Beatrice Benaderet was an American actress and comedienne. Born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, she began performing in Bay Area theatre and radio before embarking on a Hollywood career that spanned over three decades. Benaderet first specialized in voice-over work in the golden age of radio, appearing on numerous programs while working with comedians of the era such as Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, and Lucille Ball. Her expertise in dialect and characterization led to her becoming Warner Bros.' leading voice of female characters in their animated cartoons of the early 1940s through the mid-1950s.
1966 publicity photo
Benaderet and Gale Gordon on Granby's Green Acres in 1950
Bea Benaderet's crypt at Valhalla Memorial Park, with incorrect year of birth
Burns and Allen were an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen. They worked together as a successful comedy team that entertained vaudeville, film, radio, and television audiences for over forty years.
Burns and Allen
Burns and Allen on the vaudeville circuit in 1924
Burns and Allen on NBC radio's Maxwell House Coffee Time (c. 1946)
Burns and Allen in 1953