Mae Questel
Known for Acting · 319 credits
- Born
- 1908-09-13
- Died
- 1998-01-04
- Place of birth
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Mae Kwestel · Mae Questal · Mae Questelle
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.
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (314)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
as Betty Boop (voice)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
as Aunt Bethany
Funny Girl
1968
as Mrs. Strakosh
Zelig
1983
as Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)
New York Stories
1989
as Mother
One Hour with You
1932
as Office Worker (uncredited)
Hot Resort
1985
as Mrs. Labowitz
House Cleaning Blues
1937
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Move
1970
as Mrs. Katz
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Betty Boop in 'Screen Snapshots' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
as Self
It's Only Money
1962
as Cecilia Albright
Betty Boop for President
1932
as Betty Boop
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
as Mae Questel
Private Eye Popeye
1954
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
You're Not Built That Way
1936
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
I'm in the Army Now
1936
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
There's Something About a Soldier
1934
as Betty Boop (voice)
Stork Raving Mad
1958
as Baby / Mother
Abusement Park
1947
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Out to Punch
1956
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Island Fling
1946
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
1937
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
1936
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Dream Walking
1934
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Gabriel Churchkitten
1944
as Peter (voice)
The Hot Air Salesman
1937
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Fit to Be Toyed
1959
as J.G.'s Wife, Little Boy (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
1941
as Buzz (voice) (uncredited)
House Tricks?
1946
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Snow-White
1933
as Betty Boop (voice)
Frightday the 13th
1953
as Lucky (voice) (uncredited)
Organ Grinder's Swing
1937
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Christmas Comes But Once a Year
1936
as Orphans (voice) (uncredited)
The Impractical Joker
1937
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Shiver Me Timbers!
1934
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye the Sailor
1933
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky
1936
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Ancient Fistory
1953
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
as Self / Betty Boop (archive footage)
Popeye's 20th Anniversary
1954
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Majority of One
1961
as Essie Rubin
Jumping with Toy
1957
as Baby Huey's Mom (voice)
Assault and Flattery
1956
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Cobweb Hotel
1936
as Flies (voice)
The Friendly Ghost
1945
as Johnny (voice) (uncredited)
Jitterbug Jive
1950
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Talking Horse Sense
1959
as Ethel (voice)
Floor Flusher
1954
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Snow Place Like Home
1948
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hill-billing and Cooing
1956
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mother Goose Land
1933
as Betty Boop
Training Pigeons
1936
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
Little Nobody
1935
as Betty Boop / Mrs. Prissy / Pup Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Adventures of Popeye
1935
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Betty Boop, M.D.
1932
as Betty Boop
A Clean Shaven Man
1936
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
We Did It
1936
as Betty Boop / Pudgy / Kitten (voice) (uncredited)
Penguin for Your Thoughts
1956
as Baby Penguin
Wotta Knight
1947
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Birds in the Spring
1933
as Baby Birds (voice) (uncredited)
I Wanna Be a Life Guard
1936
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
All's Fair at the Fair
1947
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye's Premiere
1949
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Somewhere in Dreamland
1936
as Mother / Boy / Girl (voice)
The Crystal Brawl
1957
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hold the Wire
1936
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Crazytown
1954
as Baby / Mother / People saying goodbye (uncredited)
Popeye for President
1956
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
2024
as Mother / Olive Oyl (voice) (archive sound)
Barking Dogs Don't Fite
1949
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Best Popeye the Sailor Man Cartoons
2025
as Olive Oyl (voiice)
Santa's Surprise
1947
as Little Audrey (voice) (uncredited)
She-Sick Sailors
1944
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Old Man of the Mountain
1933
as Betty Boop (singing voice)
Casper's Spree Under the Sea
1950
as Goldie the Goldfish(voice) (uncredited)
Stop That Noise
1935
as Betty Boop
Symphony in Spinach
1948
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Git Along Lil' Duckie
1955
as Baby Huey's Mom
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
1934
as Betty Boop
Wigwam Whoopee
1948
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Pudgy the Watchman
1938
as Betty Boop
Starting from Hatch
1953
as Baby Huey's Mom
The Football Toucher Downer
1937
as Young Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
Casper The Friendly Ghost The Complete Collection 1945-1963
2011
as Additional Voices
Mother Goose Melodies
1931
as Little Bo Peep / Lamb (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Get Movin'
1936
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Jeep Tale
1960
as Swee'pea
Quick on the Vigor
1950
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Nearlyweds
1957
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Lost Chick
1935
as Squirrel Children (voice) (uncredited)
Service with a Guile
1946
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Fright to the Finish
1954
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Scout Fellow
1951
as Baby Huey's Mom
Spinach vs Hamburgers
1948
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Bridge Ahoy!
1936
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and the Giant
1960
as Sea Hag (voice)
Stopping the Show
1932
as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
Taxi-Turvy
1954
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Tears of an Onion
1938
as Various Vegetables (voice) (uncredited)
Hooky Spooky
1957
as Little Ghosts' Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
Lumberjack and Jill
1949
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Stalk Spinach
1951
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Robin Hood-Winked
1948
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Bimbo's Initiation
1931
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Zula Hula
1937
as Betty Boop
Choose Your 'Weppins'
1935
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Date to Skate
1938
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Betty Boop Limited
1932
as Betty Boop (voice)
For Better or Nurse
1945
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Puppet Love
1944
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions
1933
as Betty Boop (voice)
Dancing on the Moon
1935
as Various (voice, uncredited)
Ghost of the Town
1952
as Baby / Kids (uncredited)
Rocket to Mars
1946
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Romantic Melodies
1932
as Betty Boop (voice)
Cat In The Act
1957
as Murgatroyd
Klondike Casanova
1946
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mousieur Herman
1955
as Herman's Cousin
Swab the Duck
1956
as Ducklings
About 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. With 319 credits spanning from 1930 to 2025, Mae Questel has appeared in 314 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Mae Questel Movies
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) — as Betty Boop (voice)
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) — as Aunt Bethany
- Funny Girl (1968) — as Mrs. Strakosh
- Zelig (1983) — as Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)
- New York Stories (1989) — as Mother
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