Mae Questel (born Mae Kwestel, September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998) was an American actress. She was best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop (from 1931) and Olive Oyl (from 1933). She began in

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, primarily working as an impressionist. She later performed on Broadway and in films and television, including her role as Aunt Bethany in '' National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'' (1989).

Early career and Betty Boop

Born Mae Kwestel in

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, to Simon and Freida (née Glauberman) Kwestel, she attended Morris High School and studied acting at the

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and with the Theatre Guild. Although she wanted to be an entertainer, her parents, who were Orthodox Jews, actively discouraged her from doing so, at one point forcing her to leave the Theatre Guild school. Nevertheless, at the age of 17, Questel won a talent contest held at the RKO Fordham Theatre in

by imitating actress and singer Helen Kane. She was signed by an agent and began performing in

as an impersonator. Billed as "Mae Questel – Personality Singer of Personality Songs," she did impressions of Fanny Brice,

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, Eddie Cantor,

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, Maurice Chevalier and others, as well as doing animal imitations. She was seen by animator Max Fleischer, who was looking for an actress to provide the voice for his Betty Boop character. Questel's "Boop-boop-a-doop" routine, done in a style similar to the version Helen Kane created, while at the same time evoking something of the naughty allure of film star Clara Bow, was exactly what Fleischer wanted, and he hired Questel in 1931. She began as one of a number of actresses providing the character's voice, but soon took over the role exclusively.Erickson, Ha
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shorts, the longest run for any actress doing that voice. During the 1930s, she released a recording of " On the Good Ship Lollipop" which sold more than two million copies. In 1988, she reprised her role as Betty Boop in a cameo appearance in '' Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', which was Questel's most extensive work for

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; she had provided brief additional voices for some of Disney's earlier films. Along with her voice work, and occasional on-camera appearance in Paramount shorts, Questel also attended

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, where she studied drama.

Olive Oyl

Beginning in 1933, Questel provided the voice for Olive Oyl in the Max Fleischer

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. Starting in 1938, Margie Hines, who was the original voice of Betty Boop, replaced Mae Questel when production made the transition to the Miami Studio, Florida. Questel returned as the voice of Olive Oyl in 1944 after the studio reorganized as

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and had returned to New York, a role in which she would remain until 1962. She also filled in for Jack Mercer as the voice of Popeye for a small number of cartoons, made when Mercer was temporarily drawn into

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, alongside Floyd Buckley and Harry Foster Welch. When

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began making the '' All New Popeye'' cartoons for television in 1978, Questel auditioned for the role of Olive Oyl but lost out to Marilyn Schreffler.

Other voices

In addition to her signature voices of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, Questel also provided the voice of Little Audrey. In 1958, she voiced

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in the theatrical Casper cartoon short ''Which is Witch''. In the 1950s, she was the voice for the title character of the pioneering interactive Saturday-morning cartoon series '' Winky Dink and You''. She provided the voice of

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' ''Casper the Friendly Ghost and Little Audrey Says'' in 1962. In ''

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'' series she voiced characters from the spin-offs '' The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show'', '' The Flintstone Comedy Hour'' and the '' Flintstone Frolics''. She voiced Wiggy Rockstone after the original voice actress,

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, left the role in 1982. She continued to provide the voices of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl in commercials, television specials and elsewhere for the rest of her life. In 1988, she reprised her role as Betty Boop in the film '' Who Framed Roger Rabbit''. In 1935, Mae Questel played the voice of the Woman in the Shoe in the Max Fleischer cartoon, ''

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''.

On-camera roles

Questel played a number of small parts, including appearing with

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as Betty Boop in the 1931 short '' Musical Justice (1931)'' and as a nurse in ''The Musical Doctor'' in 1932. In 1962, she played a Jewish mother in an episode of crime drama '' Naked City.'' In 1961, she was seen as a middle-aged bride in

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' '' It's Only Money'', one of Fanny Brice's mother's card-playing friends at the start of the film '' Funny Girl'' in 1968, and as the "Jewish Mama from Hell" in '' New York Stories'' in 1989 in

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's segment titled "Oedipus Wrecks"; she had earlier sung the song "Chameleon Days" on the soundtrack for Allen's film ''

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'' in 1983. Her last non-voice appearance was as the elderly Aunt Bethany in 1989's '' National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation''. In 1973, Questel had a role in the short-lived ABC television

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'', but she achieved perhaps her greatest visibility in television commercials, notably playing "Aunt Bluebell" in ads for Scott Towels from 1971 to 1979, and appeared in spots for

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, Folger's Coffee and others. She also appeared on panel shows and in daytime soap operas.

Broadway

Questel appeared on Broadway four times: * ''Doctor Social'' (1948) with Dean Jagger * Leonard Spigelgass' '' A Majority of One'' (1959) with

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and Barnard Hughes – she reprised her role (as "Essie Rubin") in the film adaptation * '' Enter Laughing'' (1963) based on the novel by

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, with

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and Michael J. Pollard and * '' Bajour'' (1964), the Walter Marks musical, starring Herschel Bernardi, Nancy Dussault and

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Personal life

Questel married Leo Balkin on December 22, 1930, and they were divorced prior to 1950. She married Jack E. Shelby on November 19, 1970; they remained married until his death. She had two sons, Robert Balkin and Richard Balkin.

Politics

Questel was a Democrat who supported

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's campaign during the 1952 presidential election.

Death

Questel died on January 4, 1998, from complications related to Alzheimer's disease at the age of 89 in her

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apartment. She was buried in New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon, New York.

Selected filmography

* ''

Silly Scandals ''Silly Scandals'' is a 1931 Fleischer Studios Talkartoon animated short film starring Bimbo and featuring Betty Boop Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick.Po ...

'' (1931, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Bimbo's Initiation'' (1931, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Bimbo's Express'' (1931, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Minding the Baby ''Minding the Baby'' is a 1931 Fleischer Studios Talkartoon animated short film starring Betty Boop and Bimbo. Synopsis Bimbo's mom has fallen out with her husband and has had an affair with the ice man. Bimbo's mother goes shopping and leaves ...

'' (1931, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Kitty from Kansas City'' (1931, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Musical Justice ''Musical Justice'' is a 1931 Paramount Pictures musical short starring Betty Boop and Rudy Vallée. Plot summary ''Musical Justice'' stars Rudy Vallée as judge and His Connecticut Yankees as jury presiding over the Court of Musical Justic ...

'' (1931, Short) as Betty Boop (uncredited) * '' Wayward'' (1932) as Showgirl (uncredited) * ''

Minnie the Moocher "Minnie the Moocher" is a jazz- scat song first recorded in 1931 by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, selling over a million copies. "Minnie the Moocher" is most famous for its nonsensical ad libbed (" scat") lyrics (for example, "Hi De Hi De Hi ...

'' (1932, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' One Hour with You'' (1932) as Office Worker (uncredited) * '' Crazy Town'' (1932, Short) as Betty Boop / Beauty Shop Customer 1 / Beauty Shop Customer 2 (voice, uncredited) * ''

Stopping the Show ''Stopping the Show'' is a 1932 Fleischer Studios animated short, directed by Dave Fleischer. While it is not the first appearance of Betty Boop, it is the first short to be credited as "A Betty Boop Cartoon." Synopsis Betty Boop appears on st ...

'' (1932, Short) as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice, uncredited) * ''

Betty Boop, M.D. ''Betty Boop, M.D.'' is a 1932 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Koko the Clown and Bimbo. The animated short is certainly one of the more surreal entries in the Betty Boop filmography. Plot Betty, Bimbo ...

'' (1932, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle ''Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle'' is a 1932 Fleischer Studios Betty Boop animated short, directed by Dave Fleischer. Betty's hula dance was a visual high point of this episode and appears to be closely modeled on the hula dancer that appeared in t ...

'' (1932, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Betty Boop's Ups and Downs ''Betty Boop's Ups and Downs'' is a 1932 Fleischer Studios animated short film, starring Betty Boop. The short subject makes light of the rash of foreclosures and property auctions in the economic turmoil of the Great Depression, together with ...

'' (1932, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Betty Boop for President'' (1932, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Betty Boop's Museum ''Betty Boop's Museum'' is a 1932 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick.Pointer (2017) She originally ...

'' (1932, Short) as Betty Boop / Big Lady / Mummy (voice, uncredited) * ''

Betty Boop's Ker-Choo ''Betty Boop's Ker-Choo'' is a 1932 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Koko the Clown and Bimbo. Plot Bimbo and Koko are among the contestants in a big auto race, where all the talking animals in Fleisch ...

'' (1933, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions'' (1933, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Is My Palm Read ''Is My Palm Read'' is a 1933 Pre-Code Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Koko the Clown and Bimbo. Plot Betty visits Bimbo the fortune teller for some advice, but Bimbo is only interested in making tim ...

'' (1933, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

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'' (1933, Short) as Betty Boop / Evil Queen (voice, uncredited) * '' Mother Goose Land'' (1933, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Betty Boop's Penthouse ''Betty Boop's Penthouse'' is a 1933 Fleischer Studios animated short film featuring Betty Boop Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick.Pointer (2017) She origin ...

'' (1933, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Popeye the Sailor'' (1933, Short) (voice, uncredited) * '' I Heard'' (1933, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''Morning, Moon and Night'' (1933, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party ''Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party'' is a 1933 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. Plot It is Halloween, and Jack Frost (in his ice-covered airplane) covers the fields with frost. A chilly scarecrow plucks a wind-blown p ...

'' (1933, Short) as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice, uncredited) * ''I Eats my Spinach'' (1933, Short) as Olive Oyl (voice, uncredited) * ''

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'' (1933, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''Sock-a-bye, Baby'' (1934, Short) as Baby (voice, uncredited) * '' Ha! Ha! Ha!'' (1934, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Betty in Blunderland'' (1934, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''Can You Take It'' (1934, Short) as Olive Oyl (voice, uncredited) * ''

Betty Boop's Rise to Fame ''Betty Boop's Rise to Fame'' is a 1934 Fleischer Studios animated short film, starring Betty Boop. Plot In a live action sequence, a reporter interviewing Max Fleischer asks him about Betty Boop. Max obligingly draws Betty "out of the inkwell ...

'' (1934, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Betty Boop's Trial ''Betty Boop's Trial'' is a 1934 Fleischer Studios animated short film, starring Betty Boop. Plot When handsome motorcycle police officer Freddy pursues Betty, she accidentally breaks the speed limit. Freddy is forced to arrest her and take her ...

'' (1934, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Betty Boop's Life Guard'' (1934, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' There's Something About a Soldier'' (1934, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Betty Boop's Little Pal ''Betty Boop's Little Pal'' is a 1934 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Pudgy the Puppy (in his first appearance). Plot Betty and her puppy Pudgy are on a picnic, but find it hard to enjoy the day when Pudg ...

'' (1934, Short) as Betty Boop, Pudgy (voice, uncredited) * ''

Betty Boop's Prize Show ''Betty Boop's Prize Show'' is a 1934 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. This is the second of a series of Betty Boop melodrama spoofs, which also included '' She Wronged Him Right'' (1934), ''No! No! A Thousand Times No!! ...

'' (1934, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Baby Be Good ''Baby Be Good'' is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. Synopsis Betty Boop is putting her nephew, Junior, to bed, but he is not ready to sleep. He jumps on the bed, then uses a tube of toothpaste to put stripes on t ...

'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Stop That Noise ''Stop That Noise'' is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick.Pointer (2017) She originally appear ...

'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''Pleased to Meet Cha!'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Swat the Fly'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''The 'Hip-Nut-Tist (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

'' (1935, Short) as The Woman in the Shoe (voice, uncredited) * ''

No! No! A Thousand Times No!! ''No! No! A Thousand Times No!!'' is a 1935 Fleischer Studio animated short film, starring Betty Boop. This is the third of a series of Betty Boop melodrama spoofs, which also included ''She Wronged Him Right'' (1934), ''Betty Boop's Prize Show'' ...

'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''Choose Your 'Weppins (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

A Little Soap and Water ''A Little Soap and Water'' is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick.Pointer (2017) She original ...

'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

A Language All My Own ''A Language All My Own'' is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. Synopsis Betty flies to Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the ...

'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Betty Boop and Grampy'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Making Stars ''Making Stars'' is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film, starring Betty Boop. The short contains one of the earliest clear examples of the oriental riff that would become popular as a leitmotif for Asian culture following the release of t ...

'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop / Babies (voice, uncredited) * ''Adventures with Popeye'' (1935, Short) as Olive Oyl (voice, uncredited) * ''The Spinach Overture'' (1935, Short) as Olive Oyl (voice, uncredited) * '' Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

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'' (1936, Short) as Olive Oyl (voice, uncredited) * '' Somewhere in Dreamland'' (1936, Short) as Mother / Boy / Girl (voice, uncredited) * ''

The Great Ziegfeld ''The Great Ziegfeld'' is a 1936 American musical drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Hunt Stromberg. It stars William Powell as the theatrical impresario Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld Jr., Luise Rainer as Anna Held, and Myrn ...

'' (1936) as Rosie (uncredited) * '' Be Human'' (1936, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Christmas Comes But Once a Year ''Christmas Comes But Once a Year'' is a 1936 animated short produced by Fleischer Studios and released on December 4, 1936 by Paramount Pictures. It is part of the '' Color Classics'' series. The cartoon features Professor Grampy, a character ...

'' (1936, Short) as Orphans (voice, uncredited) * '' Making Friends'' (1936, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''Bridge Ahoy!'' (1936, Short) as Olive Oyl (voice, uncredited) * '' House Cleaning Blues'' (1937, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Whoops! I'm a Cowboy ''Whoops! I'm a Cowboy!'' is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. Synopsis Betty's short weakling boyfriend Wiffle Piffle proposes to her. Betty turns him down, saying/singing she's only interested in a "bronco-bustin ...

'' (1937, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

The Hot Air Salesman ''The Hot Air Salesman'' is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop and featuring Wiffle Piffle. Synopsis Wiffle Piffle is an annoying door to door salesman, selling a variety of useless gadgets. As he cheerfully walks ...

'' (1937, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Bells Are Ringing'' (1960) as Olga (voice, uncredited) * '' A Majority of One'' (1961) as Essie Rubin * '' It's Only Money'' (1962) as Cecilia Albright * '' Funny Girl'' (1968) as Mrs. Strakosh * ''

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'' (1970) as Mrs. Katz * ''

'' (1983) as Helen Kane (voice, uncredited) * ''Commercial promoting the Popeye video game'' (1983) as Olive Oyl (voice, uncredited) * '' Hot Resort'' (1985) as Mrs. Labowitz * '' Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988) as Betty Boop (voice) * '' New York Stories'' (1989) as Mother (segment "Oedipus Wrecks") * '' National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'' (1989) as Bethany (final film role)

References

Notes

External links

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