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
New York Stories (1989)
as Mother
Funny Girl (1968)
as Mrs. Strakosh
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Betty Boop in 'Screen Snapshots' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Zelig (1983)
as Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)
It's Only Money (1962)
as Cecilia Albright
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
as Buzz (voice) (uncredited)
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988)
as Mae Questel
One Hour with You (1932)
as Office Worker (uncredited)
Boo Scout (1951)
as Billy (voice)
Wigwam Whoopee (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Puppet Love (1944)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Floor Flusher (1954)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Fowl Play (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hot Resort (1985)
as Mrs. Labowitz
A Majority of One (1961)
as Essie Rubin
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988)
as Self – Betty Boop (voice)
Fright to the Finish (1954)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Little Nobody (1935)
as Betty Boop / Mrs. Prissy / Pup Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Birds in the Spring (1933)
as Baby Birds (voice) (uncredited)
Abusement Park (1947)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995)
as Self / Betty Boop (archive footage)
Taxi-Turvy (1954)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Get Movin' (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Wayward (1932)
as Showgirl (uncredited)
Spooky Swabs (1957)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye's 20th Anniversary (1954)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Nearlyweds (1957)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Organ Grinder's Swing (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Dancing on the Moon (1935)
as Various (voice, uncredited)
Popeye the Sailor (1933)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Gabriel Churchkitten (1944)
as Peter (voice)
I'm in the Army Now (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Haul in One (1956)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hill-billing and Cooing (1956)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mousieur Herman (1955)
as Herman's Cousin
Popeye and the Giant (1960)
as Sea Hag (voice)
Brotherly Love (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I Never Changes My Altitude (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye's Service Station (1960)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I Likes Babies and Infinks (1937)
as Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
Be Human (1936)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Barking Dogs Don't Fite (1949)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Fit to Be Toyed (1959)
as J.G.'s Wife, Little Boy (voice) (uncredited)
Jeep Tale (1960)
as Swee'pea
Git Along Lil' Duckie (1955)
as Baby Huey's Mom
I Wanna Be a Life Guard (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1934)
as Olive Oyl / Nana Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and the Pirates (1947)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Casper's Spree Under the Sea (1950)
as Goldie the Goldfish(voice) (uncredited)
The Big Fun Carnival (1957)
as Betty Boop
Snow-White (1933)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Party Smarty (1951)
as Baby Huey's Mom
Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo (1944)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
You Gotta Be a Football Hero (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Crazytown (1954)
as Baby / Mother / People saying goodbye (uncredited)
Huey's Ducky Daddy (1953)
as Baby Huey's Mom
Kitty from Kansas City (1931)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
For Better or Worser (1935)
as Olive Oyl
Strong to the Finich (1934)
as Children (voice) (uncredited)
Silly Scandals (1931)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Morning, Noon and Night Club (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Penny Antics (1955)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Snow Place Like Home (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Scout Fellow (1951)
as Baby Huey's Mom
More Pep (1936)
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
Peep in the Deep (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Bridge Ahoy! (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Football Toucher Downer (1937)
as Young Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)
as Orphans (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (1932)
as Betty Boop
Beach Peach (1950)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go (1949)
as Casper / Ghost Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 3 (2014)
as Betty Boop
Quack-a Doodle-Doo (1950)
as Baby Huey's Mommy (voice) (uncredited)
Quick on the Vigor (1950)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mutiny Ain't Nice (1938)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I Don't Scare (1956)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
House Tricks? (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Training Pigeons (1936)
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
Private Eye Popeye (1954)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Clown on the Farm (1952)
as Baby Huey's Mother (voice)
Lunch with a Punch (1952)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Never Kick a Woman (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
To Boo or Not to Boo (1951)
as Lou / Ladies at Door (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Stalk Spinach (1951)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Royal Four-Flusher (1947)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
You're Not Built That Way (1936)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
I Yam Love Sick (1938)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Beaus Will Be Beaus (1955)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
King of the Mardi Gras (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I'll Be Skiing Ya (1947)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Learn Polikeness (1938)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Crazy-Town (1932)
as Betty Boop / Beauty Shop Customer 1 / Beauty Shop Customer 2 (voice) (uncredited)
Service with a Guile (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Betty Boop's Museum (1932)
as Betty Boop
Mother Goose Melodies (1931)
as Little Bo Peep / Lamb (voice) (uncredited)
Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hospitaliky (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933)
as Betty Boop (voice)
The Paneless Window Washer (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Hot Air Salesman (1937)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Olive Oyl for President (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Big Bad Sindbad (1952)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Old Man of the Mountain (1933)
as Betty Boop (singing voice)
All's Fair at the Fair (1947)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop and Grampy (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop with Henry the Funniest Living American (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
The Dance Contest (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Tar with a Star (1949)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer (2024)
as Mother / Olive Oyl (voice) (archive sound)
Penguin for Your Thoughts (1956)
as Baby Penguin
Popeye Makes a Movie (1950)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2 (2013)
as Betty Boop
Move (1970)
as Mrs. Katz
The House Builder-Upper (1938)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Hyp-Nut-Tist (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
No! No! A Thousand Times No!! (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Tops in the Big Top (1945)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
New Shoes (1936)
as Girl's Shoes (voice)
Gift of Gag (1955)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1932)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Chess-Nuts (1932)
as Betty Boop
The Spinach Roadster (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Sir Irving and Jeames (1956)
as Worthington (uncredited)
Making Friends (1936)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Just One More Chance (1932)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Time on My Hands (1932)
as Betty Boop
A Battery of Songs (1930)
Actor
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame (1934)
as Betty Boop
Planet Mouseola (1960)
as Mouse
The Farmer and the Belle (1950)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Safari So Good (1947)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Clean Shaven Man (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Be Up to Date (1938)
as Betty Boop
Hot Air Aces (1949)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Birthday Party (1933)
as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Celebrake (1938)
as Olive Oyl / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
Judge for a Day (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
A Little Soap and Water (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Wants a Battle (1953)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 1 (2013)
as Betty Boop
Happy You and Merry Me (1936)
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
A Bicep Built for Two (1955)
as Cute Kitty
Kitty Cornered (1955)
as Cuddles (voice) (uncredited)
We Aim to Please (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Admission Free (1932)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Pleased to Meet Cha! (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Kids in the Shoe (1935)
as Woman in the shoe
Bimbo's Initiation (1931)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
The Friendly Ghost (1945)
as Johnny (voice) (uncredited)
Grampy's Indoor Outing (1936)
as Betty Boop / Junior (voice)
Beware of Barnacle Bill (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Trial (1934)
as Betty Boop
Betty Boop's Penthouse (1933)
Actor
Ice Scream (1957)
as Billy (voice)
Ghost of the Town (1952)
as Baby / Kids (uncredited)
A Language All My Own (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Little Pal (1934)
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
From Mad to Worse (1957)
as Cute Kitty
A Date to Skate (1938)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Pudgy Picks a Fight (1937)
Actor
Santa's Surprise (1947)
as Little Audrey (voice) (uncredited)
The Betty Boop Limited (1932)
as Betty Boop (voice)
A Job for a Gob (1955)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
The Best Popeye the Sailor Man Cartoons (2025)
as Olive Oyl (voiice)
Casper The Friendly Ghost The Complete Collection 1945-1963 (2011)
as Additional Voices
Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh (1938)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop for President (1932)
as Betty Boop
Alpine for You (1951)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hold the Wire (1936)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I Eats My Spinach (1933)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Tears of an Onion (1938)
as Various Vegetables (voice) (uncredited)
Assault and Flattery (1956)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye for President (1956)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Somewhere in Dreamland (1936)
as Mother / Boy / Girl (voice)
The Island Fling (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Hector's Hectic Life (1948)
as Swedish Housekeeper - Puppies (voice)
Shiver Me Timbers! (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Bride and Gloom (1954)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Deep Boo Sea (1952)
as Billy / Billy's Brother's Friend (uncredited)
A Dream Walking (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Spinach Overture (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
When My Ship Comes In (1934)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Barbecue for Two (1960)
as Olive Oyl
Spinach vs Hamburgers (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Can You Take It (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I Heard (1933)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Service with a Smile (1937)
as Betty Boop
Buzzy Boop at the Concert (1938)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Be Kind to 'Aminals' (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Bunny Mooning (1937)
as Bunny (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 4 (2014)
as Betty Boop
Operation Ice-Tickle (1961)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Stork Raving Mad (1958)
as Baby / Mother
Land of Lost Watches (1951)
as Isabel / Rosita Wristwatch (voice)
House Cleaning Blues (1937)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
The Two-Alarm Fire (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Jumping with Toy (1957)
as Baby Huey's Mom (voice)
Romantic Melodies (1932)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Land of the Lost Jewels (1950)
as Isabel
Our Funny Finny Friends (1949)
as Carmen Miranda Fish (voice)
Parlez Vous Woo (1956)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
One Quack Mind (1951)
as Baby Huey's Mom
Cat In The Act (1957)
as Murgatroyd
Little Boo-Peep (1953)
Actor
Fun At The Fair (1952)
as Cow
Lost and Foundry (1937)
as Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye's Mirthday (1953)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Choose Your 'Weppins' (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Swab the Duck (1956)
as Ducklings
Betty boop "Is My Palm Read" (—)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Poop Goes the Weasel (1955)
as Wishbone (voice) (uncredited)
Talking Horse Sense (1959)
as Ethel (voice)
Betty Boop, M.D. (1932)
as Betty Boop
Noveltoons: Original Classics (2012)
as Little Audrey
Swimmer Take All (1952)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Fulla Bluff Man (1940)
as Cavewoman (voice)
The Cobweb Hotel (1936)
as Flies (voice)
The New Deal Show (1937)
as Betty Boop / Cats / Puppy (voice) (uncredited)
Hooky Spooky (1957)
as Little Ghosts' Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
Weight for Me (1961)
as Olive Oyl
The Lost Chick (1935)
as Squirrel Children (voice) (uncredited)
Ancient Fistory (1953)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Adventures of Popeye (1935)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Firemen's Brawl (1953)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop and Little Jimmy (1936)
as Betty Boop / Little Jimmy (voice) (uncredited)
She-Sick Sailors (1944)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Rodeo Romeo (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Out to Punch (1956)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Be Good (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Stop That Noise (1935)
as Betty Boop
Line of Screammage (1956)
as Billy / Neighborhood Kid / Tony's Friend (voice) (uncredited)
Is My Palm Read (1933)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Betty Boop's Prize Show (1934)
as Betty Boop
Shoein' Hosses (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Musical Doctor (1932)
as Nurse Clef
Hansel and Gretel (1958)
as Voice
We Did It (1936)
as Betty Boop / Pudgy / Kitten (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Ups and Downs (1932)
as Betty Boop
Minnie the Moocher (1932)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
The Crystal Brawl (1957)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Pest Pupil (1957)
as Baby Huey's Mommy (voice)
Zula Hula (1937)
as Betty Boop
Wotta Knight (1947)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Popeye's Premiere (1949)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Mister and Mistletoe (1955)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
There's Something About a Soldier (1934)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Snow Foolin' (1949)
as Hen / Mama Bird (voice) (uncredited)
The Fistic Mystic (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Little Swee'pea (1936)
as Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
Axe Me Another (1934)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Thrill of Fair (1951)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (1932)
as Betty Boop
Betty Boop's Big Boss (1933)
as Betty Boop
Shape Ahoy (1945)
as Olive Oyl / Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
A Balmy Swami (1949)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Plumbers Pipe Dream (1960)
as Olive Oyl
My Artistical Temperature (1937)
as Olive Oyl
Matinee Idol Popeye (1960)
as Olive Oyl (Voice)
Frightday the 13th (1953)
as Lucky (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop and the Little King (1936)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Mess Production (1945)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Cookin' with Gags (1955)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mother Goose Land (1933)
as Betty Boop
Lumberjack and Jill (1949)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Miners Forty Niners (1951)
as Gold Digger / Clementine
Rocket to Mars (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Teacher's Pest (1950)
as Junior's Mother / Worm (voice)
Protek the Weakerist (1937)
as Olive Oyl
Ha! Ha! Ha! (1934)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
The Impractical Joker (1937)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Toreadorable (1953)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Owly to Bed (1959)
as Hootie the Baby Owl (voice) (uncredited)
For Better or Nurse (1945)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Klondike Casanova (1946)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Just a Gigolo (1932)
as Betty Boop
Taking the Blame (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Child Sockology (1953)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Minding the Baby (1931)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Rudy Vallee Melodies (1932)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Spinach Packin' Popeye (1944)
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Pig-a-Boo (1952)
as Junior Pig / Mama Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Silly Hillbilly (1949)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Candid Candidate (1937)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Stopping the Show (1932)
as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
Pre-Hysterical Man (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Starting from Hatch (1953)
as Baby Huey's Mom
Law and Audrey (1952)
as Little Audrey (voice)
Robin Hood-Winked (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Vacation with Play (1951)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Trouble Date (1960)
as Cuddles
Gym Jam (1950)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Seeing Double (1960)
as Olive Oyl(voice)
Pudgy the Watchman (1938)
as Betty Boop
Felineous Assault (1959)
as Kitnip
The Seapreme Court (1954)
as Little Audrey / Little Fishes (voice) (uncredited)
Of Mice and Magic (1953)
as Louise the Mouse (voice)
Hits and Missiles (1960)
as Olive Oyl
Keep in Style (1934)
as Betty Boop
Dutch Treat (1956)
as Hans (voice) (uncredited)
Symphony in Spinach (1948)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Spinach Greetings (1960)
as Olive Oyl
The Twisker Pitcher (1937)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Bimbo's Express (1931)
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Swat the Fly (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice)
Tweet Music (1951)
as Little Eagle / Ostrich
Jitterbug Jive (1950)
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Making Stars (1935)
as Betty Boop (voice)
The Foxy Hunter (1937)
as Betty Boop
Riding the Rails (1938)
as Betty Boop
Counter Attack (1960)
as Mouse
Flip Flap (1948)
as Flip-Flap (voice)