Birthday:
Sep 13, 1908
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Mae Questel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Betty Boop (voice) | 1988 |
| Cookin' with Gags | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1955 |
| The Farmer and the Belle | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Alpine for You | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Olive Oyl for President | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Firemen's Brawl | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1953 |
| Wigwam Whoopee | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1948 |
| A Bicep Built for Two | Cute Kitty | 1955 |
| Mousieur Herman | Herman's Cousin | 1955 |
| Cat In The Act | Murgatroyd | 1957 |
| From Mad to Worse | Cute Kitty | 1957 |
| Felineous Assault | Kitnip | 1959 |
| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Aunt Bethany | 1989 |
| Fun At The Fair | Cow | 1952 |
| Planet Mouseola | Mouse | 1960 |
| Trouble Date | Cuddles | 1960 |
| Talking Horse Sense | Ethel (voice) | 1959 |
| Tweet Music | Little Eagle / Ostrich | 1951 |
| Miners Forty Niners | Gold Digger / Clementine | 1951 |
| Land of Lost Watches | Isabel / Rosita Wristwatch (voice) | 1951 |
| Stork Raving Mad | Baby / Mother | 1958 |
| Counter Attack | Mouse | 1960 |
| The Cobweb Hotel | Flies (voice) | 1936 |
| Big Bad Sindbad | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Child Sockology | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1953 |
| Beaus Will Be Beaus | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Swimmer Take All | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Quick on the Vigor | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Thrill of Fair | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Vacation with Play | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Jitterbug Jive | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Let's Stalk Spinach | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Popeye Makes a Movie | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Lunch with a Punch | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Beach Peach | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Gym Jam | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Snow Place Like Home | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Barking Dogs Don't Fite | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1949 |
| It's Only Money | Cecilia Albright | 1962 |
| Ice Scream | Billy (voice) | 1957 |
| Popeye and the Giant | Sea Hag (voice) | 1960 |
| One Hour with You | Office Worker (uncredited) | 1932 |
| The Lost Chick | Squirrel Children (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Funny Girl | Mrs. Strakosh | 1968 |
| House Cleaning Blues | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| The Impractical Joker | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| For Better or Nurse | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Shape Ahoy | Olive Oyl / Popeye (voice) (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Mess Production | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Barbecue for Two | Olive Oyl | 1960 |
| New York Stories | Mother | 1989 |
| Taking the Blame | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| The Candid Candidate | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Hansel and Gretel | Voice | 1958 |
| Training Pigeons | Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Mister and Mistletoe | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Tops in the Big Top | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Quack-a Doodle-Doo | Baby Huey's Mommy (voice) (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Spinach Packin' Popeye | Olive Oyl (voice) | 1944 |
| I Don't Scare | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1956 |
| The Friendly Ghost | Johnny (voice) (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Snow-White | Betty Boop (voice) | 1933 |
| Time on My Hands | Betty Boop | 1932 |
| The Kids in the Shoe | Woman in the shoe | 1935 |
| Be Human | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Let Me Call You Sweetheart | Betty Boop (voice) | 1932 |
| Silly Scandals | Betty Boop (voice) | 1931 |
| Rudy Vallee Melodies | Betty Boop (voice) | 1932 |
| Romantic Melodies | Betty Boop (voice) | 1932 |
| Betty Boop's Museum | Betty Boop | 1932 |
| Mother Goose Land | Betty Boop | 1933 |
| A Majority of One | Essie Rubin | 1961 |
| Bimbo's Initiation | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1931 |
| Flip Flap | Flip-Flap (voice) | 1948 |
| A-Haunting We Will Go | Casper / Ghost Teacher (voice) (uncredited) | 1949 |
| A Haul in One | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1956 |
| Assault and Flattery | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1956 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Betty Boop in 'Screen Snapshots' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983 |
| The Paneless Window Washer | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Floor Flusher | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1954 |
| You're Not Built That Way | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Pudgy Picks a Fight | 1937 | |
| Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self / Betty Boop (archive footage) | 1995 |
| The Old Man of the Mountain | Betty Boop (singing voice) | 1933 |
| The Tears of an Onion | Various Vegetables (voice) (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town | Self | 1988 |
| Betty Boop's Rise to Fame | Betty Boop | 1934 |
| Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle | Betty Boop | 1932 |
| Chess-Nuts | Betty Boop | 1932 |
| A Job for a Gob | Olive Oyl (voice) | 1955 |
| Swat the Fly | Betty Boop (voice) | 1935 |
| Penny Antics | Olive Oyl (voice) | 1955 |
| Clown on the Farm | Baby Huey's Mother (voice) | 1952 |
| Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz | Mae Questel | 1988 |
| No! No! A Thousand Times No!! | Betty Boop (voice) | 1935 |
| Popeye the Sailor | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1933 |
| Starting from Hatch | Baby Huey's Mom | 1953 |
| Scout Fellow | Baby Huey's Mom | 1951 |
| Huey's Ducky Daddy | Baby Huey's Mom | 1953 |
| Git Along Lil' Duckie | Baby Huey's Mom | 1955 |
| One Quack Mind | Baby Huey's Mom | 1951 |
| Party Smarty | Baby Huey's Mom | 1951 |
| Private Eye Popeye | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1954 |
| Popeye's Service Station | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1960 |
| To Boo or Not to Boo | Lou / Ladies at Door (voice) (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Frightday the 13th | Lucky (voice) (uncredited) | 1953 |
| The Deep Boo Sea | Billy / Billy's Brother's Friend (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Ghost of the Town | Baby / Kids (uncredited) | 1952 |
| I Yam Love Sick | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Is My Palm Read | Betty Boop | 1933 |
| For Better or Worser | Olive Oyl | 1935 |
| Bridge Ahoy! | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Brotherly Love | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| A Clean Shaven Man | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Betty Boop's Birthday Party | Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited) | 1933 |
| I Wanna Be a Life Guard | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Choose Your 'Weppins' | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| The Seapreme Court | Little Audrey / Little Fishes (voice) (uncredited) | 1954 |
| Let's Get Movin' | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Betty Boop's Ups and Downs | Betty Boop | 1932 |
| Crazy-Town | Betty Boop / Beauty Shop Customer 1 / Beauty Shop Customer 2 (voice) (uncredited) | 1932 |
| Kitty Cornered | Cuddles (voice) (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Jumping with Toy | Baby Huey's Mom (voice) | 1957 |
| Pest Pupil | Baby Huey's Mommy (voice) | 1957 |
| Gabriel Churchkitten | Peter (voice) | 1944 |
| The Two-Alarm Fire | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1934 |
| Stopping the Show | Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited) | 1932 |
| Never Kick a Woman | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Bimbo's Express | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1931 |
| Betty Boop, M.D. | Betty Boop | 1932 |
| Little Swee'pea | Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Hold the Wire | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Betty Boop for President | Betty Boop | 1932 |
| Betty Boop's Big Boss | Betty Boop | 1933 |
| Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning | Betty Boop | 1932 |
| I'm in the Army Now | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| The Spinach Roadster | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Spinach vs Hamburgers | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Silly Hillbilly | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1949 |
| Baby Wants a Battle | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1953 |
| Betty Boop's Penthouse | 1933 | |
| Organ Grinder's Swing | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| More Pep | Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| The Dance Contest | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1934 |
| We Aim to Please | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1934 |
| Be Kind to 'Aminals' | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Beware of Barnacle Bill | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Betty Boop and the Little King | Betty Boop (voice) | 1936 |
| Pleased to Meet Cha! | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Zelig | Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited) | 1983 |
| Swab the Duck | Ducklings | 1956 |
| You Gotta Be a Football Hero | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Poop Goes the Weasel | Wishbone (voice) (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Popeye's Mirthday | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1953 |
| Taxi-Turvy | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1954 |
| Popeye's 20th Anniversary | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1954 |
| Toreadorable | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1953 |
| Hector's Hectic Life | Swedish Housekeeper - Puppies (voice) | 1948 |
| Operation Ice-Tickle | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1961 |
| Minnie the Moocher | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1932 |
| Betty Boop's Trial | Betty Boop | 1934 |
| The Big Fun Carnival | Betty Boop | 1957 |
| Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Adventures of Popeye | Olive Oyl (voice) | 1935 |
| The Foxy Hunter | Betty Boop | 1937 |
| The Spinach Overture | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| King of the Mardi Gras | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Service with a Smile | Betty Boop | 1937 |
| A Battery of Songs | 1930 | |
| Betty Boop's Little Pal | Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited) | 1934 |
| My Artistical Temperature | Olive Oyl | 1937 |
| The Twisker Pitcher | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Betty Boop's Prize Show | Betty Boop | 1934 |
| Mutiny Ain't Nice | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Hospitaliky | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Nearlyweds | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Spooky Swabs | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Hill-billing and Cooing | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1956 |
| Teacher's Pest | Junior's Mother / Worm (voice) | 1950 |
| Pudgy the Watchman | Betty Boop | 1938 |
| Stop That Noise | Betty Boop | 1935 |
| The New Deal Show | Betty Boop / Cats / Puppy (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Shiver Me Timbers! | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1934 |
| Can You Take It | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1934 |
| The Betty Boop Limited | Betty Boop (voice) | 1932 |
| Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer | Mother / Olive Oyl (voice) | 2024 |
| Ancient Fistory | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1953 |
| Riding the Rails | Betty Boop | 1938 |
| Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| I Likes Babies and Infinks | Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Dutch Treat | Hans (voice) (uncredited) | 1956 |
| Law and Audrey | Little Audrey (voice) | 1952 |
| Wayward | Showgirl (uncredited) | 1932 |
| I Never Changes My Altitude | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Keep in Style | Betty Boop | 1934 |
| Betty Boop and Grampy | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| I Heard | Betty Boop (voice) | 1933 |
| Learn Polikeness | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Let's Celebrake | Olive Oyl / Grandma (voice) (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Fowl Play | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| I Eats My Spinach | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1933 |
| A Dream Walking | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1934 |
| Axe Me Another | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1934 |
| The Football Toucher Downer | Young Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Ha! Ha! Ha! | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1934 |
| Be Up to Date | Betty Boop | 1938 |
| Zula Hula | Betty Boop | 1937 |
| Protek the Weakerist | Olive Oyl | 1937 |
| When My Ship Comes In | Betty Boop (voice) | 1934 |
| Crazytown | Baby / Mother / People saying goodbye (uncredited) | 1954 |
| Just One More Chance | Betty Boop (voice) | 1932 |
| Fright to the Finish | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1954 |
| All's Fair at the Fair | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Shoein' Hosses | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1934 |
| The Man on the Flying Trapeze | Olive Oyl / Nana Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1934 |
| There's Something About a Soldier | Betty Boop (voice) | 1934 |
| Out to Punch | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1956 |
| She-Sick Sailors | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Bride and Gloom | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1954 |
| Parlez Vous Woo | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1956 |
| Just a Gigolo | Betty Boop | 1932 |
| I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Minding the Baby | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1931 |
| Hot Resort | Mrs. Labowitz | 1985 |
| Christmas Comes But Once a Year | Orphans (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions | Betty Boop (voice) | 1933 |
| New Shoes | Girl's Shoes (voice) | 1936 |
| Hooky Spooky | Little Ghosts' Teacher (voice) (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Puppet Love | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Penguin for Your Thoughts | Baby Penguin | 1956 |
| Boo Scout | Billy (voice) | 1951 |
| Kitty from Kansas City | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1931 |
| Baby Be Good | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| The House Builder-Upper | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1938 |
| A Date to Skate | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Santa's Surprise | Little Audrey (voice) (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Gift of Gag | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1955 |
| House Tricks? | Olive Oyl (voice) | 1946 |
| Move | Mrs. Katz | 1970 |
| Mother Goose Melodies | Little Bo Peep / Lamb (voice) (uncredited) | 1931 |
| Buzzy Boop at the Concert | Betty Boop (voice) | 1938 |
| Bunny Mooning | Bunny (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Betty Boop and Little Jimmy | Betty Boop / Little Jimmy (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| The Musical Doctor | Nurse Clef | 1932 |
| Line of Screammage | Billy / Neighborhood Kid / Tony's Friend (voice) (uncredited) | 1956 |
| Dancing on the Moon | Various (voice, uncredited) | 1935 |
| Land of the Lost Jewels | Isabel | 1950 |
| Popeye for President | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1956 |
| Birds in the Spring | Baby Birds (voice) (uncredited) | 1933 |
| The Crystal Brawl | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1957 |
| The Hyp-Nut-Tist | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Fit to Be Toyed | J.G.'s Wife, Little Boy (voice) (uncredited) | 1959 |
| Lumberjack and Jill | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1949 |
| I'll Be Skiing Ya | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1947 |
| A Balmy Swami | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1949 |
| Symphony in Spinach | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Hot Air Aces | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1949 |
| Robin Hood-Winked | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Tar with a Star | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1949 |
| Pre-Hysterical Man | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Strong to the Finich | Children (voice) (uncredited) | 1934 |
| Lost and Foundry | Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Morning, Noon and Night Club | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Somewhere in Dreamland | Mother / Boy / Girl (voice) | 1936 |
| Abusement Park | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1947 |
| The Royal Four-Flusher | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1947 |
| The Island Fling | Olive Oyl (voice) | 1946 |
| Popeye and the Pirates | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Wotta Knight | Olive Oyl (voice) | 1947 |
| Peep in the Deep | Olive Oyl (voice) | 1946 |
| Service with a Guile | Olive Oyl (voice) | 1946 |
| Rocket to Mars | Olive Oyl (voice) | 1946 |
| The Fistic Mystic | Olive Oyl (voice) | 1946 |
| Safari So Good | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Rodeo Romeo | Olive Oyl (voice) | 1946 |
| Klondike Casanova | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1946 |
| A Little Soap and Water | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Popeye's Premiere | Olive Oyl (voice) | 1949 |
| Grampy's Indoor Outing | Betty Boop / Junior (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Making Friends | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Happy You and Merry Me | Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Spinach Greetings | Olive Oyl | 1960 |
| The Fulla Bluff Man | Cavewoman (voice) | 1940 |
| Matinee Idol Popeye | Olive Oyl (Voice) | 1960 |
| Weight for Me | Olive Oyl | 1961 |
| Little Nobody | Betty Boop / Mrs. Prissy / Pup Voices (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| The Hot Air Salesman | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Hits and Missiles | Olive Oyl | 1960 |
| Jeep Tale | Swee'pea | 1960 |
| Plumbers Pipe Dream | Olive Oyl | 1960 |
| A Language All My Own | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Judge for a Day | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) | 1935 |
| We Did It | Betty Boop / Pudgy / Kitten (voice) (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Seeing Double | Olive Oyl(voice) | 1960 |
| Owly to Bed | Hootie the Baby Owl (voice) (uncredited) | 1959 |
| Sir Irving and Jeames | Worthington (uncredited) | 1956 |
| Mr. Bug Goes to Town | Buzz (voice) (uncredited) | 1941 | Series | Cast | Year |
| 77 Sunset Strip | 1958 | |
| Naked City | Mrs. Annette Faber | 1958 |
| Cartoon Alley | 2004 | |
| Popeye the Sailor | Olive Oyl (voice) | 1960 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962 |
