Hines, Questel & Poe and Ann did a majority of the cartoons.
#Betty boop voice actresses series
It was originally thought that Mae Questel did the voice of Betty Boop for the entire Betty Boop cartoon series due to the fact that the original voice actresses were all uncredited for their roles as Betty Boop.
She returned as Betty in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 50 years later and was given great honors and tributes over the years as being the "best" voice of Betty Boop. Mae Questel returned to doing voice work for Famous Studios in 1943 for characters such as Olive Oyl and Little Audrey.
Hines played the role of Olive Oyl from late 1938 until 1943. The Betty Boop voice was then assumed by Little Ann Little, Bonnie Poe and Margie Hines. Questel ceased doing Betty Boop in 1938, as she retired from her show business activities to raise a family. In the early 30s Mae also used to portray Betty Boop in person to help promote the series alongside Max Fleischer. Mae provided the voice for Betty Boop from 1931 to 1938. Oddly enough, Mae looked exactly like Betty Boop. Her voice and Betty Boop became synonymous.īonnie Poe was asked to take over Mae Questel's role in 1933 while Questel was preparing for a baby. Max finally found what he was looking for in 1931 when he came across the incomparable Mae Questel. The voice needed to be squeaky, but it also needed to be cute and sexy, to sing, to do good line readings, and be able to say and sing ' Boop-Oop-a-Doop' in exactly the right way.
According to Richard Fleischer: "Several squeaky female voices were tried out in the early Betty Boops, but none seemed exactly right. She was later discovered by Max Fleischer and was hired to do the voice for Betty in the 1931 Talkartoon titled Silly Scandals. Mae would later impersonate stars from the 30s, from Fanny Brice to Eddie Cantor. At the age of 17, she won a contest imitating Helen Kane which was sponsored by Kane. Mae Questel was a actress and singer who was most associated with Betty Boop. This is untrue as Hines, the original voice of Betty Boop was brought back to play the role that she had originated in the very first cartoon to feature Betty Boop. According to Mae Questel, when the series ended in 1938 when she stopped doing the role the Fleischers never made another Betty Boop cartoon again. When Mae Questel retired in 1938 to raise a family, Hines was cast as Olive Oyl and she was also re-cast as Betty Boop up until the character was retired in 1939. film feature titled The Perfect Suitor as the leading lady alongside Benny Rubin and wanted to pursue a solo career. She was also to be featured in a Warner Bros. The reason for Hines leaving the Boop role was because her contract with Paramount to do the voice for Betty Boop had expired, and she was very busy at the time and had offers pouring in. S he then toured vaudeville and in 1932 signed a contract with the Van Beuren Studios to do voice-over for their animated cartoon series, mainly for Van Beuren's leading femme character Countess Cat. She also recorded dialogue for several of the 1932 cartoons before retiring from the role. Margie Hines did the voice for Betty Boop in a few cartoons from 1930 to 1931. Hines then went on to create the voice for Betty Boop, which was based on the baby-doll styled sensation of the time and was asked to perform " I Have To Have You " for the cartoon titled Dizzy Dishes. Marjorie Louise Hines won a Helen Kane imitation contest at a local cinema cathedral and was eventually seen by Billy Murray who worked for the Fleischer Studios.
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