

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Betty Boop: [singing] Be human! / Animals can cry. / Be human! / It's easy if you try.


Betty Boop: [singing] Don't think you're wonderful just because / You weren't born with a tail and claws.


Betty Boop: [singing] It's futile to be brutal. / That won't get you a dime. / So be human all the time.


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Mae Questel Facts
Billing herself in vaudeville as "Mae Questel - Personality Singer of Personality Songs." She performed dead-on vocal imitations of Maurice Chevalier, Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West and Helen ("Boop-Boop-a-Doop") Kane, among many others.

Had two sons from her first marriage: Richard and Robert (the latter pre-deceased her).

She not only provided the voice of Olive Oyl in the 'Popeye' cartoons, but the toddler Swee'pea as well. She based Oyl's quivery, nervous-nellie voice on comedic actress ZaSu Pitts.

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