Mae Questel
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1908-09-13
Day of Death
1998-01-04 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Mae Questel
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
Acting
(2025)
(2024)
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
as Mother / Olive Oyl (voice)
(2012)
Noveltoons: Original Classics
as Little Audrey
(2011)
Casper The Friendly Ghost The Complete Collection 1945-1963
as Additional Voices
(1995)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self / Betty Boop (archive footage)
(1989)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
as Aunt Bethany
(1989)
New York Stories
as Mother
(1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1988)
(1988)
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Mae Questel
(1985)
Hot Resort
as Mrs. Labowitz
(1983)
Zelig
as Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)
(1983)
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)
It's Only Money
as Cecilia Albright
(1961)
A Majority of One
as Essie Rubin
(1961)
Operation Ice-Tickle
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1961)
Weight for Me
as Olive Oyl
(1960)
Barbecue for Two
as Olive Oyl
(1960)
Trouble Date
as Cuddles
(1960)
Counter Attack
as Mouse
(1960)
Spinach Greetings
as Olive Oyl
(1960)
Planet Mouseola
as Mouse
(1960)
Popeye's Service Station
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1960)
Seeing Double
as Olive Oyl(voice)
(1960)
Popeye and the Giant
as Sea Hag (voice)
(1960)
Jeep Tale
as Swee'pea
(1960)
Hits and Missiles
as Olive Oyl
(1960)
Plumbers Pipe Dream
as Olive Oyl
(1960)
Matinee Idol Popeye
as Olive Oyl (Voice)
(1959)
Owly to Bed
as Hootie the Baby Owl (voice) (uncredited)
(1959)
Talking Horse Sense
as Ethel (voice)
(1959)
Felineous Assault
as Kitnip
(1959)
Fit to Be Toyed
as J.G.'s Wife, Little Boy (voice) (uncredited)
(1958)
Hansel and Gretel
as Voice
(1958)
Stork Raving Mad
as Baby / Mother
(1957)
Pest Pupil
as Baby Huey's Mommy (voice)
(1957)
Hooky Spooky
as Little Ghosts' Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
(1957)
The Crystal Brawl
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1957)
From Mad to Worse
as Cute Kitty
(1957)
Spooky Swabs
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1957)
Nearlyweds
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1957)
The Big Fun Carnival
as Betty Boop
(1957)
Ice Scream
as Billy (voice)
(1957)
Jumping with Toy
as Baby Huey's Mom (voice)
(1957)
Cat In The Act
as Murgatroyd
(1956)
Popeye for President
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1956)
A Haul in One
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1956)
Dutch Treat
as Hans (voice) (uncredited)
(1956)
Sir Irving and Jeames
as Worthington (uncredited)
(1956)
Assault and Flattery
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1956)
Line of Screammage
as Billy / Neighborhood Kid / Tony's Friend (voice) (uncredited)
(1956)
Penguin for Your Thoughts
as Baby Penguin
(1956)
I Don't Scare
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1956)
Hill-billing and Cooing
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1956)
Parlez Vous Woo
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1956)
Out to Punch
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1956)
Swab the Duck
as Ducklings
(1955)
Mister and Mistletoe
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1955)
A Bicep Built for Two
as Cute Kitty
(1955)
Cookin' with Gags
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1955)
Beaus Will Be Beaus
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1955)
Gift of Gag
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1955)
Mousieur Herman
as Herman's Cousin
(1955)
Penny Antics
as Olive Oyl (voice)
(1955)
Git Along Lil' Duckie
as Baby Huey's Mom
(1955)
A Job for a Gob
as Olive Oyl (voice)
(1955)
Poop Goes the Weasel
as Wishbone (voice) (uncredited)
(1955)
Kitty Cornered
as Cuddles (voice) (uncredited)
(1954)
Crazytown
as Baby / Mother / People saying goodbye (uncredited)
(1954)
The Seapreme Court
as Little Audrey / Little Fishes (voice) (uncredited)
(1954)
Floor Flusher
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1954)
Fright to the Finish
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1954)
Private Eye Popeye
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1954)
Popeye's 20th Anniversary
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1954)
Taxi-Turvy
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1954)
Bride and Gloom
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1953)
Child Sockology
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1953)
Ancient Fistory
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1953)
Starting from Hatch
as Baby Huey's Mom
(1953)
Toreadorable
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1953)
Firemen's Brawl
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1953)
Frightday the 13th
as Lucky (voice) (uncredited)
(1953)
Popeye's Mirthday
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1953)
Baby Wants a Battle
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1953)
Huey's Ducky Daddy
as Baby Huey's Mom
(1952)
Lunch with a Punch
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1952)
Law and Audrey
as Little Audrey (voice)
(1952)
Fun At The Fair
as Cow
(1952)
Clown on the Farm
as Baby Huey's Mother (voice)
(1952)
The Deep Boo Sea
as Billy / Billy's Brother's Friend (uncredited)
(1952)
Ghost of the Town
as Baby / Kids (uncredited)
(1952)
Big Bad Sindbad
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1952)
Swimmer Take All
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1951)
Thrill of Fair
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1951)
One Quack Mind
as Baby Huey's Mom
(1951)
Alpine for You
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1951)
Miners Forty Niners
as Gold Digger / Clementine
(1951)
To Boo or Not to Boo
as Lou / Ladies at Door (voice) (uncredited)
(1951)
Scout Fellow
as Baby Huey's Mom
(1951)
Vacation with Play
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1951)
Boo Scout
as Billy (voice)
(1951)
Let's Stalk Spinach
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1951)
Tweet Music
as Little Eagle / Ostrich
(1951)
Land of Lost Watches
as Isabel / Rosita Wristwatch (voice)
(1951)
Party Smarty
as Baby Huey's Mom
(1950)
Teacher's Pest
as Junior's Mother / Worm (voice)
(1950)
Casper's Spree Under the Sea
as Goldie the Goldfish(voice) (uncredited)
(1950)
Quack-a Doodle-Doo
as Baby Huey's Mommy (voice) (uncredited)
(1950)
Land of the Lost Jewels
as Isabel
(1950)
The Farmer and the Belle
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1950)
Beach Peach
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1950)
Jitterbug Jive
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1950)
Gym Jam
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1950)
Quick on the Vigor
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1950)
Popeye Makes a Movie
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
Lumberjack and Jill
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Casper / Ghost Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
Popeye's Premiere
as Olive Oyl (voice)
(1949)
Silly Hillbilly
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
A Balmy Swami
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
Tar with a Star
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
Barking Dogs Don't Fite
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
Hot Air Aces
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
Our Funny Finny Friends
as Carmen Miranda Fish (voice)
(1948)
Flip Flap
as Flip-Flap (voice)
(1948)
Hector's Hectic Life
as Swedish Housekeeper - Puppies (voice)
(1948)
Symphony in Spinach
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1948)
Olive Oyl for President
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1948)
Pre-Hysterical Man
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1948)
Snow Place Like Home
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1948)
Wigwam Whoopee
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1948)
Robin Hood-Winked
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1948)
Spinach vs Hamburgers
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1948)
A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1947)
Popeye and the Pirates
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1947)
Wotta Knight
as Olive Oyl (voice)
(1947)
Santa's Surprise
as Little Audrey (voice) (uncredited)
(1947)
Safari So Good
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1947)
Abusement Park
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1947)
The Royal Four-Flusher
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1947)
I'll Be Skiing Ya
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1947)
All's Fair at the Fair
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1946)
The Fistic Mystic
as Olive Oyl (voice)
(1946)
Service with a Guile
as Olive Oyl (voice)
(1946)
Rodeo Romeo
as Olive Oyl (voice)
(1946)
House Tricks?
as Olive Oyl (voice)
(1946)
Klondike Casanova
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1946)
Rocket to Mars
as Olive Oyl (voice)
(1946)
The Island Fling
as Olive Oyl (voice)
(1946)
Peep in the Deep
as Olive Oyl (voice)
(1945)
For Better or Nurse
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1945)
The Friendly Ghost
as Johnny (voice) (uncredited)
(1945)
Tops in the Big Top
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1945)
Shape Ahoy
as Olive Oyl / Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
(1945)
Mess Production
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1944)
Spinach Packin' Popeye
as Olive Oyl (voice)
(1944)
Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1944)
Puppet Love
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1944)
She-Sick Sailors
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1944)
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)
(1938)
A Date to Skate
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
Let's Celebrake
as Olive Oyl / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
I Yam Love Sick
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
Buzzy Boop at the Concert
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1938)
The Tears of an Onion
as Various Vegetables (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
Riding the Rails
as Betty Boop
(1938)
Mutiny Ain't Nice
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
Pudgy the Watchman
as Betty Boop
(1938)
Be Up to Date
as Betty Boop
(1938)
Learn Polikeness
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Lost and Foundry
as Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
(1937)
The Football Toucher Downer
as Young Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Hospitaliky
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
The Twisker Pitcher
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
I Likes Babies and Infinks
as Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Bunny Mooning
as Bunny (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Fowl Play
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
The Foxy Hunter
as Betty Boop
(1937)
I Never Changes My Altitude
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
House Cleaning Blues
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
The Impractical Joker
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
My Artistical Temperature
as Olive Oyl
(1937)
The Candid Candidate
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Service with a Smile
as Betty Boop
(1937)
The Paneless Window Washer
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Zula Hula
as Betty Boop
(1937)
Organ Grinder's Swing
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
The New Deal Show
as Betty Boop / Cats / Puppy (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Morning, Noon and Night Club
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
The Hot Air Salesman
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Protek the Weakerist
as Olive Oyl
(1936)
Christmas Comes But Once a Year
as Orphans (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Betty Boop and the Little King
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1936)
Somewhere in Dreamland
as Mother / Boy / Girl (voice)
(1936)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Bridge Ahoy!
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Little Swee'pea
as Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Grampy's Indoor Outing
as Betty Boop / Junior (voice)
(1936)
Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
I Wanna Be a Life Guard
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Training Pigeons
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
The Cobweb Hotel
as Flies (voice)
(1936)
You're Not Built That Way
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Never Kick a Woman
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Be Human
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
A Clean Shaven Man
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Making Friends
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
The Spinach Roadster
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Betty Boop and Little Jimmy
as Betty Boop / Little Jimmy (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Hold the Wire
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
More Pep
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
New Shoes
as Girl's Shoes (voice)
(1936)
I'm in the Army Now
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Brotherly Love
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Let's Get Movin'
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
We Did It
as Betty Boop / Pudgy / Kitten (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Happy You and Merry Me
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Pleased to Meet Cha!
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
The Lost Chick
as Squirrel Children (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
King of the Mardi Gras
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
The Spinach Overture
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
The Kids in the Shoe
as Woman in the shoe
(1935)
The Hyp-Nut-Tist
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Beware of Barnacle Bill
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Taking the Blame
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Dancing on the Moon
as Various (voice, uncredited)
(1935)
Choose Your 'Weppins'
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Stop That Noise
as Betty Boop
(1935)
Baby Be Good
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Be Kind to 'Aminals'
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Adventures of Popeye
as Olive Oyl (voice)
(1935)
No! No! A Thousand Times No!!
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1935)
Swat the Fly
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1935)
Betty Boop and Grampy
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
For Better or Worser
as Olive Oyl
(1935)
Little Nobody
as Betty Boop / Mrs. Prissy / Pup Voices (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Judge for a Day
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
You Gotta Be a Football Hero
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
A Little Soap and Water
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
A Language All My Own
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
The Two-Alarm Fire
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
The Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Olive Oyl / Nana Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
Strong to the Finich
as Children (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
Axe Me Another
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
Ha! Ha! Ha!
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
The Dance Contest
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
Shoein' Hosses
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
as Betty Boop
(1934)
Can You Take It
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
Betty Boop's Little Pal
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
We Aim to Please
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
Shiver Me Timbers!
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
Keep in Style
as Betty Boop
(1934)
Betty Boop's Trial
as Betty Boop
(1934)
A Dream Walking
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
When My Ship Comes In
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1934)
There's Something About a Soldier
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1934)
Betty Boop's Prize Show
as Betty Boop
(1933)
Birds in the Spring
as Baby Birds (voice) (uncredited)
(1933)
Mother Goose Land
as Betty Boop
(1933)
I Eats My Spinach
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
(1933)
Betty Boop's Birthday Party
as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
(1933)
Popeye the Sailor
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1933)
The Old Man of the Mountain
as Betty Boop (singing voice)
(1933)
I Heard
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1933)
Is My Palm Read
as Betty Boop
(1933)
Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1933)
Snow-White
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1933)
(1933)
Betty Boop's Big Boss
as Betty Boop
(1932)
One Hour with You
as Office Worker (uncredited)
(1932)
Wayward
as Showgirl (uncredited)
(1932)
Minnie the Moocher
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1932)
Betty Boop, M.D.
as Betty Boop
(1932)
Rudy Vallee Melodies
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1932)
Time on My Hands
as Betty Boop
(1932)
Romantic Melodies
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1932)
Betty Boop for President
as Betty Boop
(1932)
The Betty Boop Limited
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1932)
Betty Boop's Ups and Downs
as Betty Boop
(1932)
Betty Boop's Museum
as Betty Boop
(1932)
Stopping the Show
as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
(1932)
Chess-Nuts
as Betty Boop
(1932)
The Musical Doctor
as Nurse Clef
(1932)
Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle
as Betty Boop
(1932)
Admission Free
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1932)
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
as Betty Boop
(1932)
Just a Gigolo
as Betty Boop
(1932)
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1932)
Crazy-Town
as Betty Boop / Beauty Shop Customer 1 / Beauty Shop Customer 2 (voice) (uncredited)
(1932)
Just One More Chance
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1931)
Mother Goose Melodies
as Little Bo Peep / Lamb (voice) (uncredited)
(1931)
Bimbo's Initiation
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1931)
Kitty from Kansas City
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1931)
Minding the Baby
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1931)
Bimbo's Express
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
(1931)
Silly Scandals
as Betty Boop (voice)
(1930)