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Beatrice "Bea" Benaderet (April 4, 1906 – October 13, 1968) was an American actress born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, California. She appeared in a wide variety of television work, which included a starring role in the 1960s television series Petticoat Junction and Green Acres as Shady Rest Hotel owner Kate Bradley, supporting roles as Blanche Morton in The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and as the voice of Betty Rubble during the first four seasons of The Flintstones, and in The Beverly Hillbillies as Pearl Bodine. She did a great deal of voice work in Warner Bros. animated cartoons of the 1940s/50s.
Benaderet's father Samuel was a Turkish emigrant, and her mother, Margaret (née O'Keefe) was Irish-American. Their daughter first received notice for her radio work in the 1940s playing Millicent Carstairs on Fibber McGee & Molly, telephone operator Gertrude Gearshift (and many other roles) on The Jack Benny Program, school principal Eve Goodwin on The Great Gildersleeve, and appeared on the occasional Amos 'n Andy radio show, usually as a store clerk attempting to assist Andy and Kingfish in a purchase. During this period, Benaderet had two children, Jack and Maggie, from her marriage to actor Jim Bannon.
THE DEATH OF BEA BENADERET
Password - Bea Benaderet & Eddie Albert (13 Sep. 1966)
Password -- Bea Benaderet/Eddie Albert -- Celeb accidently said the word & clueless on the word
Bea Benaderet An American Actress
Bea Benaderet
Petticoat Junction - Kate's Homecoming - S5 E30 - Part 1
BEA BENADERET DEATH CERTIFICATE
Curt Massey - Petticoat Junction (Theme from the CBS television production)
THE GRAVES OF ACTRESSES
Bea Benaderet ID 123474