betty's voice

[BoopThis79]

did you know that the voice of betty boop and olive oyl were the same lady :D

[ooohlala]

yep..........i knew that!! I loved popeye! Olive Oyl was great too! :P

[BBooper]

yup! mae questal! :D (i think thats how you spell it!!!!) :D

BBooper
xxx

[Cute Pudgy]

it is, i have known that for quite a few years now

[Cute Pudgy]

but there have been other people to do her voice, not just mae. Anyways, from what i have read, she was also choosen because she had a similar likeness to betty.

[Cute Pudgy]

I just looked in my giant scrap book of betty, I saw that there was another person who did the early betty voice, Annibel Little, latter she went on the vaudville circuit for betty impressions.

Also another person that was an inspiration for her looks was Helen Kane.

[BoopThis79]

yeah i knew that, i have her on cd singing the betty boop song, did you ever see the movie house of a 1000 corpes, when that girl does the betty boop song, she was very scary, that was kane's voice :eek: i highly dont recommed that movie :P

[Cute Pudgy]

didn't know about the movie, but the song sounds cool

All i have is the 1934 theme song for betty's cartoons.

[JoMo]

Well, I didn't know that, thanks for sharing!

[LilMizNaughty25]

Cool i never know that

[Bikerbettyboop]

I'm not going to see that movie.. I don't like scarey movies!!

[gsjmfocus]

Hi, I am doing a report for Pomona's Historical Society, and I am interviewing a lady named June Highman, or Highmond or something along those lines. I was told when I received the assignment that she was one of the voices of Betty Boop. I have read some of you fan's posts so can anyone confirm or clear this up? Is June Highman her real name and the others are her stage names or what? Thank You.

[bettyboop78]

Betty Boop's voice was actually modeled on the voice of another actress, Helen Kane, who created a sensation on Broadway in 1928 with a "boop-oop-a-doop" rendition of the hit song I Wanna Be Loved by You. But I don't know if she ever did the voice for any of her cartoons. Hope this helps.

[The Moocher]

Helen Kane never voiced Betty Boop.

Mae Questal, a Helen Kane lookalike (and soundalike) voiced Betty Boop and Olive Oyl. The other main voices were Ann Rothschild and Ann Little. These may have been the same lady, I haven't been able to find out.

When Fleiscer Studios moved to Florida in 1937, Mae Questal refused to move with them and Margie Hines took over.

I haven't heard of June Highman, but a number of other actresses did voice Betty. Given that no Betty Boop cartoons were made after 1939, the lady would need to be in her 80s.

Mooch

[gsjmfocus]

Helen Kane never voiced Betty Boop.

Mae Questal, a Helen Kane lookalike (and soundalike) voiced Betty Boop and Olive Oyl. The other main voices were Ann Rothschild and Ann Little. These may have been the same lady, I haven't been able to find out.

When Fleiscer Studios moved to Florida in 1937, Mae Questal refused to move with them and Margie Hines took over.

I haven't heard of June Highman, but a number of other actresses did voice Betty. Given that no Betty Boop cartoons were made after 1939, the lady would need to be in her 80s.

Mooch

Well first of all thanks for trying to help. I do know that this lady is older (80's-90's) and I will be interviewing her on thursday so I will let you all know what happens and what she says about it. K. Thank You!

[bettyboopfan]

Yes, please let us know how your interview went!
Best of luck!!