Beatrice "Bea" Benaderet (4 April 1906 - 12 October 1968) was an American actress who did work on 44 theatrical cartoons in twelve years. She was also the original voice of Granny in the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies franchise. She later co-starred with fellow Looney Tunes voice actor Mel Blanc as the voices of Betty and Barney Rubble in The Flintstones.
Filmography[]
Warner Bros.[]
- Hiss and Make Up (1943) - Old Woman
- Puss n' Booty (1943) - Rudolph's Mistress
- Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944) - Little Red Riding Hood
- Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (1944) - Ma Bear
- Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944) - Honey Bunny
- Swooner Crooner (1944) - Swooner Chicks
- The Weakly Reporter (1944) - Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle
- Brother Brat (1944) - Baby Butch's Mom
- Hare Force (1944) - Old Woman
- Censored (1944) - Sally Lou
- It's Murder She Says... (1945) - Anopheles Annie's Pal
- Baseball Bugs (1946) - Statue of Liberty
- Scent-imental Over You (1947) - Fifi, Narrator
- A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947) - Lolly Beverly
- Tweetie Pie (1947) - Emma
- Doggone Cats (1947) - Wellington's Owner
- I Taw a Putty Tat (1948) - Sylvester's Owner
- Kit for Cat (1948) - Beatrice
- A Hick a Slick and a Chick (1948) - Daisy Lou Mouse
- The Bee-Deviled Bruin (1949) - Ma Bear
- The Windblown Hare (1949) - Little Red Riding Hood's Grandma
- Bear Feat (1949) - Ma Bear
- Home, Tweet Home (1950) - Nanny
- An Egg Scramble (1950) - Hens, Housewife
- All a Bir-r-r-d (1950) - Tweety's Owner
- Canary Row (1950) - Granny
- Two's a Crowd (1950) - John's Wife
- Hare We Go (1951) - Queen Isabella
- Putty Tat Trouble (1951) - Ladies letting cats out
- Room and Bird (1951) - Granny, Sylvester's Owner
- Chow Hound (1951) - M. Hinkle
- Lovelorn Leghorn (1951) - Miss Prissy, Hazel, Hens
- Tweety's S.O.S. (1951) - Granny
- A Bear for Punishment (1951) - Ma Bear
- Feed the Kitty (1952) - Marc Anthony's Mistress
- Gift Wrapped (1952) - Granny
- Kiddin' the Kitten (1952) - Dodsworth's Mistress
- Little Red Rodent Hood (1952) - Granny Mouse
- Orange Blossoms for Violet (1952) - Violet, Female Ducks
- Ain't She Tweet (1952) - Granny
- Terrier-Stricken (1952) - Frisky's Mistress
- Snow Business (1953) - Granny
- A Mouse Divided (1953) - Sylvia, Female Mouse
- Kiss Me Cat (1953) - Vi
- Fowl Weather (1953) - Granny
- There Auto Be a Law (1953) - Lady with Lipstick
- Hare Trimmed (1953) - Granny
- Tom Tom Tomcat (1953) - Granny
- A Street Cat Named Sylvester (1953) - Granny
- Of Rice and Hen (1953) - Miss Prissy, Hens
- Wild Wife (1954) - Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with Pennies, Beautician
- The Cats Bah (1954) - Penelope's Mistress
- Muzzle Tough (1954) - Granny
- Bewitched Bunny (1954) - Witch Hazel, Gretel, Honey Bunny
- Yankee Doodle Bugs (1954) - Betsy Ross
- Sandy Claws (1954) - Granny
- Feather Dusted (1955) - Miss Prissy
- The Hole Idea (1955) - Gertrude, Henry's Wife
- Tweet Dreams (1959) - Granny (archive footage)
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