Mae Questel
Born: 1908-09-13 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1998-01-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2025
- The Best Popeye the Sailor Man Cartoons as Olive Oyl (voiice)
2024
- Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer as Mother / Olive Oyl (voice) (archive sound)
2014
- Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 3 as Betty Boop
- Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 4 as Betty Boop
2013
- Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 1 as Betty Boop
- Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2 as Betty Boop
2012
- Noveltoons: Original Classics as Little Audrey
2011
- Casper The Friendly Ghost The Complete Collection 1945-1963 as Additional Voices
2004
1995
- Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons as Self / Betty Boop (archive footage)
1989
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as Aunt Bethany
- New York Stories as Mother
1988
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Betty Boop (voice)
- Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town as Self
- Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz as Mae Questel
1985
- Hot Resort as Mrs. Labowitz
1983
- Zelig as Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Betty Boop in 'Screen Snapshots' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970
- Move as Mrs. Katz
1968
- Funny Girl as Mrs. Strakosh
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- It's Only Money as Cecilia Albright
1961
- A Majority of One as Essie Rubin
- Operation Ice-Tickle as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Weight for Me as Olive Oyl
1960
- Popeye the Sailor as Olive Oyl (voice)
- Popeye and the Giant as Sea Hag (voice)
- Planet Mouseola as Mouse
- Plumbers Pipe Dream as Olive Oyl
- Jeep Tale as Swee'pea
- Barbecue for Two as Olive Oyl
- Hits and Missiles as Olive Oyl
- Matinee Idol Popeye as Olive Oyl (Voice)
- Popeye's Service Station as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Counter Attack as Mouse
- Spinach Greetings as Olive Oyl
- Seeing Double as Olive Oyl(voice)
- Trouble Date as Cuddles
1959
- Fit to Be Toyed as J.G.'s Wife, Little Boy (voice) (uncredited)
- Talking Horse Sense as Ethel (voice)
- Felineous Assault as Kitnip
- Owly to Bed as Hootie the Baby Owl (voice) (uncredited)
1958
- Naked City as Mrs. Annette Faber
- 77 Sunset Strip
- Stork Raving Mad as Baby / Mother
- Hansel and Gretel as Voice
1957
- Spooky Swabs as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Nearlyweds as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- The Big Fun Carnival as Betty Boop
- Hooky Spooky as Little Ghosts' Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
- Ice Scream as Billy (voice)
- Jumping with Toy as Baby Huey's Mom (voice)
- Pest Pupil as Baby Huey's Mommy (voice)
- From Mad to Worse as Cute Kitty
- The Crystal Brawl as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Cat In The Act as Murgatroyd
1956
- Out to Punch as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye for President as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Hill-billing and Cooing as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Sir Irving and Jeames as Worthington (uncredited)
- A Haul in One as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Parlez Vous Woo as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Swab the Duck as Ducklings
- I Don't Scare as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Line of Screammage as Billy / Neighborhood Kid / Tony's Friend (voice) (uncredited)
- Assault and Flattery as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Penguin for Your Thoughts as Baby Penguin
- Dutch Treat as Hans (voice) (uncredited)
1955
- Penny Antics as Olive Oyl (voice)
- Mousieur Herman as Herman's Cousin
- Kitty Cornered as Cuddles (voice) (uncredited)
- Gift of Gag as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Mister and Mistletoe as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Cookin' with Gags as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Beaus Will Be Beaus as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Poop Goes the Weasel as Wishbone (voice) (uncredited)
- A Job for a Gob as Olive Oyl (voice)
- Git Along Lil' Duckie as Baby Huey's Mom
- A Bicep Built for Two as Cute Kitty
1954
- Crazytown as Baby / Mother / People saying goodbye (uncredited)
- Floor Flusher as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Taxi-Turvy as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Private Eye Popeye as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Bride and Gloom as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye's 20th Anniversary as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Fright to the Finish as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- The Seapreme Court as Little Audrey / Little Fishes (voice) (uncredited)
1953
- Popeye's Mirthday as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Huey's Ducky Daddy as Baby Huey's Mom
- Frightday the 13th as Lucky (voice) (uncredited)
- Little Boo-Peep
- Baby Wants a Battle as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Ancient Fistory as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Of Mice and Magic as Louise the Mouse
- Firemen's Brawl as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Toreadorable as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Child Sockology as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Starting from Hatch as Baby Huey's Mom
1952
- Swimmer Take All as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Clown on the Farm as Baby Huey's Mother (voice)
- Big Bad Sindbad as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Lunch with a Punch as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Ghost of the Town as Baby / Kids (uncredited)
- The Deep Boo Sea as Billy / Billy's Brother's Friend (uncredited)
- Fun At The Fair as Cow
- Pig-a-Boo as Junior Pig / Mama Pig (voice) (uncredited)
- Law and Audrey as Little Audrey (voice)
1951
- Alpine for You as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Scout Fellow as Baby Huey's Mom
- Party Smarty as Baby Huey's Mom
- Boo Scout as Billy (voice)
- Let's Stalk Spinach as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- To Boo or Not to Boo as Lou / Ladies at Door (voice) (uncredited)
- Thrill of Fair as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- One Quack Mind as Baby Huey's Mom
- Land of Lost Watches as Isabel / Rosita Wristwatch (voice)
- Vacation with Play as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Tweet Music as Little Eagle / Ostrich
- Miners Forty Niners as Gold Digger / Clementine
1950
- Beach Peach as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Quick on the Vigor as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Gym Jam as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Quack-a Doodle-Doo as Baby Huey's Mommy (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye Makes a Movie as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Land of the Lost Jewels as Isabel
- Casper's Spree Under the Sea as Goldie the Goldfish(voice) (uncredited)
- Jitterbug Jive as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- The Farmer and the Belle as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Teacher's Pest as Junior's Mother / Worm (voice)
1949
- A-Haunting We Will Go as Casper / Ghost Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
- Tar with a Star as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye's Premiere as Olive Oyl (voice)
- Hot Air Aces as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- A Balmy Swami as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Our Funny Finny Friends as Carmen Miranda Fish (voice)
- Lumberjack and Jill as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Barking Dogs Don't Fite as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Snow Foolin' as Hen / Mama Bird (voice) (uncredited)
- Silly Hillbilly as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1948
- Wigwam Whoopee as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Snow Place Like Home as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Robin Hood-Winked as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Hector's Hectic Life as Swedish Housekeeper - Puppies (voice)
- Spinach vs Hamburgers as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Symphony in Spinach as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Pre-Hysterical Man as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Olive Oyl for President as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Flip Flap as Flip-Flap (voice)
1947
- Abusement Park as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Santa's Surprise as Little Audrey (voice) (uncredited)
- Safari So Good as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Wotta Knight as Olive Oyl (voice)
- The Royal Four-Flusher as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- I'll Be Skiing Ya as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye and the Pirates as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- All's Fair at the Fair as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1946
- House Tricks? as Olive Oyl (voice)
- The Island Fling as Olive Oyl (voice)
- Rodeo Romeo as Olive Oyl (voice)
- Rocket to Mars as Olive Oyl (voice)
- Klondike Casanova as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- The Fistic Mystic as Olive Oyl (voice)
- Service with a Guile as Olive Oyl (voice)
- Peep in the Deep as Olive Oyl (voice)
1945
- The Friendly Ghost as Johnny (voice) (uncredited)
- Shape Ahoy as Olive Oyl / Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
- Tops in the Big Top as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- For Better or Nurse as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Mess Production as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1944
- Puppet Love as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Gabriel Churchkitten as Peter (voice)
- Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Spinach Packin' Popeye as Olive Oyl (voice)
- She-Sick Sailors as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
1941
- Mr. Bug Goes to Town as Buzz (voice) (uncredited)
1940
- The Fulla Bluff Man as Cavewoman (voice)
1938
- Learn Polikeness as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Let's Celebrake as Olive Oyl / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
- A Date to Skate as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- The House Builder-Upper as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- I Yam Love Sick as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- The Tears of an Onion as Various Vegetables (voice) (uncredited)
- Be Up to Date as Betty Boop
- Mutiny Ain't Nice as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Buzzy Boop at the Concert as Betty Boop (voice)
- Pudgy the Watchman as Betty Boop
- Riding the Rails as Betty Boop
1937
- Fowl Play as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Hospitaliky as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Morning, Noon and Night Club as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Bunny Mooning as Bunny (voice) (uncredited)
- The Paneless Window Washer as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Lost and Foundry as Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
- Organ Grinder's Swing as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- House Cleaning Blues as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- The Impractical Joker as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- The Football Toucher Downer as Young Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
- I Never Changes My Altitude as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- I Likes Babies and Infinks as Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
- The Candid Candidate as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- The Twisker Pitcher as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- My Artistical Temperature as Olive Oyl
- Protek the Weakerist as Olive Oyl
- Pudgy Picks a Fight
- The Hot Air Salesman as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Service with a Smile as Betty Boop
- The Foxy Hunter as Betty Boop
- Zula Hula as Betty Boop
- The New Deal Show as Betty Boop / Cats / Puppy (voice) (uncredited)
1936
- The Spinach Roadster as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Little Swee'pea as Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
- Let's Get Movin' as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Christmas Comes But Once a Year as Orphans (voice) (uncredited)
- Brotherly Love as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- I'm in the Army Now as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Never Kick a Woman as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- I Wanna Be a Life Guard as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Bridge Ahoy! as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Training Pigeons as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
- Be Human as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Making Friends as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- New Shoes as Girl's Shoes (voice)
- We Did It as Betty Boop / Pudgy / Kitten (voice) (uncredited)
- Grampy's Indoor Outing as Betty Boop / Junior (voice)
- More Pep as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
- Hold the Wire as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Somewhere in Dreamland as Mother / Boy / Girl (voice)
- The Cobweb Hotel as Flies (voice)
- A Clean Shaven Man as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- You're Not Built That Way as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Happy You and Merry Me as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop and the Little King as Betty Boop (voice)
- Betty Boop and Little Jimmy as Betty Boop / Little Jimmy (voice) (uncredited)
1935
- Little Nobody as Betty Boop / Mrs. Prissy / Pup Voices (voice) (uncredited)
- A Language All My Own as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- The Spinach Overture as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- King of the Mardi Gras as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- No! No! A Thousand Times No!! as Betty Boop (voice)
- Adventures of Popeye as Olive Oyl (voice)
- Baby Be Good as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop and Grampy as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Choose Your 'Weppins' as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- For Better or Worser as Olive Oyl
- The Hyp-Nut-Tist as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- You Gotta Be a Football Hero as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- The Lost Chick as Squirrel Children (voice) (uncredited)
- Beware of Barnacle Bill as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Dancing on the Moon as Various (voice, uncredited)
- Stop That Noise as Betty Boop
- The Kids in the Shoe as Woman in the shoe
- Pleased to Meet Cha! as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Be Kind to 'Aminals' as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Swat the Fly as Betty Boop (voice)
- Judge for a Day as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Making Stars as Betty Boop (voice)
- A Little Soap and Water as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Taking the Blame as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
1934
- The Man on the Flying Trapeze as Olive Oyl / Nana Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- The Dance Contest as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- A Dream Walking as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Shiver Me Timbers! as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- We Aim to Please as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop's Rise to Fame as Betty Boop
- Betty Boop's Little Pal as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
- Ha! Ha! Ha! as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- The Two-Alarm Fire as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Shoein' Hosses as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Strong to the Finich as Children (voice) (uncredited)
- Can You Take It as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop's Trial as Betty Boop
- Axe Me Another as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop's Prize Show as Betty Boop
- Keep in Style as Betty Boop
- When My Ship Comes In as Betty Boop (voice)
- There's Something About a Soldier as Betty Boop (voice)
1933
- Popeye the Sailor as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Snow-White as Betty Boop (voice)
- Betty Boop's Birthday Party as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
- Birds in the Spring as Baby Birds (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions as Betty Boop (voice)
- The Old Man of the Mountain as Betty Boop (singing voice)
- I Eats My Spinach as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- I Heard as Betty Boop (voice)
- Is My Palm Read as Betty Boop (voice)
- Betty Boop's Penthouse
- Betty Boop's Big Boss as Betty Boop
- Mother Goose Land as Betty Boop
1932
- One Hour with You as Office Worker (uncredited)
- Wayward as Showgirl (uncredited)
- Minnie the Moocher as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Chess-Nuts as Betty Boop
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart as Betty Boop (voice)
- Time on My Hands as Betty Boop
- Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle as Betty Boop
- Betty Boop's Museum as Betty Boop
- Just a Gigolo as Betty Boop
- The Betty Boop Limited as Betty Boop (voice)
- Crazy-Town as Betty Boop / Beauty Shop Customer 1 / Beauty Shop Customer 2 (voice) (uncredited)
- Stopping the Show as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
- Betty Boop, M.D. as Betty Boop
- The Musical Doctor as Nurse Clef
- Betty Boop for President as Betty Boop
- Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning as Betty Boop
- Just One More Chance as Betty Boop (voice)
- Admission Free as Betty Boop (voice)
- Rudy Vallee Melodies as Betty Boop (voice)
- Betty Boop's Ups and Downs as Betty Boop
- Romantic Melodies as Betty Boop (voice)
1931
- Mother Goose Melodies as Little Bo Peep / Lamb (voice) (uncredited)
- Bimbo's Express as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Silly Scandals as Betty Boop (voice)
- Kitty from Kansas City as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Bimbo's Initiation as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
- Minding the Baby as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)