Mae Questel
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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Movies (323)
Fleischer Cartoons – Greatest Hits, Volume 1
2026 · Betty Boop (voice, archive audio) / Olive Oyl (voice, archive audio)
The Best Popeye the Sailor Man Cartoons
2025 · Olive Oyl (voiice)
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
2024 · Mother / Olive Oyl (voice) (archive sound)
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 4
2014 · Betty Boop
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 3
2014 · Betty Boop
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2
2013 · Betty Boop
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 1
2013 · Betty Boop
Noveltoons: Original Classics
2012 · Little Audrey
Casper The Friendly Ghost The Complete Collection 1945-1963
2011 · Additional Voices
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995 · Self / Betty Boop (archive footage)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989 · Aunt Bethany
New York Stories
1989 · Mother
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988 · Mae Questel
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988 · Self – Betty Boop (voice)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Betty Boop (voice)
Hot Resort
1985 · Mrs. Labowitz
Zelig
1983 · Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Betty Boop in 'Screen Snapshots' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Move
1970 · Mrs. Katz
Funny Girl
1968 · Mrs. Strakosh
It's Only Money
1962 · Cecilia Albright
A Majority of One
1961 · Essie Rubin
Operation Ice-Tickle
1961 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Weight for Me
1961 · Olive Oyl
Spinach Greetings
1960 · Olive Oyl
Seeing Double
1960 · Olive Oyl(voice)
Barbecue for Two
1960 · Olive Oyl
Super Duper Market
1960 · Olive Oyl
Planet Mouseola
1960 · Mouse
Plumbers Pipe Dream
1960 · Olive Oyl
Hits and Missiles
1960 · Olive Oyl
Counter Attack
1960 · Mouse
Trouble Date
1960 · Cuddles
Jeep Tale
1960 · Swee'pea
Popeye and the Giant
1960 · Sea Hag (voice)
Popeye's Service Station
1960 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Matinee Idol Popeye
1960 · Olive Oyl (Voice)
Talking Horse Sense
1959 · Ethel (voice)
Fit to Be Toyed
1959 · J.G.'s Wife, Little Boy (voice) (uncredited)
Felineous Assault
1959 · Kitnip
Owly to Bed
1959 · Hootie the Baby Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Stork Raving Mad
1958 · Baby / Mother
Hansel and Gretel
1958 · Voice
Jumping with Toy
1957 · Baby Huey's Mom (voice)
Ice Scream
1957 · Billy (voice)
From Mad to Worse
1957 · Cute Kitty
Spooky Swabs
1957 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hooky Spooky
1957 · Little Ghosts' Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
The Crystal Brawl
1957 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Cat In The Act
1957 · Murgatroyd
Nearlyweds
1957 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Pest Pupil
1957 · Baby Huey's Mommy (voice)
The Big Fun Carnival
1957 · Betty Boop
A Haul in One
1956 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I Don't Scare
1956 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Sir Irving and Jeames
1956 · Worthington (uncredited)
Parlez Vous Woo
1956 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Line of Screammage
1956 · Billy / Neighborhood Kid / Tony's Friend (voice) (uncredited)
Assault and Flattery
1956 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Penguin for Your Thoughts
1956 · Baby Penguin
Out to Punch
1956 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Swab the Duck
1956 · Ducklings
Dutch Treat
1956 · Hans (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye for President
1956 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hill-billing and Cooing
1956 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Kitty Cornered
1955 · Cuddles (voice) (uncredited)
A Job for a Gob
1955 · Olive Oyl (voice)
Mousieur Herman
1955 · Herman's Cousin
Mister and Mistletoe
1955 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Poop Goes the Weasel
1955 · Wishbone (voice) (uncredited)
Gift of Gag
1955 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Beaus Will Be Beaus
1955 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Bicep Built for Two
1955 · Cute Kitty
Git Along Lil' Duckie
1955 · Baby Huey's Mom
Penny Antics
1955 · Olive Oyl (voice)
Cookin' with Gags
1955 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Private Eye Popeye
1954 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Fright to the Finish
1954 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Bride and Gloom
1954 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Taxi-Turvy
1954 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye's 20th Anniversary
1954 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Crazytown
1954 · Baby / Mother / People saying goodbye (uncredited)
The Seapreme Court
1954 · Little Audrey / Little Fishes (voice) (uncredited)
Floor Flusher
1954 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Huey's Ducky Daddy
1953 · Baby Huey's Mom
Little Boo-Peep
1953
Firemen's Brawl
1953 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Wants a Battle
1953 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Toreadorable
1953 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye's Mirthday
1953 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Child Sockology
1953 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Starting from Hatch
1953 · Baby Huey's Mom
Of Mice and Magic
1953 · Louise the Mouse (voice)
Frightday the 13th
1953 · Lucky (voice) (uncredited)
Ancient Fistory
1953 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Big Bad Sindbad
1952 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Pig-a-Boo
1952 · Junior Pig / Mama Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Clown on the Farm
1952 · Baby Huey's Mother (voice)
Law and Audrey
1952 · Little Audrey (voice)
Swimmer Take All
1952 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Fun At The Fair
1952 · Cow
Ghost of the Town
1952 · Baby / Kids (uncredited)
Lunch with a Punch
1952 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Deep Boo Sea
1952 · Billy / Billy's Brother's Friend (uncredited)
Scout Fellow
1951 · Baby Huey's Mom
Let's Stalk Spinach
1951 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Party Smarty
1951 · Baby Huey's Mom
Boo Scout
1951 · Billy (voice)
To Boo or Not to Boo
1951 · Lou / Ladies at Door (voice) (uncredited)
Alpine for You
1951 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Miners Forty Niners
1951 · Gold Digger / Clementine
Land of Lost Watches
1951 · Isabel / Rosita Wristwatch (voice)
Thrill of Fair
1951 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Tweet Music
1951 · Little Eagle / Ostrich
Vacation with Play
1951 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
One Quack Mind
1951 · Baby Huey's Mom
The Farmer and the Belle
1950 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Casper's Spree Under the Sea
1950 · Goldie the Goldfish(voice) (uncredited)
Quick on the Vigor
1950 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye Makes a Movie
1950 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Jitterbug Jive
1950 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Beach Peach
1950 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Teacher's Pest
1950 · Junior's Mother / Worm (voice)
Gym Jam
1950 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Quack-a Doodle-Doo
1950 · Baby Huey's Mommy (voice) (uncredited)
Land of the Lost Jewels
1950 · Isabel
Snow Foolin'
1949 · Hen / Mama Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Barking Dogs Don't Fite
1949 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Silly Hillbilly
1949 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Our Funny Finny Friends
1949 · Carmen Miranda Fish (voice)
Tar with a Star
1949 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Balmy Swami
1949 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hot Air Aces
1949 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Lumberjack and Jill
1949 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go
1949 · Casper / Ghost Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye's Premiere
1949 · Olive Oyl (voice)
Symphony in Spinach
1948 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hector's Hectic Life
1948 · Swedish Housekeeper - Puppies (voice)
Robin Hood-Winked
1948 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Snow Place Like Home
1948 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Spinach vs Hamburgers
1948 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing
1948 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Land of the Lost
1948 · Isabel (voice)
Pre-Hysterical Man
1948 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Wigwam Whoopee
1948 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Flip Flap
1948 · Flip-Flap (voice)
Olive Oyl for President
1948 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
All's Fair at the Fair
1947 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Santa's Surprise
1947 · Little Audrey (voice) (uncredited)
Safari So Good
1947 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Bout with a Trout
1947 · Teacher
Wotta Knight
1947 · Olive Oyl (voice)
The Royal Four-Flusher
1947 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and the Pirates
1947 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I'll Be Skiing Ya
1947 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Abusement Park
1947 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Island Fling
1946 · Olive Oyl (voice)
The Fistic Mystic
1946 · Olive Oyl (voice)
Rodeo Romeo
1946 · Olive Oyl (voice)
Rocket to Mars
1946 · Olive Oyl (voice)
Peep in the Deep
1946 · Olive Oyl (voice)
Klondike Casanova
1946 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Service with a Guile
1946 · Olive Oyl (voice)
House Tricks?
1946 · Olive Oyl (voice)
The Friendly Ghost
1945 · Johnny (voice) (uncredited)
Mess Production
1945 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
For Better or Nurse
1945 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Shape Ahoy
1945 · Olive Oyl / Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Tops in the Big Top
1945 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Gabriel Churchkitten
1944 · Peter (voice)
She-Sick Sailors
1944 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo
1944 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Puppet Love
1944 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Spinach Packin' Popeye
1944 · Olive Oyl (voice)
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
1941 · Buzz (voice) (uncredited)
The Fulla Bluff Man
1940 · Cavewoman (voice)
A Date to Skate
1938 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mutiny Ain't Nice
1938 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Buzzy Boop at the Concert
1938 · Betty Boop (voice)
Pudgy the Watchman
1938 · Betty Boop
I Yam Love Sick
1938 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh
1938 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The House Builder-Upper
1938 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Tears of an Onion
1938 · Various Vegetables (voice) (uncredited)
Be Up to Date
1938 · Betty Boop
Learn Polikeness
1938 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Riding the Rails
1938 · Betty Boop
Let's Celebrake
1938 · Olive Oyl / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
Zula Hula
1937 · Betty Boop
Fowl Play
1937 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
1937 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Foxy Hunter
1937 · Betty Boop
Protek the Weakerist
1937 · Olive Oyl
The New Deal Show
1937 · Betty Boop / Cats / Puppy (voice) (uncredited)
The Football Toucher Downer
1937 · Young Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
Service with a Smile
1937 · Betty Boop
I Likes Babies and Infinks
1937 · Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
The Candid Candidate
1937 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
I Never Changes My Altitude
1937 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Lost and Foundry
1937 · Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
The Impractical Joker
1937 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Morning, Noon and Night Club
1937 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Twisker Pitcher
1937 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Pudgy Picks a Fight
1937
Hospitaliky
1937 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
My Artistical Temperature
1937 · Olive Oyl
The Hot Air Salesman
1937 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Organ Grinder's Swing
1937 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Bunny Mooning
1937 · Bunny (voice) (uncredited)
The Paneless Window Washer
1937 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
House Cleaning Blues
1937 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
I'm in the Army Now
1936 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Making Friends
1936 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Christmas Comes But Once a Year
1936 · Orphans (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
1936 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Spinach Roadster
1936 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Be Human
1936 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Hold the Wire
1936 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Grampy's Indoor Outing
1936 · Betty Boop / Junior (voice)
Little Swee'pea
1936 · Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
Training Pigeons
1936 · Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
New Shoes
1936 · Girl's Shoes (voice)
Never Kick a Woman
1936 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Happy You and Merry Me
1936 · Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Get Movin'
1936 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
You're Not Built That Way
1936 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
I Wanna Be a Life Guard
1936 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
More Pep
1936 · Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
The Cobweb Hotel
1936 · Flies (voice)
Bridge Ahoy!
1936 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
We Did It
1936 · Betty Boop / Pudgy / Kitten (voice) (uncredited)
I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski
1936 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop and Little Jimmy
1936 · Betty Boop / Little Jimmy (voice) (uncredited)
Brotherly Love
1936 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Clean Shaven Man
1936 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop and the Little King
1936 · Betty Boop (voice)
Somewhere in Dreamland
1936 · Mother / Boy / Girl (voice)
Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky
1936 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Little Nobody
1935 · Betty Boop / Mrs. Prissy / Pup Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop with Henry the Funniest Living American
1935 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
The Spinach Overture
1935 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Adventures of Popeye
1935 · Olive Oyl (voice)
Making Stars
1935 · Betty Boop (voice)
King of the Mardi Gras
1935 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Judge for a Day
1935 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
You Gotta Be a Football Hero
1935 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop and Grampy
1935 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
A Language All My Own
1935 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Dancing on the Moon
1935 · Various (voice, uncredited)
For Better or Worser
1935 · Olive Oyl
A Little Soap and Water
1935 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Choose Your 'Weppins'
1935 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
No! No! A Thousand Times No!!
1935 · Betty Boop (voice)
The Kids in the Shoe
1935 · Woman in the shoe
The Hyp-Nut-Tist
1935 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Swat the Fly
1935 · Betty Boop (voice)
Pleased to Meet Cha!
1935 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Stop That Noise
1935 · Betty Boop
The Lost Chick
1935 · Squirrel Children (voice) (uncredited)
Be Kind to 'Aminals'
1935 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Taking the Blame
1935 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Beware of Barnacle Bill
1935 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Be Good
1935 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
We Aim to Please
1934 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
When My Ship Comes In
1934 · Betty Boop (voice)
The Dance Contest
1934 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Keep in Style
1934 · Betty Boop
Little Dutch Mill
1934 · Hansel / Gretel
The Two-Alarm Fire
1934 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Prize Show
1934 · Betty Boop
A Dream Walking
1934 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Little Pal
1934 · Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
Axe Me Another
1934 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
There's Something About a Soldier
1934 · Betty Boop (voice)
Shiver Me Timbers!
1934 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Strong to the Finich
1934 · Children (voice) (uncredited)
Can You Take It
1934 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Trial
1934 · Betty Boop
Shoein' Hosses
1934 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
1934 · Betty Boop
The Man on the Flying Trapeze
1934 · Olive Oyl / Nana Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Ha! Ha! Ha!
1934 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
I Eats My Spinach
1933 · Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I Heard
1933 · Betty Boop (voice)
The Old Man of the Mountain
1933 · Betty Boop (singing voice)
Snow-White
1933 · Betty Boop (voice)
Popeye the Sailor
1933 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Mother Goose Land
1933 · Betty Boop
Betty Boop's Big Boss
1933 · Betty Boop
Betty Boop's Birthday Party
1933 · Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
Birds in the Spring
1933 · Baby Birds (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Penthouse
1933
Is My Palm Read
1933 · Betty Boop (voice)
Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions
1933 · Betty Boop (voice)
Time on My Hands
1932 · Betty Boop
Betty Boop's Museum
1932 · Betty Boop
Betty Boop for President
1932 · Betty Boop
The Musical Doctor
1932 · Nurse Clef
Romantic Melodies
1932 · Betty Boop (voice)
Betty Boop's Ups and Downs
1932 · Betty Boop
Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle
1932 · Betty Boop
Just a Gigolo
1932 · Betty Boop
Betty Boop, M.D.
1932 · Betty Boop
Stopping the Show
1932 · Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
Rudy Vallee Melodies
1932 · Betty Boop (voice)
The Betty Boop Limited
1932 · Betty Boop (voice)
Admission Free
1932 · Betty Boop (voice)
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
1932 · Betty Boop (voice)
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
1932 · Betty Boop
Chess-Nuts
1932 · Betty Boop
Just One More Chance
1932 · Betty Boop (voice)
Crazy-Town
1932 · Betty Boop / Beauty Shop Customer 1 / Beauty Shop Customer 2 (voice) (uncredited)
One Hour with You
1932 · Office Worker (uncredited)
Minnie the Moocher
1932 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Wayward
1932 · Showgirl (uncredited)
Kitty from Kansas City
1931 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Minding the Baby
1931 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Bimbo's Express
1931 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Bimbo's Initiation
1931 · Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Silly Scandals
1931 · Betty Boop (voice)
Mother Goose Melodies
1931 · Little Bo Peep / Lamb (voice) (uncredited)
A Battery of Songs
1930
Betty boop "Is My Palm Read"
· Betty Boop (voice)
