There is often confusion about which of the ladies who provided Betty’s voice appeared as Betty in Paramount’s Hollywood on Parade.
A showcase for Paramount stars, the film includes a segment in which a wax figure of Betty (played by Bonnie) comes to life and is confronted by Dracula (played by the incomparable Bela Lugosi.) As Betty charmingly sings My Silent Love to various wax figures, she is stalked by a seemingly entranced Dracula who finally nabs Betty and intones, “you have booped your last boop!” before sinking his teeth into her neck. She also occasionally provided the voice for Olive Oyl and, in fact, was the first artist to voice Olive Oyl.īonnie was featured in Betty’s second live action film appearance, a very bizarre segment of the 1933 film Hollywood on Parade. Mae’s final turn as Betty came in 1988 when she famously voiced Betty Boop in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.īonnie Poe appears to have provided Betty’s voice in about nine films between 19, likely taking on the role when Mae Questel, for whatever reason, was not available.
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She is also well-remembered as Aunt Bluebell in an iconic series of television commercials for Charmin' Toilet Tissue (“Please Don’t Squeeze the Charmin”). Mae enjoyed a long career in show business - appearing in Woody Allen's Zelig and later as the Jewish Mama in New York Stories. Mae continued as the voice of Betty until the Studio moved from New York to Florida in 1938. Mae, who was married and had two children, decided not to make the move.Īn exceptionally versatile performer with an enormous range, Mae not only provided voices for characters such as Olive Oyl, Swee’pea and Casper the Friendly Ghost, she even provided the voice of Popeye during World War II when Jack Mercer was serving in the military. In this 1931 Paramount film, Rudy Vall ée plays a courtroom judge and Mae, as Betty, sings and pleas that they not ‘take her boop-oop-a-doop’ away. That Mae happened to look quite a lot like Betty Boop can be seen in her performance in Musical Justice, one of only two live action Betty Boop film appearances. Watch On With The New (to the right) to hear Margie Hines voice Betty Boop. Bug Goes to Town.Īlthough five other women would go on to provide Betty’s voice, Margie also continued voicing Betty throughout the 1930s and - interestingly - holds the distinction of voicing Betty in her last 1930s film appearance: Rhythm on the Reservation. In addition to voicing Olive Oyl and Betty Boop, Margie lent her vocal talents to a number of Fleischer films including " The Stone Age” series, Gulliver’s Travels, and Mr. It seems Margie was quite the social butterfly, while Jack preferred a life that was a bit more subdued.Ī talented and versatile voice artist, Margie provided voices for numerous characters, at Fleischer Studios as well as other studios. In 1939, while working for Fleischer Studios, Margie (then the voice of Olive Oyl) met and married fellow voice artist Jack Mercer (the voice of Popeye). The real-life marriage of the voices behind Popeye and Olive Oyl was highly celebrated by the media and even included a wedding breakfast of spinach. Portrayed as a dog-eared cabaret singer, she sings I Have to Have You, causing Bimbo (the real star of the film) to fall head-over-heels in love.Ī former office worker, Margie got into show biz after winning a “Boop-a-doop” contest and was discovered by another Fleischer voice artist who had seen her perform on the vaudeville stage.
Betty makes only a brief appearance in this film. Having provided the voice of Betty, a bit player in the 1931 Fleischer film Dizzyĭishes, Margie Hines carries the proud distinction of serving as Betty Boop’s first voice.
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