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.

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

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'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Zemeckis
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Christopher Lloyd  •  Joanna Cassidy  •  Charles Fleischer

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Zemeckis
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Christopher Lloyd  •  Joanna Cassidy  •  Charles Fleischer

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

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It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremiah S. Chechik
CAST:  Chevy Chase  •  Beverly D'Angelo  •  Juliette Lewis  •  Johnny Galecki

It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremiah S. Chechik
CAST:  Chevy Chase  •  Beverly D'Angelo  •  Juliette Lewis  •  Johnny Galecki

New York Stories (1989)

Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories features the creative collaboration of three of America's most popular directors, Martin Scorsese, Francis Coppola, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Scorsese  •  Woody Allen  •  Francis Ford Coppola
CAST:  Woody Allen  •  Marvin Chatinover  •  Mae Questel  •  Mia Farrow

Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories features the creative collaboration of three of America's most popular directors, Martin Scorsese, Francis Coppola, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Scorsese  •  Woody Allen  •  Francis Ford Coppola
CAST:  Woody Allen  •  Marvin Chatinover  •  Mae Questel  •  Mia Farrow

One Hour with You (1932)

Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her flirtatious best friend, Mitzi, he does his best to resist her advances. But she is persistent, and very cute, and he succumbs. Mitzi's husband wants to divorce her, and has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Maurice Chevalier  •  Jeanette MacDonald  •  Genevieve Tobin  •  Charles Ruggles

Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her flirtatious best friend, Mitzi, he does his best to resist her advances. But she is persistent, and very cute, and he succumbs. Mitzi's husband wants to divorce her, and has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Maurice Chevalier  •  Jeanette MacDonald  •  Genevieve Tobin  •  Charles Ruggles

Snow-White (1933)

Trouble starts when the queen's magic mirror says Betty Boop is fairest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Mae Questel  •  Cab Calloway

Trouble starts when the queen's magic mirror says Betty Boop is fairest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Mae Questel  •  Cab Calloway

Zelig (1983)

Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Woody Allen  •  Mia Farrow  •  John Buckwalter  •  Patrick Horgan

Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Woody Allen  •  Mia Farrow  •  John Buckwalter  •  Patrick Horgan

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)

Two sailors Sindbad and Popeye decide to test themselves in order to prove their supremacy. Popeye is then presented with a series of daunting tasks by Sindbad.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Lou Fleischer  •  Jack Mercer  •  Mae Questel  •  Gus Wicke

Two sailors Sindbad and Popeye decide to test themselves in order to prove their supremacy. Popeye is then presented with a series of daunting tasks by Sindbad.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Lou Fleischer  •  Jack Mercer  •  Mae Questel  •  Gus Wicke

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)

Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Lou Fleischer  •  Jack Mercer  •  Mae Questel  •  Gus Wicke

Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Lou Fleischer  •  Jack Mercer  •  Mae Questel  •  Gus Wicke

Baby Be Good (1935)

Betty Boop tells naughty Little Jimmy a corrective fairy tale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Mae Questel

Betty Boop tells naughty Little Jimmy a corrective fairy tale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Mae Questel

Brotherly Love (1936)

Olive preaches the need for brotherly love on the radio. Popeye, hearing this, does a number of good deeds: helping two workmen raise a safe, straightening a wrecked car, and helping two boys sneak into a baseball game. But when he tries to break up a fight, it's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Jack Mercer  •  Mae Questel  •  Gus Wicke

Olive preaches the need for brotherly love on the radio. Popeye, hearing this, does a number of good deeds: helping two workmen raise a safe, straightening a wrecked car, and helping two boys sneak into a baseball game. But when he tries to break up a fight, it's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Jack Mercer  •  Mae Questel  •  Gus Wicke

A-Haunting We Will Go (1949)

Casper the Friendly Ghost, sad that he can make no friends since everyone he meets is afraid of him, hatches an abandoned egg and becomes the emerging little duck's best friend and protector.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seymour Kneitel
CAST:  Mae Questel  •  Frank Gallop  •  Jack Mercer

Casper the Friendly Ghost, sad that he can make no friends since everyone he meets is afraid of him, hatches an abandoned egg and becomes the emerging little duck's best friend and protector.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seymour Kneitel
CAST:  Mae Questel  •  Frank Gallop  •  Jack Mercer

Birds in the Spring (1933)

Two birds rejoice over the hatching of their three eggs; as they grow, the hatchlings are taught to sing and fly. One falls from the nest and has adventures with a rattlesnake and a beehive before finding his way home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hand
CAST:  Marion Darlington  •  Purv Pullen  •  Clarence Nash  •  Mae Questel

Two birds rejoice over the hatching of their three eggs; as they grow, the hatchlings are taught to sing and fly. One falls from the nest and has adventures with a rattlesnake and a beehive before finding his way home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hand
CAST:  Marion Darlington  •  Purv Pullen  •  Clarence Nash  •  Mae Questel

Gabriel Churchkitten (1944)

This cartoon concerns the efforts of a kitten, Gabriel, and a mouse, Peter, who apparently live in peaceful coexistence in the home of Parson Peaseporridge, to get the Parson to wake up at night and feed them their milk and cheese, respectively. The Parson ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seymour Kneitel
CAST:  Jackson Beck  •  Mae Questel  •  Cecil Roy

This cartoon concerns the efforts of a kitten, Gabriel, and a mouse, Peter, who apparently live in peaceful coexistence in the home of Parson Peaseporridge, to get the Parson to wake up at night and feed them their milk and cheese, respectively. The Parson ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seymour Kneitel
CAST:  Jackson Beck  •  Mae Questel  •  Cecil Roy

A Majority of One (1961)

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness and forgiveness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  Alec Guinness  •  Ray Danton  •  Madlyn Rhue

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness and forgiveness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  Alec Guinness  •  Ray Danton  •  Madlyn Rhue

Bimbo's Express (1931)

Betty Boop (with dog's ears) is moving; Bimbo comes with his moving van and is smitten with her. Songs: "Moving Day," "Hello Beautiful."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Billy Murray  •  Mae Questel

Betty Boop (with dog's ears) is moving; Bimbo comes with his moving van and is smitten with her. Songs: "Moving Day," "Hello Beautiful."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Billy Murray  •  Mae Questel

Minding the Baby (1931)

Bimbo's minding his baby brother, but neighbor Betty Boop (with dog's ears) wants him to come over and play.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Billy Murray  •  Mae Questel

Bimbo's minding his baby brother, but neighbor Betty Boop (with dog's ears) wants him to come over and play.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Billy Murray  •  Mae Questel

Crazy-Town (1932)

Betty Boop and Bimbo take a wild streetcar ride to Crazy Town, where birds swim, fish fly, and everthing else reverses normal behavior.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Billy Murray  •  Mae Questel

Betty Boop and Bimbo take a wild streetcar ride to Crazy Town, where birds swim, fish fly, and everthing else reverses normal behavior.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Billy Murray  •  Mae Questel

Be Up to Date (1938)

Betty Boop's Traveling Department Store comes to Hillbillyville; the mountain folks find old uses for the new gadgets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Jack Mercer  •  Mae Questel

Betty Boop's Traveling Department Store comes to Hillbillyville; the mountain folks find old uses for the new gadgets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Jack Mercer  •  Mae Questel

Service with a Smile (1937)

Betty Boop is desk clerk at the Hi-De-Ho-Tel ("Food Served with Every Meal") where the guests have many legitimate complaints. Fortunately, Grampy's inventions fix everything.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Jack Mercer  •  Mae Questel

Betty Boop is desk clerk at the Hi-De-Ho-Tel ("Food Served with Every Meal") where the guests have many legitimate complaints. Fortunately, Grampy's inventions fix everything.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Jack Mercer  •  Mae Questel

The New Deal Show (1937)

Betty Boop emcees a show of pet-aid gadgets. Object: a "new deal for pets." Some ideas copied from Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Mae Questel  •  Jack Mercer

Betty Boop emcees a show of pet-aid gadgets. Object: a "new deal for pets." Some ideas copied from Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dave Fleischer
CAST:  Mae Questel  •  Jack Mercer
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