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

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(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 ''

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'' (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

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. Although she wanted to be an entertainer, her parents, who were

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, 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 Helen Kane (born Helen Clare Schroeder, August 4, 1904 – September 26, 1966) was an American singer and actress. Her signature song was " I Wanna Be Loved by You" (1928), featured in the 1928 stage musical ''Good Boy''. The song was written for ...

. 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

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and others, as well as doing animal imitations. She was seen by animator

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, who was looking for an actress to provide the voice for his

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

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, 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 "

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" which sold more than two million copies. In 1988, she reprised her role as Betty Boop in a cameo appearance in ''

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'', 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

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as the voice of Popeye for a small number of cartoons, made when Mercer was temporarily drawn into war service, 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

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. 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 ''

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''. She provided the voice of

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

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'' series she voiced characters from the spin-offs ''

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'', ''

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'' 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 ''

''. In 1935, Mae Questel played the voice of the Woman in the Shoe in the

cartoon, '' The Kids in the Shoe''.

On-camera roles

Questel played a number of small parts, including appearing with

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as Betty Boop in the 1931 short ''

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'' 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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' ''

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'', one of

's mother's card-playing friends at the start of the film '' Funny Girl'' in 1968, and as the "Jewish Mama from Hell" in ''

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'' 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 ''

''. In 1973, Questel had a role in the short-lived

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'' The Corner Bar'', 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

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four times: * ''Doctor Social'' (1948) with

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* Leonard Spigelgass' '' A Majority of One'' (1959) with

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and

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– she reprised her role (as "Essie Rubin") in the

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* ''

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'' (1963) based on the novel by

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, with

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, Sylvia Sidney and

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and * ''

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'' (1964), the Walter Marks musical, starring

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, 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 Adlai Stevenson's campaign during the 1952 presidential election.

Death

Questel died on January 4, 1998, from complications related to

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at the age of 89 in her

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apartment. She was buried in New Montefiore Cemetery in

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Selected filmography

* ''

Silly Scandals ''Silly Scandals'' is a 1931 Fleischer Studios Talkartoon animated short film starring Bimbo and featuring Betty Boop. This short is the fifth animated short to feature Betty Boop and the first time she is known as Betty after previously being na ...

'' (1931, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''

Bimbo's Initiation ''Bimbo's Initiation'' is a 1931 Fleischer Studios Talkartoon animated short film starring Bimbo and featuring an early version of Betty Boop with a dog's ears and nose. It was the final Betty Boop cartoon to be animated by the character's co-cr ...

'' (1931, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Bimbo's Express'' (1931, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Minding the Baby'' (1931, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Kitty from Kansas City'' (1931, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Musical Justice'' (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) * ''

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'' (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 sta ...

'' (1932, Short) as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice, uncredited) * '' Betty Boop, M.D.'' (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 th ...

'' (1932, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Betty Boop's Ups and Downs'' (1932, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Betty Boop for President'' (1932, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Betty Boop's Museum'' (1932, Short) as Betty Boop / Big Lady / Mummy (voice, uncredited) * '' Betty Boop's Ker-Choo'' (1933, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions'' (1933, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Is My Palm Read'' (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 assisted by Koko the Clown and Bimbo. Plot At Bimbo's Experimental Laboratory, Bimbo and Koko concoct a variety of compounds and elixirs, including ...

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

Popeye the Sailor Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.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'' (1933, Short) as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice, uncredited) * ''I Eats my Spinach'' (1933, Short) as Olive Oyl (voice, uncredited) * '' The Old Man of the Mountain'' (1933, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * ''Sock-a-bye, Baby'' (1934, Short) as Baby (voice, uncredited) * ''

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

Betty in Blunderland ''Betty in Blunderland'' is a Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, which as released on the 6th of April in 1934. Also known as ''Betty in Flunkerland''. It is based on ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and ''Through the ...

'' (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" a ...

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

Betty Boop's Life Guard ''Betty Boop's Life Guard'' is a 1934 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. Plot Betty is spending the day at the beach, where her boyfriend Fearless Freddy works as a life guard. Betty is enjoying the ocean while floating i ...

'' (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 Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick.Pointer (2017) She origin ...

'' (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'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Stop That Noise'' (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) * '' The Kids in the Shoe'' (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'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' A Language All My Own'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Betty Boop and Grampy'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Making Stars'' (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 ''Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American'' is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Carl Anderson's Henry. The short was also released as ''Betty Boop with Henry''. Plot Betty runs the loca ...

'' (1935, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky'' (1936, Short) as Olive Oyl (voice, uncredited) * ''

Somewhere in Dreamland ''Somewhere in Dreamland'' is a 1936 animated short in Max Fleischer's Color Classics series. The film was produced by Max Fleischer, directed by Dave Fleischer, co-directed by Dawn Fleischer, and was animated by Fleischer veterans Seymour Kneite ...

'' (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 ...

'' (1936) as Rosie (uncredited) * '' Be Human'' (1936, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Christmas Comes But Once a Year'' (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 ''House Cleaning Blues'' is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Grampy. Synopsis Betty wakes up in the morning after her birthday party. The house is a shamble, and Betty is not looking forward to clea ...

'' (1937, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Whoops! I'm a Cowboy'' (1937, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' The Hot Air Salesman'' (1937, Short) as Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Bells Are Ringing'' (1960) as Olga (voice, uncredited) * '' A Majority of One'' (1961) as Essie Rubin * ''

'' (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 * ''

'' (1988) as Betty Boop (voice) * ''

'' (1989) as Mother (segment "Oedipus Wrecks") * ''

'' (1989) as Bethany (final film role)

References

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