";s:4:"text";s:4842:" The show was aired in CBS on July 5, 1948.Burns and Allen – This was a popular show of George Burns and Gracie Allen. Benaderet was then a prominent figure on television in Benaderet was raised Catholic, and attended grade school at a In 1926, Benaderet joined the staff of San Francisco radio station Benaderet relocated to Hollywood in 1936 and joined the radio station Other recurring characters Benaderet portrayed were Blanche Morton on Beginning in 1943, Benaderet became Warner Bros.' primary voice of adult female supporting characters for their The 1960s had Benaderet become a fixture on television, including working on two shows simultaneously from 1960 to 1964.Paul Henning had long admired Benaderet's talents and strove to create a starring vehicle for her, as he felt she was worthy of headlining her own series after years of supporting parts.Henning was again given free rein for a new show with no pilot needed, which he bestowed to colleague Benaderet played bit parts in six motion pictures from 1946 to 1962, four of which were uncredited. Benaderet has lent her voice for several animated characters in ‘Looney Tunes’, ‘The Flintstones’ and ‘Merrie Melodies’. The show was later adapted as a radio show that started in 1929. At the age of 12, she was spotted by the manager of KGO, who invited her to sing in his radio station.Benaderet received her big break in 1939 when she was cast as a regular in the show, ‘The Jack Benny Program’ and subsequently became a popular radio artist. She then went on to play interesting characters like the high society matron Mrs. Carstairs in ‘Fibber McGee and Molly’, the curious maid Gloria in ‘The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet’ and the menacing landlady Clara Anderson in ‘A Day in the Life of Dennis Day’.She played Iris Atterbury in the 1940s radio series, ‘My Favorite Husband’. She played Blanche Morton, the next door neighbor of George Burns and Gracie Allen, on both radio and television. But during the last phase of the treatment, a tumor was detected, which doctors couldn’t remove.The radiation treatment sessions weakened her and she quit smoking. http://cnynews.com/baby-boomer-alert-actress-bea-benaderet-we-know-the-face-but-not-the-name-video/ Benaderet was born on April 4, 1906 in New York City.
When the producers decided to create a similar television series titled, ‘I Love Lucy’, Benaderet was the first choice to play the role of Ethel Mertz, but was unavailable to take up the role as she had already signed for the duo, Burns and Allen's television adaptation of their radio program. Her father, Samuel Benaderet, was a Turkish immigrant and her mother's name was Margaret O'Keefe Benaderet. So he created a character exclusively for her.Benaderet played the character Cousin Pearl Bodine. She was one of the few female voice artists associated with Warner Bros studio in its early days. On October 17, four days after her death and the day after her funeral, her husband Eugene Twombly, died at the age of 54 from a massive heart attack , [93] and was interred beside her. A few years later, she was replaced by June Foray.Benaderet reunited with Warner Bros in the 60s when she lent her voice for ‘Flintstones’. She also practiced voice acting and took her piano lessons during this period.Benaderet became proficient in voice modulation and could speak many languages like French, Spanish, English and Yiddish.While attending the Reginald Travis School of Acting in San Francisco, she appeared in theaters, finding employment as an actress, singer, writer and producer. During this time, she met the famous scriptwriter, Paul Henning and since then, they went on to collaborate numerous times on many shows.When developing the show, ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ in 1962, Henning wanted to cast Benaderet, but they both felt that her physical appearance wouldn’t suit the role.Even though Benaderet lost the role to Irene Ryan, she was constantly involved in the show, providing suggestions to Henning. She played Kate Bradley, a widowed proprietor of a hotel.