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