Bea Benaderet date of birth:
April 4, 1906
How old was Bea Benaderet when died?
62
Where was Bea Benaderet born?
New York City, New York, USA
When did Bea Benaderet die?
October 13, 1968
Where did Bea Benaderet die?
Los Angeles, California, USA
Why did Bea Benaderet die?
cancer
Bea Benaderet body shape:
Average
What color is Bea Benaderet's hair?
Blonde
What is Bea Benaderet's ethnicity?
White
What is Bea Benaderet nationality?
American
What is Bea Benaderet's occupation?
Actress
Bea Benaderet claim to fame:
Betty Rubble
Bea Benaderet friends:
Jim Backus, Lucille Ball
Short Biography
Beatrice “Bea” Benaderet (April 4, 1906 – October 13, 1968) was an American actress born in New York City and reared in San Francisco, California. Her major breaks in radio came on The Jack Benny Program and as a member of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre repertory company. 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 original 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 and early 1950s, most famously as Granny.