![]() Even though the song may have led to Betty's eventual christening, any reference to Betty Co-ed as a Betty Boop vehicle is incorrect although the official Betty Boop website describes the titular character as a "prototype" of Betty. Today, Betty is voiced by Tress MacNeille, Sandy Fox and Cindy Robinson in commercials.Īlthough it has been assumed that Betty's first name was established in the 1931 Screen Songs cartoon, Betty Co-ed, this "Betty" is an entirely different character. Questel, who began voicing Betty Boop in 1931, continued with the role until her death in 1998. ![]() In individual cartoons, she was called "Nancy Lee" or "Nan McGrew" – derived from the 1930 Helen Kane film Dangerous Nan McGrew – usually serving as a girlfriend to studio star, Bimbo.īetty's voice was first performed by Margie Hines, and was later performed by several different voice actresses, including Kate Wright, Bonnie Poe, Ann Rothschild (also known as Little Ann Little), and most notably, Mae Questel. Betty Boop appeared as a supporting character in 10 cartoons as a flapper girl with more heart than brains. Her floppy poodle ears became hoop earrings, and her black poodle nose became a girl's button-like nose. Max Fleischer finalized Betty Boop as a human character in 1932, in the cartoon Any Rags. The character was originally created as an anthropomorphic French poodle. Although Clara Bow is often given as being the model for Boop, she actually began as a caricature of singer Helen Kane. Her first debut was in 1930, a year later after Popeye.īetty Boop made her first appearance on August 9, 1930, in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes the sixth installment in Fleischer's Talkartoon series. American Betty Boop is a very famous character in the 20th century who is the main female protagonist of the series of
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