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