Mae Questel
Known for
Acting
Life
1908 – 1998 (aged 89)
Born in
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
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Biography
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
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
22 Jun 1988
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
30 Nov 1989
Zelig
15 Jul 1983
Funny Girl
19 Sep 1968
Popeye the Sailor
10 Jun 1960
New York Stories
10 Mar 1989
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
27 Nov 1936
Snow-White
01 Aug 1933
Filmography
2025
- The Best Popeye the Sailor Man Cartoonsas Olive Oyl (voiice)
2014
- Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 4as Betty Boop
- Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 3as Betty Boop
2013
- Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2as Betty Boop
- Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 1as Betty Boop
2012
- Noveltoons: Original Classicsas Little Audrey
2011
- Casper The Friendly Ghost The Complete Collection 1945-1963as Additional Voices
2004
- Cartoon Alley1 episode
1989
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacationas Aunt Bethany
- New York Storiesas Mother
1988
- Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitzas Mae Questel
- Who Framed Roger Rabbitas Betty Boop (voice)
1985
- Hot Resortas Mrs. Labowitz
1983
- Zeligas Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footageas Betty Boop in 'Screen Snapshots' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970
- Moveas Mrs. Katz
1968
- Funny Girlas Mrs. Strakosh
1962
- It's Only Moneyas Cecilia Albright
1961
- A Majority of Oneas Essie Rubin
- Operation Ice-Tickleas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Weight for Meas Olive Oyl
1960
- Spinach Greetingsas Olive Oyl
- Seeing Doubleas Olive Oyl(voice)
- Barbecue for Twoas Olive Oyl
- Planet Mouseolaas Mouse
- Plumbers Pipe Dreamas Olive Oyl
- Hits and Missilesas Olive Oyl
- Counter Attackas Mouse
- Popeye the Sailoras Olive Oyl (voice)220 episodes
- Trouble Dateas Cuddles
- Jeep Taleas Swee'pea
- Popeye and the Giantas Sea Hag (voice)
- Popeye's Service Stationas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Matinee Idol Popeyeas Olive Oyl (Voice)
1959
- Talking Horse Senseas Ethel (voice)
- Fit to Be Toyedas J.G.'s Wife, Little Boy (voice) (uncredited)
- Felineous Assaultas Kitnip
- Owly to Bedas Hootie the Baby Owl (voice) (uncredited)
1958
- 77 Sunset Strip1 episode
- Stork Raving Madas Baby
- Naked Cityas Mrs. Annette Faber1 episode
- Hansel and Gretelas Voice
1957
- Jumping with Toyas Baby Huey's Mom (voice)
- Ice Screamas Billy (voice)
- From Mad to Worseas Cute Kitty
- Spooky Swabsas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Hooky Spookyas Little Ghosts' Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
- The Crystal Brawlas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Cat In The Actas Murgatroyd
- Nearlywedsas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Pest Pupilas Baby Huey's Mommy (voice)
- The Big Fun Carnivalas Betty Boop
1956
- A Haul in Oneas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- I Don't Scareas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Sir Irving and Jeamesas Worthington (uncredited)
- Parlez Vous Wooas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Line of Screammageas Billy
- Assault and Flatteryas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Penguin for Your Thoughtsas Baby Penguin
- Out to Punchas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Swab the Duckas Ducklings
- Dutch Treatas Hans (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye for Presidentas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Hill-billing and Cooingas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1955
- Kitty Corneredas Cuddles (voice) (uncredited)
- A Job for a Gobas Olive Oyl (voice)
- Mousieur Hermanas Herman's Cousin
- Mister and Mistletoeas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Poop Goes the Weaselas Wishbone (voice) (uncredited)
- Gift of Gagas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Beaus Will Be Beausas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- A Bicep Built for Twoas Cute Kitty
- Git Along Lil' Duckieas Baby Huey's Mom
- Penny Anticsas Olive Oyl (voice)
- Cookin' with Gagsas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1954
- Private Eye Popeyeas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Fright to the Finishas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Bride and Gloomas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Taxi-Turvyas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye's 20th Anniversaryas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Crazytownas Baby
- The Seapreme Courtas Little Audrey
- Floor Flusheras Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1953
- Huey's Ducky Daddyas Baby Huey's Mom
- Little Boo-Peep
- Firemen's Brawlas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Baby Wants a Battleas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Toreadorableas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye's Mirthdayas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Child Sockologyas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Starting from Hatchas Baby Huey's Mom
- Of Mice and Magicas Louise the Mouse (voice)
- Frightday the 13thas Lucky (voice) (uncredited)
- Ancient Fistoryas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1952
- Big Bad Sindbadas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Pig-a-Booas Junior Pig
- Clown on the Farmas Baby Huey's Mother (voice)
- Law and Audreyas Little Audrey (voice)
- Swimmer Take Allas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Fun At The Fairas Cow
- Ghost of the Townas Baby
- Lunch with a Punchas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- The Deep Boo Seaas Billy
1951
- Scout Fellowas Baby Huey's Mom
- Let's Stalk Spinachas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Party Smartyas Baby Huey's Mom
- Boo Scoutas Billy (voice)
- To Boo or Not to Booas Lou
- Alpine for Youas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Miners Forty Ninersas Gold Digger
- Land of Lost Watchesas Isabel
- Thrill of Fairas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Tweet Musicas Little Eagle
- Vacation with Playas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- One Quack Mindas Baby Huey's Mom
1950
- The Farmer and the Belleas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Casper's Spree Under the Seaas Goldie the Goldfish(voice) (uncredited)
- Casper the Friendly Ghostas Lou1 episode
- Quick on the Vigoras Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye Makes a Movieas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Jitterbug Jiveas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Beach Peachas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Teacher's Pestas Junior's Mother
- Gym Jamas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Quack-a Doodle-Dooas Baby Huey's Mommy (voice) (uncredited)
- Land of the Lost Jewelsas Isabel
1949
- Snow Foolin'as Hen
- Barking Dogs Don't Fiteas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Silly Hillbillyas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Our Funny Finny Friendsas Carmen Miranda Fish (voice)
- Tar with a Staras Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- A Balmy Swamias Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Hot Air Acesas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Lumberjack and Jillas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- A-Haunting We Will Goas Casper
- Popeye's Premiereas Olive Oyl (voice)
1948
- Symphony in Spinachas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Hector's Hectic Lifeas Swedish Housekeeper - Puppies (voice)
- Robin Hood-Winkedas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Snow Place Like Homeas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Spinach vs Hamburgersas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- A Wolf in Sheik's Clothingas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Pre-Hysterical Manas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Wigwam Whoopeeas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Flip Flapas Flip-Flap (voice)
- Olive Oyl for Presidentas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1947
- All's Fair at the Fairas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Santa's Surpriseas Little Audrey (voice) (uncredited)
- Safari So Goodas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Wotta Knightas Olive Oyl (voice)
- The Royal Four-Flusheras Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye and the Piratesas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- I'll Be Skiing Yaas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Abusement Parkas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1946
- The Island Flingas Olive Oyl (voice)
- The Fistic Mysticas Olive Oyl (voice)
- Rodeo Romeoas Olive Oyl (voice)
- Rocket to Marsas Olive Oyl (voice)
- Peep in the Deepas Olive Oyl (voice)
- Klondike Casanovaas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Service with a Guileas Olive Oyl (voice)
- House Tricks?as Olive Oyl (voice)
1945
- The Friendly Ghostas Johnny (voice) (uncredited)
- Mess Productionas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- For Better or Nurseas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Shape Ahoyas Olive Oyl
- Tops in the Big Topas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1944
- Gabriel Churchkittenas Peter (voice)
- She-Sick Sailorsas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Pitchin' Woo at the Zooas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Puppet Loveas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Spinach Packin' Popeyeas Olive Oyl (voice)
1941
- Mr. Bug Goes to Townas Buzz (voice) (uncredited)
1940
- The Fulla Bluff Manas Cavewoman (voice)
1938
- A Date to Skateas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Mutiny Ain't Niceas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Buzzy Boop at the Concertas Betty Boop (voice)
- Pudgy the Watchmanas Betty Boop
- I Yam Love Sickas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ughas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- The House Builder-Upperas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- The Tears of an Onionas Various Vegetables (voice) (uncredited)
- Be Up to Dateas Betty Boop
- Learn Polikenessas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Riding the Railsas Betty Boop
- Let's Celebrakeas Olive Oyl
1937
- Zula Hulaas Betty Boop
- Fowl Playas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thievesas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- The Foxy Hunteras Betty Boop
- Protek the Weakeristas Olive Oyl
- The New Deal Showas Betty Boop
- The Football Toucher Downeras Young Olive Oyl
- Service with a Smileas Betty Boop
- I Likes Babies and Infinksas Olive Oyl
- The Candid Candidateas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- I Never Changes My Altitudeas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Lost and Foundryas Olive Oyl
- The Impractical Jokeras Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Morning, Noon and Night Clubas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- The Twisker Pitcheras Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Pudgy Picks a Fight
- Hospitalikyas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- My Artistical Temperatureas Olive Oyl
- The Hot Air Salesmanas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Organ Grinder's Swingas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Bunny Mooningas Bunny (voice) (uncredited)
- The Paneless Window Washeras Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- House Cleaning Bluesas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1936
- I'm in the Army Nowas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Making Friendsas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Christmas Comes But Once a Yearas Orphans (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailoras Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- The Spinach Roadsteras Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Be Humanas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Hold the Wireas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Grampy's Indoor Outingas Betty Boop
- Little Swee'peaas Olive Oyl
- Training Pigeonsas Betty Boop
- New Shoesas Girl's Shoes (voice)
- Never Kick a Womanas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Happy You and Merry Meas Betty Boop
- Let's Get Movin'as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- You're Not Built That Wayas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- I Wanna Be a Life Guardas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- More Pepas Betty Boop
- The Cobweb Hotelas Flies (voice)
- Bridge Ahoy!as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- We Did Itas Betty Boop
- I-Ski Love-Ski You-Skias Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop and Little Jimmyas Betty Boop
- Brotherly Loveas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- A Clean Shaven Manas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop and the Little Kingas Betty Boop (voice)
- Somewhere in Dreamlandas Mother
- Vim, Vigor and Vitalikyas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1935
- Little Nobodyas Betty Boop
- Betty Boop with Henry the Funniest Living Americanas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- The Spinach Overtureas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Adventures of Popeyeas Olive Oyl (voice)
- Making Starsas Betty Boop (voice)
- King of the Mardi Grasas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Judge for a Dayas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- You Gotta Be a Football Heroas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop and Grampyas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- A Language All My Ownas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Dancing on the Moonas Various (voice, uncredited)
- For Better or Worseras Olive Oyl
- A Little Soap and Wateras Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Choose Your 'Weppins'as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- No! No! A Thousand Times No!!as Betty Boop (voice)
- The Kids in the Shoeas Woman in the shoe
- The Hyp-Nut-Tistas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Swat the Flyas Betty Boop (voice)
- Pleased to Meet Cha!as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Stop That Noiseas Betty Boop
- The Lost Chickas Squirrel Children (voice) (uncredited)
- Be Kind to 'Aminals'as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Taking the Blameas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Beware of Barnacle Billas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Baby Be Goodas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1934
- We Aim to Pleaseas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- When My Ship Comes Inas Betty Boop (voice)
- The Dance Contestas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Keep in Styleas Betty Boop
- The Two-Alarm Fireas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop's Prize Showas Betty Boop
- A Dream Walkingas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop's Little Palas Betty Boop
- Axe Me Anotheras Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- There's Something About a Soldieras Betty Boop (voice)
- Shiver Me Timbers!as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Strong to the Finichas Children (voice) (uncredited)
- Can You Take Itas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop's Trialas Betty Boop
- Shoein' Hossesas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop's Rise to Fameas Betty Boop
- The Man on the Flying Trapezeas Olive Oyl
- Ha! Ha! Ha!as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1933
- I Eats My Spinachas Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- I Heardas Betty Boop (voice)
- The Old Man of the Mountainas Betty Boop (singing voice)
- Snow-Whiteas Betty Boop (voice)
- Popeye the Sailoras Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Mother Goose Landas Betty Boop
- Betty Boop's Big Bossas Betty Boop
- Betty Boop's Birthday Partyas Betty Boop
- Birds in the Springas Baby Birds (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop's Penthouse
- Is My Palm Readas Betty Boop (voice)
- Betty Boop's Crazy Inventionsas Betty Boop (voice)
1932
- Time on My Handsas Betty Boop
- Betty Boop's Museumas Betty Boop
- Betty Boop for Presidentas Betty Boop
- The Musical Doctoras Nurse Clef
- Romantic Melodiesas Betty Boop (voice)
- Betty Boop's Ups and Downsas Betty Boop
- Betty Boop's Bamboo Isleas Betty Boop
- Just a Gigoloas Betty Boop
- Betty Boop, M.D.as Betty Boop
- Stopping the Showas Betty Boop
- Rudy Vallee Melodiesas Betty Boop (voice)
- The Betty Boop Limitedas Betty Boop (voice)
- Admission Freeas Betty Boop (voice)
- Let Me Call You Sweetheartas Betty Boop (voice)
- Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morningas Betty Boop
- Chess-Nutsas Betty Boop
- Just One More Chanceas Betty Boop (voice)
- Crazy-Townas Betty Boop
- One Hour with Youas Office Worker (uncredited)
- Minnie the Moocheras Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Waywardas Showgirl (uncredited)
1931
- Kitty from Kansas Cityas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Minding the Babyas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Bimbo's Expressas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Bimbo's Initiationas Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Silly Scandalsas Betty Boop (voice)
- Mother Goose Melodiesas Little Bo Peep