Her Age?

[JennyBoop]

:confused: Hey fellow Boopers, I have A question. How old is Betty Boop Suppose to be in her cartoons. What I mean what age is she suppose to be when they created her? Did they give her one? Just curious. Like 16-to early 20's?

[10eke]

jeez... very good question!!!!!

[BBooper]

i would say middle-late 20's. isn't she in her 60's or 70's now?? she's looking good!

BBooper
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[bettyboopla]

I,d say mid 20,s by the looks of her.

[JennyBoop]

I know she's A cartoon but that's what I thought also early-mid twenties.:D

[Bikerbettyboop]

She could be in her 30's and just very fit for her age!!

[Zia]

shes too cheeky to be any younger than 20

[bexi3]

She's ageless! x

[JennyBoop]

Yea she is A timless classic.;)

[Bikerbettyboop]

Too cheeky?? ha that's a good one.. never heard that before... what does that mean?

[BBooper]

lol!! she too devilish to be under 20 :P

BBooper
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[bexi3]

You can be cheeky under the age of 20 - but perhaps not in the same way as our BB! x

[BBooper]

lol, i think she is a more seductive cheeky :P

BBooper
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[Bikerbettyboop]

So you have to be under 21 to be cheeky?

[surfpark]

Well let's put it this way.... in the short "The Impratical Joker" a sign on the door says Prof Grampy. This means Grampy's job was/is a college professor. So then you assume that he lives near campus. Betty lives with him in this episode. Therefore she's probably around college age. This is all speculation, but its as close to fact as we'll get.

[JennyBoop]

I never thought of it that way.:confused:

[Bikerbettyboop]

Surfpark that makes logical sense to me!!! Thanks for sharing that info with us.

[Boopsie-Cola]

iv just posted a thread on this issue i never noticed this thread but..........BETTY BOOP IS 16!!! :)

[BBooper]

*thump* she look's so mature!

BBooper
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[Bikerbettyboop]

How do you know she is 16?

[BBooper]

see the interesting ifo thread ;)

BBooper
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[Bikerbettyboop]

I found it already... I read this thread before the other one... it is interesting that Boopsie was able to find this out about Betty Boop.

[daisy]

lookin good , and at age 100 she will still look great!

[BBooper]

lo!! well she's over 60 now!

BBooper
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[Bikerbettyboop]

Daisy she's not quite 100 yet... Harley motorcycles and Ford cars are over 100 but not our Betty Boop yet!! Give her time!!

[BBooper]

lol! she's over 60 though and lookin' good!!!

BBooper
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[Bikerbettyboop]

Wouldn't it be nice to have birthdays each year but not ever age? Betty Boop has it made doesn't she?

[BBooper]

yer!! must be great being that age and looking that good!!!

BBooper
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[boopcrazy]

I only hope that when i'm 60 i look as good as she does!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[JennyBoop]

Didn't Betty Boop just have A 75th anniversary?:confused:

[Bikerbettyboop]

hmm... good question... I don't know the answer to that one......

[flirting boop's]

She'll always be 20

[doomafriendsfan]

i think that she is around 20-30 years old but a classic!!!!!

[Bikerbettyboop]

Hi doomafriendsfan ... welcome to the forum and yes she will always be a classic!

[peaches]

yeah she looks like in her 20s!

[Bikerbettyboop]

You're right Peaches... she looks great doesn't she? She is "timeless"!

[boopman]

I just saw that this question has been around for awhile, but I had not seen it until now.
To set the record straight, Max Fleischer wrote an article in the March 26, 1933 issue of "Radio Guide" magazine. This is the only article written by Max about Betty. She is on the cover - a rare find if you can get one.
Anyway, in the article he states " .. . Betty Boop is (and will always remain) sixteen years old", and that her birthday is April 1st (not Valentines Day!)
Hope this helps!
-Leonard

[Bikerbettyboop]

wow that is great information and this should've been a trivia contest question and you would've won!!! Thanks for sharing Leonard!! Helped to set the record straight.

[bettyboopfan]

16 years old? I would have never guessed!!

WOW!!

[bettyboop68]

I dont care how old she is, I just hope that I'll look as good as her when I reach that age. LOL

boops

[Cute Pudgy]

16! Personaly I think she looks older than that,

[Bikerbettyboop]

She does look like a mature young lady doesn't she?

[The Moocher]

D*rn. I was about to show what a smart*** I was and post she was 16, but someone beat me to it.

I think she was sixteen in Boop-Boop-a Doop, but in most other cartoons she seems a bit more knowing. If she was sixteen in Bamboo Isle she should get her bottom spanked (volunteers?).

Seriously, there is an air of underlying innocence about Betty, for all she sees no point in hiding her looks. That's what makes her so appealing. I don't like the pics where she's hitching a lift and showing a leg. I don't think she'd do that.

Then again sixteen year olds in the early 1930s maybe were more mature than sixteen year olds today. They wren't at school (especially girls) and they knew a bit more of the world. The prim years of the moral revolution (1934 onwards) changed all that.

Ian

[BBooper]

lol the moocher!!

i think your right when you say about girls then and now, i think they were alot more mature!! however, you still get the mature girl now and then ;)

BBooper
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[Bikerbettyboop]

I have to agree BBooper.... I remember years ago when people were getting married in their teens... like my grandparents... they were all married and having children before they were 18! So times have changed!

[BBooper]

:o wow! i supose then it was what women were expected to do, get married and have children! i think now women are more business minded rather than family.

BBooper
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[LilMizNaughty25]

:confused: How old is Betty Boop Suppose to be in her cartoons. Well i was watch something on TV and they said she was 16 and years later they said they had to make her dress long because they wanted children to watch it because it was put on late at nigth so only adult would watch

[Cute Pudgy]

I have heard something along those lines, but it was also part of the beginning of censorship, and the Hays Act/code was the main reason.

It was introduced in 1934 I think

[Bikerbettyboop]

Times change all the time!! I personally don't think Betty is any more scantily dressed than Pamela Anderson or some of the other actresses and female singers.