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Voices of Betty Boop

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Voices of Betty Boop

Betty Boop Voiceovers

Betty Boop's Voice Actresses (1930-Present)

1930s

  • Margie Hines - (Hired on May 1st, 1930[1])
    (1930 - 1932) & (1938 - 1939)
    [FIRST VOICE OF BETTY BOOP]

Hines was the original voice of Betty Boop, according to Hines she created the voice for Betty Boop in 1930 using her own baby voice. She shared the role with Questel for a short time, her contract with Paramount expired in 1931, and she retired from the role in 1932 and was fully replaced by Mae Questel. Hines returned in 1938 and ended the series as Betty in 1939. She was the first and last person to voice Betty Boop in the original series.

Harriet Lee was the-one time voice of Betty Boop as Dangerous Nan McGrew in The Bum Bandit. She also provided Lulu Belle's singing voice in Any Little Girl That's a Nice Little Girl.

Little was not the original voice of Betty Boop but she was already a "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" stage and radio singer in 1930.[3] In 1930 she became a RKO discovery. Little was already known for her "baby" voice and initially was a "baby doll" performer in the 1920s. She was a child star in Brooklyn who danced and sang in a duo with her sister Juliette Little. Ann Little was notable for singing "Ain'tcha?" on stage.[4] Little met Lou Diamond and she auditioned for the role of Betty Boop in 1932, and won an official contract to portray and voice Betty in 1933 and take on the role of a Betty Boop Impersonator.

Questel is the most famous voice of Betty Boop in history. She was hired a year after Hines. Questel's first role as Betty Boop is in the animated cartoon Silly Scandals.

  • Bonnie Poe (Hired February, 1933[5])
    (1933 - 1934) & (1938)
    [FOURTH VOICE OF BETTY BOOP]

Bonnie Poe won a contract to voice Betty Boop on radio on the show Betty Boop Frolics also known as Betty Boop Fables. She eventually debuted into the live-action role of Boop in the 1933 Paramount Pictures film Hollywood on Parade No. A-8, there she was compared to Clara Bow the "It" Girl. Poe voiced Betty on and off while Mae Questel was pregnant.

A Brooklyn singer and stage star known by her stage name June White. She claims to have been the voice of Betty Boop in three Max Fleischer cartoons. There are three cartoons in 1938 that do feature an unusual voice. Which the Betty Boop Wikia Fandom has attributed to Ann Little. More evidence is needed.

Katherine Wright was a radio singer known for her imitations of Helen Kane. She did not actually voice Betty Boop in the cartoons. She was originally going to testify against Kane in the $250,000 Infringement Lawsuit but at last minute decided not to. She is said to have voiced Betty on radio, and theatre in 1933. She appeared with the voices of Betty Boop for the Betty Wins by a Boop newsreel.

Shirley Reed started her career as a radio and in-person Betty Boop impersonator on radio on a show called The Sun Shine Hour. She later appeared as Betty Boop at the Arcade Tavern in 1934. Using her Betty Boop imitation, she later won a contract to voice characters for Warner Bros., Walt Disney and Walter Lantz. Most characters she voiced were similar to Betty Boop. For example Miss Bonbon and Cookie who was a Betty Boop rip-off. Reed was also the official voice of Minnie Mouse at one point.

Cookie Bowers was able to imitate Betty Boop's voice. For a man, he could reach very high tones. In his publicity photo, he has a image of a few characters he voices. In one of those images is Betty Boop. He imitated Betty's voice on his European vaudeville tour. He got great reviews in London for his Betty Boop imitation.

1980s - 1990s

Victoria 'Dorazi appeared as a Betty Boop impersonator for the 1980 Democratic National Convention. She went on to voice Betty Boop in Hurray for Betty Boop. The producers of the movie did not request Mae Questel because they wanted to revamp Betty.

Desirée Goyette was chosen out of 55 actresses to voice Betty Boop in The Romance of Betty Boop. Mae Questel auditioned but her voice had dropped. Questel was later told that Goyette was the new voice of Betty Boop. Questel responded by saying, "What can I say, things have to change." Questel later gave Goyette her blessing after watching the cartoon by saying that Goyette was, "not so bad" as the voice of Betty Boop. Goyette made an in-person appearance as a Betty Boop impersonator at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1984 prior to the release of the film. She recorded her dialogue and the music for the short at Gold Star Recording Studios. In 1984, Goyette went on tour as a Betty Boop Impersonator with her husband Ed Bogas for a year in an act called Betty Boop on the Road.

Mary Healy was Betty's voice-double in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Her recordings were not used in the finalized film. She was actually the first choice to voice Betty. However for the finalized film they called in Mae Questel, who was elderly and retired at the time, and gave Questel a chance to record her dialogue. Healey was the official voice of Betty Boop around this time for alternative projects.

Mae Questel reprised her role as Betty Boop in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Mel Fahn became the new voice for Betty Boop in 1989, she debuted in to the character role in Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery. She won the role against big talent. Initially Bernadette Peters and Cyndi Lauper were considered but both were not committed to the role. Mae Questel was also considered at one point, but at the time she was busy working on another project.

Mary Healy reprised her role as Betty Boop in One of the All-Time Greats.

Sue Raney was the demo and or pilot voice for Betty for the songs. Raney was not going to officially voice Betty in the film. The official voice of Betty Boop was going to be provided by Mary Kay Bergman.

Bernadette Peters was considered for the 1980 Broadway show, CBS 1989 animated feature and scrapped 1993 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, however the role went to Mary Kay Bergman. Peters previously portrayed Betty in-person on Saturday Night Live.

Cyndi Lauper did a Helen Kane imitation in a Betty Boop-like voice for the Pee-wee's Playhouse theme song using the pseudonym Ellen Shaw. She had previously used the baby-talk imitation vocal at her 1983 debut when she opened for The Kinks. Lauper sang "He's So Unusual" but in tears was booed off the stage for singing the "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" song. After that she thought the Betty Boop singing style would affect her career. The Fleischer Studios offered Lauper the role of Betty Boop in 1987 for the 1989 CBS film Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery. Lauper was not interested in the Fleischers' offer and was not committed to the role, Lauper wanted to work for The Walt Disney Company instead, which she eventually did for the 1996 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which she had auditioned for in 1993. She was fired from the project, having had her dialogue re-recorded by actress Mary Wickes, as the producers wanted to go in another direction. In her prime, Lauper sang a lot of Betty Boop songs on TV and "He's So Unusual" is featured on her debut album She's So Unusual. She secretly incorporated the song "I Wanna Be Loved By You" in her song "Yeah Yeah".

Mary Kay Bergman won the role of Betty Boop. In 1993, many women auditioned for the role of Betty Boop for a brand new full-length feature film titled The Betty Boop Movie. The film was set for a 1994 release and was created by The Zanuck Company and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Bergman beat her competition, having had recreated Betty Boop's original voice of perfection. Bergman stated that the project fell through and was never completed.

Daphne de Bruin took on the role of Betty Boop for the show Wake Up, Betty Boop! i n1993.

Tina Corsini took on the role of a "Betty Boop Impersonator for the show the 1994 movie Radioland Murders.

Desirée Goyette reprised her Betty Boop role as a parody called Googi Goop in the 1996 Warner Bros. animated cartoon titled The Girl with the Googily Goop.

  • Sandra Marie Danielle (1998)
  • Sandra Marie Danielle (1999)

Mary Kay Bergman did her imitation of Betty Boop by saying the line "For a Rabbi," on "Pretty Fly For A Rabbi" by Weird Al Yankovic. Initially Bergman recorded most of the track but her lines were deleted as Yankovic did not like her squeaky Betty Boop voice. Originally Bergman was supposed to have used her Sheila Broflovski "South Park" voice which she based on her Aunt Francis who lived in New York. Bergman was supposed to have recorded the whole song as Broflovski. Bergman's agent would not allow her to use the "South Park" voice, stating that Comedy Central would likely sue over this. Being as Bergman knew it was a "Jewish" parody song she imitated Betty Boop's voice instead. MacNeille is a good friend of Yankovic, and he asked her to re-record some of Bergman's recordings. The "How ya doin' Bernie?" line was provided by Tress MacNeille as Fran Drescher.

2000s

2010s

Rose McGowan portrayed Betty Boop in Boop with Rose McGowan.

Heather Halley voiced Betty Boop for the CGI intro of Betty Boop Dance Card and Betty Boop Bop. Producers of the video game were unable to negotiate a price with Cindy Robinson or the other the official voices of Betty Boop. So they hired actresses who were not demanding higher payment as it was an INDIE project.

Camilla Bard provided the singing voice and some of the speaking dialogue for Betty Boop in Betty Boop Dance Card and Betty Boop Bop. Producers of the video game were unable to negotiate a price with Cindy Robinson or the other official voices of Betty Boop. So they hired actresses who were not demanding higher payment as it was an INDIE project.

Lady Gaga was once associated with The Betty Boop Movie for the Betty Boop role. But much like her friend Cyndi Lauper she was not committed to the role. She was working on a more modernized Betty Boop. Simon Cowell was going to produce the film which would have been similar to Who Framed Roger Rabbit with his company Syco Entertainment. He later tried to pitch the film to Sony and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, neither picked up the offer. The companies stated that Betty Boop is over-sexualized, creepy and weird and so the project was canned.

Sarah Stiles emulated Mae Questel for the unique "Fleischerei" album. Stiles later used this voice style for Spinel a character who appears in the Steven Universe franchise.

Commercials/Other

  • Sandra Marie Danielle (2012)
    (Lancôme)

Models

Broadway

Kim Exum did amazingly as Betty Boop at the workshop sessions. She was given great reviews, however they were later deleted from social media. But at the time the role of Betty Boop according to producers was "not on offer". However Exum indirectly indicated that she was "randomly" fired. James Olivas, Carla Stewart, Cady Huffman also never made the cut. The only two who were chosen were Angelica Hale and Stephen DeRosa. Exum indirectly referenced it as her "Tara Rubin Casting" and she said that she had bombed and had failed miserably. She was replaced by Jasmine Amy Rogers.

Jasmine Rogers won the role of Betty Boop, she is the first and original Betty Boop on Broadway. According to the new producers the role of Betty Boop is interchangeable. The show had been in the works for decades. In earlier concepts for a Broadway show Bernadette Peters and Kristin Chenoweth were considered for the lead character role of Betty Boop. The earlier Broadway concepts never came to fruition. For the 2010s, when David Foster took over Gigi Hadid was up for the role. In the 2020s, Foster's wife Katharine McPhee was considered but she stepped down. Jessica Vosk was originally going to debut as Betty Boop which she announced at her Carnegie Hall concert in 2022. The Broadway show got bad backlash for not hiring a "Black" person to portray Betty Boop. So as of 2023 the casting opened up the role to all races, Kim Exum auditioned and appeared as Betty Boop for Betty's Day Off. Exum was later fired from the project as were other candidates, as many people were auditioning. Jasmine Rogers was originally up for the role of Betty's African-American best friend Trisha Evans. However Trisha at the time and her mother Carol Evans were re-written and in the newer script were no longer related. Angelica Hale won the role of Trisha, and Rogers did several auditions for the Betty Boop role and proved to the producers that the role of Betty Boop was hers.

Non-English Voice Actresses

Japanese:

Spanish/Latin:

  • Mariela Romero
    (Spanish/Latin American Neutral)

Portuguese:

French:

(Modern Day Official Voice)

Desirée Goyette-Bogas was the official voice of Betty Boop during the 1980s. She later reprised her role as a parody of Betty Boop called Googi Goop during the 1990s.

Mary Healy was the official voice of Betty Boop in the USA and many other productions during the 1980s.

Deborah Fuhrman was the official Betty Boop impersonator for King Features Syndicate. She entered a Betty Boop contest in 1995, and eventually a talent look-a-like agency won her a contract with King Features. She studied Betty Boop's persona by watching the cartoons, and was the most frequently used Betty Boop impersonator throughout the early 1990s. She stated that she also did the voice of Betty Boop for King Features.

Diana Rice was the official Betty Boop impersonator for King Features Syndicate. She was the winner of the "Boop-A-Like Contest" in 1995. She worked as Betty Boop for many years. She appeared in-person as Boop at the MGM Grand Adventures theme park and MGM Grand Hotel. And like Debbi Fuhrman, she stated that she also did the voice of Betty Boop for King Features.

Mel Fahn was the voice of Betty Boop throughout the 2000s, she officially voiced Betty Boop during the 1980s. She later officially voiced Betty in many of Betty's escapades throughout the 2000s, this included toys, dolls, and Flash animated projects, up until retiring from the role. Richard Fleischer told Fahn that she reminded him of the "original" voice of Betty Boop.

There was no voice for Betty Boop around this time so Engels briefly took over.

Cindy Robinson is "The Official Voice of Betty Boop" for toys, commercials and video games. She met someone who worked for King Features Syndicate and he asked her what she did. She sang 'I Wanna Be Loved By You' and told him she was a Broadway singer and voice-actress. She instantly won the role of Betty Boop. However she has stated that Mae Questel did Betty's voice beautifully in the original cartoons and that Questel is the "definitive" Betty.

One of Coco Cohn's known roles as Betty Boop is in Betty Boop's Cabaret.

  • Sandra Marie Danielle (2012 - Present)

Voice Matching

Helen "Sugar" Kane was partially the inspiration behind Grim Natwick's introduction of Betty Boop in 1930. Although Kane somewhat inspired Betty Boop, she employed a baby-talk and scat-singing gimmick that was comparable to hers and others. Boop's evolution was mostly influenced by the famous "It" Girl, Clara Bow. Kane was not the sole "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" girl, there were many, however she was the most famous and lay claim to the title.

Berneice Hansell was a professional baby-talk voice actress. Her baby voice was based on Betty Boop. She was more or less an understudy to Shirley Reid. Both Reid and Hansell worked together in unison on several VO projects. She also provided squeaks for Mickey Mouse. She was one of the many voices of Cookie a Betty Boop knock-off character. In real life she was a stenographer and later a dressmaker. She is deceased.

Carol Tevis was a well-known baby-talk voice actress. She occasionally sang "Boop-Boop-Be-Doop" songs on the radio. Walt Disney eventually became interested in her voice. She was engaged by Disney to provide the one-time voice for Minnie Mouse and she also voiced The Three Little Wolves.

Sara Berner was a Betty Boop voice-double.[6] Berner was a well-known impersonator and her impersonations included Mae West, Shirley Temple and Katharine Hepburn and more. She was the speaking voice of Tex Avery's character Hot Red Riding Hood. Red was based on numerous female stars of the 1940s, and Betty Boop. The character Red was used 40 years later to develop a new 1980s femme-fatale Jessica Rabbit. Rabbit was also based on Veronica Lake and other female stars. Berner also voiced Little Jasper and Mother Goose, she started as the voice of Batty in the "Sniffles" series but later replaced Shirley Reid as the voice of Sniffles. Berner is deceased, she died in obscurity.

  • Julie McWhirter-Dees

Julie McWirter is a retired actress and she was a known Betty Boop voice-double. This information was listed on her resume. She sang baby-talk songs for the film "Bugsy Malone". She did not voice Betty Boop but Betty Rubble, her version of Rubble sounds more like Boop. She is retired from VO.

Betty Boop was listed on Bergman's resume as voice-double. Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Eartha Kitt, Kathryn Hepburn, Helen Hunt, among many others were also listed. She is deceased.

Betty Boop is one of Wynman-Engels' many voice-matches. She has been professionally voice-acting since 1978, today she is currently a writer.

Trivia

  • Former "Boop-Oop-a-Doop" impersonator[7] Shirley Reid used her Betty Boop imitations[8] to audition for cartoons. A majority of the characters she voiced in earlier cartoons speak in her imitation of Betty Boop. Most notably Cookie and Miss Bonbon. She was also at one point briefly the voice of Walt Disney's character Minnie Mouse.
  1. ↑ $250,000 Infringement Lawsuit: Max Fleischer
  2. ↑ $250,000 Infringement Lawsuit: Little Ann Little
  3. ↑ Discovery "Little Ann Little" Is A "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" Singer
  4. ↑ RKO Theatre: Little Ann Little
  5. ↑ $250,000 Infringement Lawsuit: Bonnie Poe
  6. ↑ Sara Berner the Hollywood Voice Actress
  7. ↑ Shirley Reid as Betty Boop at Arcave Tavern
  8. ↑ Shirley Reid Was Confused For Being The Voice Of Betty Boop
  9. ↑ Snow White's
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