Mae Questel
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Mae Questel (September 13, 1908–January 4, 1998) was an American actress and vocal artist best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop and Olive Oyl. She began in vaudeville, and played occasional small roles in films and television later in her career, most notably the role of Aunt Bethany in 1989's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
Known for
Credits
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
as Betty Boop (voice)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
as Aunt Bethany
Funny Girl (1968)
as Mrs. Strakosh
Floor Flusher (1954)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
House Tricks? (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
New York Stories (1989)
as Mother
Boo Scout (1951)
as Billy (voice)
It's Only Money (1962)
as Cecilia Albright
Zelig (1983)
as Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)
Gabriel Churchkitten (1944)
as Peter (voice)
Abusement Park (1947)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Puppet Love (1944)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Wigwam Whoopee (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Taxi-Turvy (1954)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Nearlyweds (1957)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Snow Place Like Home (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
One Hour with You (1932)
as Office Worker (uncredited)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995)
as Self / Betty Boop (archive footage)
Operation Ice-Tickle (1961)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Beach Peach (1950)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Stalk Spinach (1951)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Jeep Tale (1960)
as Swee'pea
Crazytown (1954)
as Baby / Mother / People saying goodbye (uncredited)
Scout Fellow (1951)
as Baby Huey's Mom
Party Smarty (1951)
as Baby Huey's Mom
Popeye's Service Station (1960)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Barbecue for Two (1960)
as Olive Oyl
Spooky Swabs (1957)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Matinee Idol Popeye (1960)
as Olive Oyl (Voice)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Betty Boop in 'Screen Snapshots' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Popeye and the Giant (1960)
as Sea Hag (voice)
Lunch with a Punch (1952)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Weight for Me (1961)
as Olive Oyl
Penny Antics (1955)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Stork Raving Mad (1958)
as Baby / Mother
I Don't Scare (1956)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
as Buzz (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 3 (2014)
as Betty Boop
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Fit to Be Toyed (1959)
as J.G.'s Wife, Little Boy (voice) (uncredited)
Big Bad Sindbad (1952)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Learn Polikeness (1938)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I Wanna Be a Life Guard (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye's 20th Anniversary (1954)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Huey's Ducky Daddy (1953)
as Baby Huey's Mom
Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)
as Orphans (voice) (uncredited)
Quick on the Vigor (1950)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Wayward (1932)
as Showgirl (uncredited)
A Language All My Own (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Dancing on the Moon (1935)
as Various (voice, uncredited)
Organ Grinder's Swing (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Spinach vs Hamburgers (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Private Eye Popeye (1954)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Morning, Noon and Night Club (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Alpine for You (1951)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Out to Punch (1956)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Farmer and the Belle (1950)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Paneless Window Washer (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Safari So Good (1947)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I Likes Babies and Infinks (1937)
as Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
Fowl Play (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Parlez Vous Woo (1956)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Get Movin' (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop and Grampy (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Little Pal (1934)
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
Adventures of Popeye (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Popeye the Sailor (1933)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame (1934)
as Betty Boop
A Clean Shaven Man (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mutiny Ain't Nice (1938)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Grampy's Indoor Outing (1936)
as Betty Boop / Junior (voice)
Kitty from Kansas City (1931)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Museum (1932)
as Betty Boop
Swab the Duck (1956)
as Ducklings
Bridge Ahoy! (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Battery of Songs (1930)
Actor
Fleischer Cartoons – Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (2026)
as Betty Boop (voice, archive audio) / Olive Oyl (voice, archive audio)
A Majority of One (1961)
as Essie Rubin
The Impractical Joker (1937)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Time on My Hands (1932)
as Betty Boop
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 1 (2013)
as Betty Boop
One Quack Mind (1951)
as Baby Huey's Mom
Jumping with Toy (1957)
as Baby Huey's Mom (voice)
Hospitaliky (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Noveltoons: Original Classics (2012)
as Little Audrey
The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1934)
as Olive Oyl / Nana Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Island Fling (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
We Aim to Please (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go (1949)
as Casper / Ghost Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Birthday Party (1933)
as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
Super Duper Market (1960)
as Olive Oyl
More Pep (1936)
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988)
as Self – Betty Boop (voice)
A Dream Walking (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hot Air Aces (1949)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Never Kick a Woman (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Betty Boop Limited (1932)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1932)
as Betty Boop (voice)
The Big Fun Carnival (1957)
as Betty Boop
Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (1932)
as Betty Boop
Brotherly Love (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Chess-Nuts (1932)
as Betty Boop
Swimmer Take All (1952)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
For Better or Nurse (1945)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Gift of Gag (1955)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I'm in the Army Now (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hot Resort (1985)
as Mrs. Labowitz
The Old Man of the Mountain (1933)
as Betty Boop (singing voice)
The Spinach Overture (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2 (2013)
as Betty Boop
Bunny Mooning (1937)
as Bunny (voice) (uncredited)
The Football Toucher Downer (1937)
as Young Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
Be Human (1936)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
You're Not Built That Way (1936)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Tar with a Star (1949)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Kids in the Shoe (1935)
as Woman in the shoe
Little Nobody (1935)
as Betty Boop / Mrs. Prissy / Pup Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Quack-a Doodle-Doo (1950)
as Baby Huey's Mommy (voice) (uncredited)
The Hot Air Salesman (1937)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Be Kind to 'Aminals' (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Choose Your 'Weppins' (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Planet Mouseola (1960)
as Mouse
The Royal Four-Flusher (1947)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Training Pigeons (1936)
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
Olive Oyl for President (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Protek the Weakerist (1937)
as Olive Oyl
Kitty Cornered (1955)
as Cuddles (voice) (uncredited)
You Gotta Be a Football Hero (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I Never Changes My Altitude (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Clown on the Farm (1952)
as Baby Huey's Mother (voice)
Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh (1938)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Sir Irving and Jeames (1956)
as Worthington (uncredited)
Buzzy Boop at the Concert (1938)
as Betty Boop (voice)
The Spinach Roadster (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop with Henry the Funniest Living American (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988)
as Mae Questel
The Friendly Ghost (1945)
as Johnny (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and the Pirates (1947)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Celebrake (1938)
as Olive Oyl / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
For Better or Worser (1935)
as Olive Oyl
The Dance Contest (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hill-billing and Cooing (1956)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop and the Little King (1936)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Service with a Smile (1937)
as Betty Boop
Taking the Blame (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
A Bout with a Trout (1947)
as Teacher
Santa's Surprise (1947)
as Little Audrey (voice) (uncredited)
Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Is My Palm Read (1933)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Snow-White (1933)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Land of Lost Watches (1951)
as Isabel / Rosita Wristwatch (voice)
Hector's Hectic Life (1948)
as Swedish Housekeeper - Puppies (voice)
Mousieur Herman (1955)
as Herman's Cousin
Shiver Me Timbers! (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Birds in the Spring (1933)
as Baby Birds (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Trial (1934)
as Betty Boop
I Yam Love Sick (1938)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Happy You and Merry Me (1936)
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
The Candid Candidate (1937)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Casper The Friendly Ghost The Complete Collection 1945-1963 (2011)
as Additional Voices
Popeye Makes a Movie (1950)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Ups and Downs (1932)
as Betty Boop
Pleased to Meet Cha! (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The House Builder-Upper (1938)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Service with a Guile (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Be Up to Date (1938)
as Betty Boop
When My Ship Comes In (1934)
as Betty Boop (voice)
To Boo or Not to Boo (1951)
as Lou / Ladies at Door (voice) (uncredited)
Can You Take It (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Ha! Ha! Ha! (1934)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
The Two-Alarm Fire (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo (1944)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Strong to the Finich (1934)
as Children (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 4 (2014)
as Betty Boop
No! No! A Thousand Times No!! (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Fright to the Finish (1954)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
My Artistical Temperature (1937)
as Olive Oyl
The Tears of an Onion (1938)
as Various Vegetables (voice) (uncredited)
A Bicep Built for Two (1955)
as Cute Kitty
New Shoes (1936)
as Girl's Shoes (voice)
Just a Gigolo (1932)
as Betty Boop
Minnie the Moocher (1932)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop and Little Jimmy (1936)
as Betty Boop / Little Jimmy (voice) (uncredited)
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer (2024)
as Mother / Olive Oyl (voice) (archive sound)
Bimbo's Initiation (1931)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
House Cleaning Blues (1937)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Plumbers Pipe Dream (1960)
as Olive Oyl
Move (1970)
as Mrs. Katz
Silly Scandals (1931)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Just One More Chance (1932)
as Betty Boop (voice)
All's Fair at the Fair (1947)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Making Friends (1936)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Git Along Lil' Duckie (1955)
as Baby Huey's Mom
I Eats My Spinach (1933)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mother Goose Land (1933)
as Betty Boop
The Fulla Bluff Man (1940)
as Cavewoman (voice)
Our Funny Finny Friends (1949)
as Carmen Miranda Fish (voice)
Mother Goose Melodies (1931)
as Little Bo Peep / Lamb (voice) (uncredited)
Beware of Barnacle Bill (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Job for a Gob (1955)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Betty Boop, M.D. (1932)
as Betty Boop
The Best Popeye the Sailor Man Cartoons (2025)
as Olive Oyl (voiice)
We Did It (1936)
as Betty Boop / Pudgy / Kitten (voice) (uncredited)
King of the Mardi Gras (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Be Good (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Little Boo-Peep (1953)
Actor
A Date to Skate (1938)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Wants a Battle (1953)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Barking Dogs Don't Fite (1949)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Land of the Lost (1948)
as Isabel (voice)
I Heard (1933)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Betty boop "Is My Palm Read" (—)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Betty Boop for President (1932)
as Betty Boop
I'll Be Skiing Ya (1947)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Deep Boo Sea (1952)
as Billy / Billy's Brother's Friend (uncredited)
Talking Horse Sense (1959)
as Ethel (voice)
The Cobweb Hotel (1936)
as Flies (voice)
Poop Goes the Weasel (1955)
as Wishbone (voice) (uncredited)
Peep in the Deep (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Of Mice and Magic (1953)
as Louise the Mouse (voice)
A Haul in One (1956)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Crystal Brawl (1957)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (1932)
as Betty Boop
Vacation with Play (1951)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Hyp-Nut-Tist (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Beaus Will Be Beaus (1955)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Firemen's Brawl (1953)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Making Stars (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Popeye's Mirthday (1953)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Lost and Foundry (1937)
as Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
The Fistic Mystic (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Judge for a Day (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Felineous Assault (1959)
as Kitnip
Bimbo's Express (1931)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Cat In The Act (1957)
as Murgatroyd
Ice Scream (1957)
as Billy (voice)
Popeye's Premiere (1949)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Betty Boop's Prize Show (1934)
as Betty Boop
Seeing Double (1960)
as Olive Oyl(voice)
The New Deal Show (1937)
as Betty Boop / Cats / Puppy (voice) (uncredited)
Land of the Lost Jewels (1950)
as Isabel
Popeye for President (1956)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Stopping the Show (1932)
as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Big Boss (1933)
as Betty Boop
Somewhere in Dreamland (1936)
as Mother / Boy / Girl (voice)
Thrill of Fair (1951)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Twisker Pitcher (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Crazy-Town (1932)
as Betty Boop / Beauty Shop Customer 1 / Beauty Shop Customer 2 (voice) (uncredited)
A Little Soap and Water (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Riding the Rails (1938)
as Betty Boop
Tops in the Big Top (1945)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
From Mad to Worse (1957)
as Cute Kitty
Betty Boop's Penthouse (1933)
Actor
Stop That Noise (1935)
as Betty Boop
Cookin' with Gags (1955)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Rodeo Romeo (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Pre-Hysterical Man (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Penguin for Your Thoughts (1956)
as Baby Penguin
The Seapreme Court (1954)
as Little Audrey / Little Fishes (voice) (uncredited)
Rocket to Mars (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Axe Me Another (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Ghost of the Town (1952)
as Baby / Kids (uncredited)
She-Sick Sailors (1944)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Pudgy Picks a Fight (1937)
Actor
Romantic Melodies (1932)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Mess Production (1945)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Foxy Hunter (1937)
as Betty Boop
Tweet Music (1951)
as Little Eagle / Ostrich
Shoein' Hosses (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Shape Ahoy (1945)
as Olive Oyl / Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Starting from Hatch (1953)
as Baby Huey's Mom
Bride and Gloom (1954)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
There's Something About a Soldier (1934)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Casper's Spree Under the Sea (1950)
as Goldie the Goldfish(voice) (uncredited)
Snow Foolin' (1949)
as Hen / Mama Bird (voice) (uncredited)
A Balmy Swami (1949)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Silly Hillbilly (1949)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mister and Mistletoe (1955)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hansel and Gretel (1958)
as Voice
Line of Screammage (1956)
as Billy / Neighborhood Kid / Tony's Friend (voice) (uncredited)
Jitterbug Jive (1950)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Fun At The Fair (1952)
as Cow
Keep in Style (1934)
as Betty Boop
Hold the Wire (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Spinach Packin' Popeye (1944)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Pest Pupil (1957)
as Baby Huey's Mommy (voice)
Flip Flap (1948)
as Flip-Flap (voice)
Gym Jam (1950)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Lumberjack and Jill (1949)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Wotta Knight (1947)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Minding the Baby (1931)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Hooky Spooky (1957)
as Little Ghosts' Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
Spinach Greetings (1960)
as Olive Oyl
Klondike Casanova (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Counter Attack (1960)
as Mouse
Symphony in Spinach (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Rudy Vallee Melodies (1932)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Admission Free (1932)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Toreadorable (1953)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Pig-a-Boo (1952)
as Junior Pig / Mama Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Ancient Fistory (1953)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Robin Hood-Winked (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Trouble Date (1960)
as Cuddles
Swat the Fly (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Little Swee'pea (1936)
as Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
Hits and Missiles (1960)
as Olive Oyl
Frightday the 13th (1953)
as Lucky (voice) (uncredited)
Pudgy the Watchman (1938)
as Betty Boop
Miners Forty Niners (1951)
as Gold Digger / Clementine
Child Sockology (1953)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Law and Audrey (1952)
as Little Audrey (voice)
Zula Hula (1937)
as Betty Boop
The Lost Chick (1935)
as Squirrel Children (voice) (uncredited)
Dutch Treat (1956)
as Hans (voice) (uncredited)
Teacher's Pest (1950)
as Junior's Mother / Worm (voice)
Assault and Flattery (1956)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Musical Doctor (1932)
as Nurse Clef
Owly to Bed (1959)
as Hootie the Baby Owl (voice) (uncredited)