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