Job Actress
Known for Petticoat Junction's Kate Bradley, original voice of Betty Rubble on The Flintstones, voice of Granny in the Tweety cartoons (until 1955)
Top Roles File Clerk, Brooklyn Girl on Subway, Mrs. McKisco, Baby Butch's Mom, Little Red Riding Hood
Top GenresAnimation, Family, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Musical
Top TopicsBook-Based, Spies, Romance (Drama)
Top Collaborators , (Director), (Director),
Shares birthday with Anthony Perkins, Elizabeth Wilson, Gene Reynolds  see more..

Bea Benaderet Overview:

Character actress, Bea Benaderet, was born on Apr 4, 1906 in New York City, NY. Benaderet died at the age of 62 on Oct 13, 1968 in Los Angeles, CA .

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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television.

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Just For Fun! The Voices behind The Flintstones

By Annmarie Gatti on Aug 25, 2014 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Just for Fun! The Fabulous Voices behind the Fabulous Flintstones!? I’m sure you’d recognize their voices anywhere, but here they are ‘in person’… the wonderful character actors that voiced Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty… Alan Reed as Fred Flintstone, Jean Vander P... Read full article


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Bea Benaderet Quotes:

Ma Bear: Oh, who's your best friend? It's father! / 'Cause father is your best friend / And who's your best friend, to the very end? / Nobody else but Pa! / He is the only friend bestest / Nor south and east and westest / Who is your best friend? Father! / 'Cause father is all right / Morning, noon, and night / Pa! Pa! Pa!


Baby Butch: [lands in a pile of pots and pans after Porky throws him off his finger] Of course you know, this means war!
[Puts a cigar in his mouth and impersonates Winston Churchill]
Baby Butch: We will fight until Hitler and his Nazi gangsters suffer disastrous, overwhelming and complete defeat!


Mama Bear: Tell me more about my eyes!


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Bea Benaderet Facts
Was originally considered for the role of Granny in "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962), but got the part of Cousin Pearl Bodine instead.

After her death of emphysema at age 62, Bea was buried at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California. Her second husband, Gene Twombly, died four days later (October 17, 1968) of a heart attack and was buried next to her.

She was one of producer/creator Paul Henning's favorite character actresses. When developing "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962), he kept Bea in mind, and, although she was interested in the role of Granny, Henning felt she was too "busty" for the role. During auditions for the role of Granny, it was Benaderet who pointed to Irene Ryan and told Henning, "There's your 'Granny'!".

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