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