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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.
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- The Best Popeye the Sailor Man Cartoons — Olive Oyl (voiice)2025
- Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer — Mother / Olive Oyl (voice) (archive sound)2024
- Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 3 — Betty Boop2014
- Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 4 — Betty Boop2014
- Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 1 — Betty Boop2013
- Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2 — Betty Boop2013
- Noveltoons: Original Classics — Little Audrey2012
- Casper The Friendly Ghost The Complete Collection 1945-1963 — Additional Voices2011
- Cartoon Alley2004
- Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons — Self / Betty Boop (archive footage)1995
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Mae Questel (September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998) was an American actress and vocal artist. Mae Questel was the woman behind the voice of Olive Oyl, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Little Audry, Little Lulu, and Betty Boop. Born in the Bronx in 1912, A competition that was held in the RKO Fordham Theater in order to select a young lady who could most successfully imitate Helen Kane's whiny neurotic baby talk act, already becoming famous for its tag line, "Boop-boop-be-doop. <a href="https://www.l
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mae
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1908-09-13
- date of death
- 1998-01-04
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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