Acting
Mae Questel
EN, XX cinema · 322 credits
Born
13 September 1908
Died
4 January 1998 (aged 89)
Birthplace
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Mae Kwestel · Mae Questal · Mae Questelle
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
Filmography
Betty boop "Is My Palm Read"
as Betty Boop (voice)
Fleischer Cartoons – Greatest Hits, Volume 1
2026
Fleischer Cartoons – Greatest Hits, Volume 1
as Betty Boop (voice, archive audio) / Olive Oyl (voice, archive audio)
The Best Popeye the Sailor Man Cartoons
as Olive Oyl (voiice)
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
2024
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
as Mother / Olive Oyl (voice) (archive sound)
Noveltoons: Original Classics
as Little Audrey
Casper The Friendly Ghost The Complete Collection 1945-1963
as Additional Voices
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self / Betty Boop (archive footage)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
as Aunt Bethany
New York Stories
as Mother
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
as Betty Boop (voice)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
as Self – Betty Boop (voice)
Hot Resort
as Mrs. Labowitz
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Betty Boop in 'Screen Snapshots' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Zelig
as Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)
Move
as Mrs. Katz
Funny Girl
as Mrs. Strakosh
It's Only Money
as Cecilia Albright
A Majority of One
as Essie Rubin
Operation Ice-Tickle
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Weight for Me
as Olive Oyl
Trouble Date
1960
Trouble Date
as Cuddles
Popeye and the Giant
as Sea Hag (voice)
Barbecue for Two
as Olive Oyl
Popeye's Service Station
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Spinach Greetings
as Olive Oyl
Matinee Idol Popeye
as Olive Oyl (Voice)
Hits and Missiles
as Olive Oyl
Jeep Tale
as Swee'pea
Plumbers Pipe Dream
as Olive Oyl
Seeing Double
as Olive Oyl(voice)
Super Duper Market
as Olive Oyl
Felineous Assault
as Kitnip
Talking Horse Sense
1959
Talking Horse Sense
as Ethel (voice)
Fit to Be Toyed
as J.G.'s Wife, Little Boy (voice) (uncredited)
Owly to Bed
1959
Owly to Bed
as Hootie the Baby Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Stork Raving Mad
as Baby / Mother
Cat In The Act
1957
Cat In The Act
as Murgatroyd
From Mad to Worse
1957
From Mad to Worse
as Cute Kitty
Ice Scream
as Billy (voice)
Jumping with Toy
as Baby Huey's Mom (voice)
Pest Pupil
as Baby Huey's Mommy (voice)
Nearlyweds
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Spooky Swabs
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hooky Spooky
as Little Ghosts' Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
The Crystal Brawl
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I Don't Scare
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Haul in One
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Assault and Flattery
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Swab the Duck
as Ducklings
Hill-billing and Cooing
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Dutch Treat
as Hans (voice) (uncredited)
Out to Punch
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Parlez Vous Woo
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Penguin for Your Thoughts
as Baby Penguin
Line of Screammage
as Billy / Neighborhood Kid / Tony's Friend (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye for President
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Sir Irving and Jeames
as Worthington (uncredited)
Cookin' with Gags
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Bicep Built for Two
as Cute Kitty
Mousieur Herman
as Herman's Cousin
Beaus Will Be Beaus
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mister and Mistletoe
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Job for a Gob
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Penny Antics
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Git Along Lil' Duckie
as Baby Huey's Mom
Kitty Cornered
1955
Kitty Cornered
as Cuddles (voice) (uncredited)
Poop Goes the Weasel
1955
Poop Goes the Weasel
as Wishbone (voice) (uncredited)
Gift of Gag
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Floor Flusher
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Private Eye Popeye
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Seapreme Court
as Little Audrey / Little Fishes (voice) (uncredited)
Taxi-Turvy
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye's 20th Anniversary
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Crazytown
as Baby / Mother / People saying goodbye (uncredited)
Fright to the Finish
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Bride and Gloom
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Firemen's Brawl
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Child Sockology
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Starting from Hatch
as Baby Huey's Mom
Huey's Ducky Daddy
as Baby Huey's Mom
Frightday the 13th
as Lucky (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Wants a Battle
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye's Mirthday
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Toreadorable
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Ancient Fistory
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Of Mice and Magic
as Louise the Mouse (voice)
Big Bad Sindbad
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Swimmer Take All
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Lunch with a Punch
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Clown on the Farm
as Baby Huey's Mother (voice)
The Deep Boo Sea
as Billy / Billy's Brother's Friend (uncredited)
Ghost of the Town
as Baby / Kids (uncredited)
Law and Audrey
1952
Law and Audrey
as Little Audrey (voice)
Pig-a-Boo
as Junior Pig / Mama Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Alpine for You
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Tweet Music
as Little Eagle / Ostrich
Miners Forty Niners
as Gold Digger / Clementine
Land of Lost Watches
1951
Land of Lost Watches
as Isabel / Rosita Wristwatch (voice)
Thrill of Fair
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Vacation with Play
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Stalk Spinach
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Scout Fellow
as Baby Huey's Mom
One Quack Mind
as Baby Huey's Mom
Party Smarty
1951
Party Smarty
as Baby Huey's Mom
To Boo or Not to Boo
as Lou / Ladies at Door (voice) (uncredited)
Boo Scout
as Billy (voice)
The Farmer and the Belle
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Quick on the Vigor
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Jitterbug Jive
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye Makes a Movie
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Beach Peach
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Gym Jam
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Quack-a Doodle-Doo
as Baby Huey's Mommy (voice) (uncredited)
Teacher's Pest
as Junior's Mother / Worm (voice)
Casper's Spree Under the Sea
as Goldie the Goldfish(voice) (uncredited)
Barking Dogs Don't Fite
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Casper / Ghost Teacher (voice) (uncredited)
Silly Hillbilly
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Lumberjack and Jill
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Balmy Swami
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hot Air Aces
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Tar with a Star
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye's Premiere
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Our Funny Finny Friends
as Carmen Miranda Fish (voice)
Snow Foolin'
as Hen / Mama Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Olive Oyl for President
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Wigwam Whoopee
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Snow Place Like Home
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Flip Flap
as Flip-Flap (voice)
A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Spinach vs Hamburgers
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hector's Hectic Life
as Swedish Housekeeper - Puppies (voice)
Symphony in Spinach
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Robin Hood-Winked
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Pre-Hysterical Man
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Land of the Lost
1948
The Land of the Lost
as Isabel (voice)
All's Fair at the Fair
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Santa's Surprise
as Little Audrey (voice) (uncredited)
I'll Be Skiing Ya
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Abusement Park
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Royal Four-Flusher
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and the Pirates
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Wotta Knight
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Safari So Good
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Bout with a Trout
as Teacher
House Tricks?
as Olive Oyl (voice)
The Island Fling
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Peep in the Deep
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Service with a Guile
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Rocket to Mars
as Olive Oyl (voice)
The Fistic Mystic
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Rodeo Romeo
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Klondike Casanova
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
For Better or Nurse
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Shape Ahoy
as Olive Oyl / Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Mess Production
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Tops in the Big Top
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Friendly Ghost
as Johnny (voice) (uncredited)
Spinach Packin' Popeye
as Olive Oyl (voice)
Gabriel Churchkitten
1944
Gabriel Churchkitten
as Peter (voice)
She-Sick Sailors
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Puppet Love
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
as Buzz (voice) (uncredited)
The Fulla Bluff Man
as Cavewoman (voice)
The Tears of an Onion
1938
The Tears of an Onion
as Various Vegetables (voice) (uncredited)
I Yam Love Sick
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mutiny Ain't Nice
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Pudgy the Watchman
as Betty Boop
Riding the Rails
as Betty Boop
Learn Polikeness
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Celebrake
as Olive Oyl / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
Be Up to Date
as Betty Boop
The House Builder-Upper
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Date to Skate
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Buzzy Boop at the Concert
as Betty Boop (voice)
House Cleaning Blues
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
The Impractical Joker
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
The Candid Candidate
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
The Paneless Window Washer
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Organ Grinder's Swing
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Foxy Hunter
as Betty Boop
Service with a Smile
as Betty Boop
My Artistical Temperature
as Olive Oyl
The Twisker Pitcher
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Hospitaliky
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The New Deal Show
as Betty Boop / Cats / Puppy (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I Likes Babies and Infinks
as Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
I Never Changes My Altitude
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Fowl Play
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Football Toucher Downer
as Young Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
Zula Hula
as Betty Boop
Protek the Weakerist
as Olive Oyl
Bunny Mooning
as Bunny (voice) (uncredited)
Lost and Foundry
as Olive Oyl / Swee' Pea (voice) (uncredited)
Morning, Noon and Night Club
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Hot Air Salesman
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
The Cobweb Hotel
as Flies (voice)
Training Pigeons
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
Be Human
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
You're Not Built That Way
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Bridge Ahoy!
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Brotherly Love
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Clean Shaven Man
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I Wanna Be a Life Guard
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Get Movin'
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Never Kick a Woman
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Little Swee'pea
as Olive Oyl / Swee'Pea (voice) (uncredited)
Hold the Wire
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I'm in the Army Now
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Spinach Roadster
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
More Pep
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop and the Little King
as Betty Boop (voice)
Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Christmas Comes But Once a Year
as Orphans (voice) (uncredited)
New Shoes
as Girl's Shoes (voice)
Betty Boop and Little Jimmy
as Betty Boop / Little Jimmy (voice) (uncredited)
Somewhere in Dreamland
as Mother / Boy / Girl (voice)
Grampy's Indoor Outing
as Betty Boop / Junior (voice)
Making Friends
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Happy You and Merry Me
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
We Did It
as Betty Boop / Pudgy / Kitten (voice) (uncredited)
The Lost Chick
as Squirrel Children (voice) (uncredited)
Taking the Blame
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
The Kids in the Shoe
as Woman in the shoe
Swat the Fly
as Betty Boop (voice)
No! No! A Thousand Times No!!
as Betty Boop (voice)
For Better or Worser
as Olive Oyl
Choose Your 'Weppins'
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Be Kind to 'Aminals'
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Beware of Barnacle Bill
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Pleased to Meet Cha!
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
You Gotta Be a Football Hero
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Adventures of Popeye
as Olive Oyl (voice)
The Spinach Overture
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
King of the Mardi Gras
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Stop That Noise
as Betty Boop
Betty Boop and Grampy
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Be Good
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Dancing on the Moon
as Various (voice, uncredited)
The Hyp-Nut-Tist
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
A Little Soap and Water
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Little Nobody
as Betty Boop / Mrs. Prissy / Pup Voices (voice) (uncredited)
A Language All My Own
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Judge for a Day
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Making Stars
as Betty Boop (voice)
Betty Boop with Henry the Funniest Living American
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
as Betty Boop
The Two-Alarm Fire
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Dance Contest
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
We Aim to Please
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Trial
as Betty Boop
Betty Boop's Little Pal
as Betty Boop / Pudgy (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Prize Show
as Betty Boop
Shiver Me Timbers!
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Can You Take It
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Keep in Style
as Betty Boop
A Dream Walking
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Axe Me Another
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Ha! Ha! Ha!
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
When My Ship Comes In
as Betty Boop (voice)
Shoein' Hosses
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
The Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Olive Oyl / Nana Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
There's Something About a Soldier
as Betty Boop (voice)
Strong to the Finich
as Children (voice) (uncredited)
Snow-White
as Betty Boop (voice)
Mother Goose Land
as Betty Boop
The Old Man of the Mountain
as Betty Boop (singing voice)
Popeye the Sailor
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Is My Palm Read
as Betty Boop (voice)
Betty Boop's Birthday Party
as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Big Boss
as Betty Boop
I Heard
as Betty Boop (voice)
I Eats My Spinach
as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions
as Betty Boop (voice)
Birds in the Spring
as Baby Birds (voice) (uncredited)
One Hour with You
as Office Worker (uncredited)
Time on My Hands
as Betty Boop
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
1932
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
as Betty Boop (voice)
Rudy Vallee Melodies
as Betty Boop (voice)
Romantic Melodies
as Betty Boop (voice)
Betty Boop's Museum
as Betty Boop
Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle
as Betty Boop
Chess-Nuts
as Betty Boop
Betty Boop's Ups and Downs
as Betty Boop
Crazy-Town
as Betty Boop / Beauty Shop Customer 1 / Beauty Shop Customer 2 (voice) (uncredited)
Stopping the Show
as Betty Boop / Aloysius (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Boop, M.D.
as Betty Boop
Betty Boop for President
as Betty Boop
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
1932
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
as Betty Boop
Minnie the Moocher
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
The Betty Boop Limited
as Betty Boop (voice)
Wayward
as Showgirl (uncredited)
Just One More Chance
as Betty Boop (voice)
Just a Gigolo
as Betty Boop
The Musical Doctor
1932
The Musical Doctor
as Nurse Clef
Admission Free
as Betty Boop (voice)
Silly Scandals
as Betty Boop (voice)
Bimbo's Initiation
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Bimbo's Express
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Minding the Baby
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Kitty from Kansas City
as Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
Mother Goose Melodies
as Little Bo Peep / Lamb (voice) (uncredited)