Julie Bennett
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| Years active | 1947–2000 |
Julie Bennett (January 24, 1932 – March 31, 2020) was an American actress and later talent agent and realtor.
Early years
Bennett was born in
Manhattan, New York, on January 24, 1932.[1] By the time she was 18, she had been living in Hollywood, Los Angeles for so long that she was described as a "native of Hollywood", when she returned to New York to pursue her acting career.[2]
Acting career
Bennett worked as a character actress on stage, on
radio,[3] and in several film and television programs,[4] including The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Adventures of Superman, and Dragnet
.
Voice-acting career
Bennett worked as a voice actress from the 1950s until the early 2000s. She recorded voices for
Fractured Fairy Tales"),[5] and Hanna-Barbera
Productions.
She is best known as the voice of Hanna-Barbera's Cindy Bear on The Yogi Bear Show and its feature-film spin-off Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! She reprised the character in Yogi's Treasure Hunt, Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears, and The New Yogi Bear Show.
Bennett continued with voice work into the 1990s, including a role as the voice of Aunt May Parker in the animated TV series Spider-Man after Linda Gary's death in 1995.[6]
Other activities
Apart from her acting career, Bennett worked as a realtor and an agent for other actors. She went by a pseudonym when working in a field other than performing.[7]
Death
Bennett died of complications from COVID-19 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on March 31, 2020, aged 88, during the COVID-19 pandemic in California.[8]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1955 | Illegal | Ms. Worth | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Busy Buddies | Jeannie, Joan, Baby (voice)[9] | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Tom's Photo Finish | Joan (voice)[9] | Uncredited |
| 1958 | Droopy Leprechaun | Airline Hostness (voice)[9] | Uncredited |
| Tot Watchers | Jeannie, Joan (voice)[9] | Uncredited | |
| 1961 | Strangled Eggs | Miss Prissy (voice) | Uncredited |
| 1962 | Loopy De Loop | Female Skunk (voice) | Common Scents theatrical short |
| The Slick Chick | Widow Hen (voice) | ||
| Louvre Come Back to Me! | Mona Lisa (voice)[9] | ||
| Gay Purr-ee | Provence Lady (voice) | ||
| 1963 | I Was a Teenage Thumb
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Prunhilda (voice) | |
| The Unmentionables | Phone Operator (voice) | ||
| Transylvania 6-5000 | Agatha and Emily (voice) | ||
| 1964 | Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! | Cindy Bear (voice) | |
| 1966 | What's Up, Tiger Lily? | Vocal Assist (voice) | |
| 1967 | King Kong Escapes | Lt. Susan Watson, Madame Piranha (voice) | English version only |
| 1970 | Sole Survivor | Amanda (uncredited) | |
| 1972 | Tijuana Toads | Flora (voice) | Frog Jog theatrical short |
| 1986 | Crossings | 1st Lady | |
| 1988 | Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears | Cindy Bear (voice) | |
| Daffy Duck's Quackbusters | Agatha and Emily (voice) |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1949–1952 | The Clock | ||
| 1946–1952 | Lights Out
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| 1950–1951 | Starlight Theatre | ||
| 1950–1956 | Big Town | ||
| 1952–1953 | Steve Randall | Audrey Clayton | |
| 1953 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Mimi Watson | |
| 1953–1955 | Lux Video Theatre | Edith / Miss Williams | |
| 1954 | I Led 3 Lives | Comrade Munson | |
The Ford Television Theatre
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Receptionist | ||
Public Defender
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Jane Stevens | ||
| 1955 | The Farmer from Monticello | Martha Jefferson | |
| The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater | |||
| 1955–1957 | Matinee Theatre
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| 1956 | Adventures of Superman | Sometimes Mabel | |
| 1956–1959 | Dragnet | Jan Petrie | |
| 1957 | Leave It to Beaver | Waitress | |
Highway Patrol
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Mrs. Wright | ||
| 1959 | The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
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| 1959–1960 | The Quick Draw McGraw Show | Sagebrush Sal, Gisele (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 1960–1962 | The Bullwinkle Show | Fisherman's Wife, Little Princess, Princess Irene (voice) | Segment Fractured Fairy Tales |
| 1960–1961 | The Huckleberry Hound Show | Brigette, Juliet (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 1960 | The Bugs Bunny Show | Additional voices | |
| Mister Magoo | Daughter (voice) | Episode: "Magoo's Western Exposure" | |
| 1961 | The Best of the Post | Rosalie Blagden | |
| 1961–1962 | The Yogi Bear Show | Cindy Bear (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 1962 | The Donna Reed Show | Lady Customer | |
| 1963 | McHale's Navy | Nippon Nancy (voice) | |
| 1964 | The Magilla Gorilla Show | Various Characters (voice) | |
| 1965 | The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo | Snow White, Lady of the Lake (voice) | |
| 1967–1968 | The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure | Donna Troy / Wonder Girl (voice) | Segment Teen Titans |
| 1967–1969 | The New Adventures of Superman | Lois Lane (voice) | |
| 1967–1970 | Get Smart | Zachary, Stewardess | |
| 1968 | The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
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Various Characters (voice) | |
| The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Princess Tina (voice) | Episode: "The Little People" | |
| The Banana Splits Adventure Hour | Queen Anne, Lady Constance (voice) | Segment The Three Musketeers | |
| 1969 | Cattanooga Cats | Kitty Jo, Chessie (voice) | |
| The F.B.I. | Katie Singer | ||
| 1969–1970 | Dragnet 1967
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Susan Fowler, Evelyn Gentry, Jan Petrie, Angela Tigley | |
| 1970 | Love, American Style | Carol | Segment Love and the V.I.P. Restaurant |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Eve Parker | ||
| 1971 | The Funky Phantom | Lori Elwood | "The Headless Horseman" |
| The Bob Hope Special | Herself | ||
| 1973 | Jeannie | Various Characters (voice) | |
| Yogi's Gang | Cindy Bear (voice) | 2 episodes | |
| 1974 | Gunsmoke | Kate | |
| These Are the Days | Various Characters (voice) | ||
| 1974–1975 | Adam-12 | Angie Byrd, Ethel Pollard (voice) | |
| 1977–1978 | Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics
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Cindy Bear (voice) | |
| 1977 | Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels | Various Characters (voice) | |
| Fred Flintstone and Friends | |||
| 1978 | The All-New Popeye Hour
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Additional voices | |
| Dinky Dog | Monica (voice) | ||
| 1979 | Gulliver's Travels | Various Characters (voice) | |
| 1981 | Goliath Awaits | Sylvia King | |
| 1984 | The Mighty Orbots
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Boo (voice) | |
| 1986 | The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
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Agatha and Emily (voice) | |
| Yogi's Treasure Hunt | Cindy Bear, United Nations Speaker (voice) | ||
| The Real Ghostbusters | Cynthia Crawford (voice) | ||
| 1988 | The New Yogi Bear Show | Cindy Bear (voice) | |
| 1989 | Moonlighting | Woman | |
| 1990 | Square One TV
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Sybil Divine | |
Thanksgiving Day
|
Julie | ||
| Mathnet | Sybil Divine | ||
| 1991 | Garfield and Friends | Lola, various roles (voice) | |
| 1995–1998 | Spider-Man | Aunt May Parker (voice) | Seasons 3–5, after the death of Linda Gary |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
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| 2000 | Spider-Man | Old Woman | Final role |
References
- ^ "Julie Bennett, 88". Classic Images (541): 38. July 2020.
- St. Petersburg Times. 1 April 1951. p. 41. Retrieved 30 June 2014 – via Google News Archive.
- St. Petersburg Times. 28 May 1950. p. 37. Retrieved 30 June 2014 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Sandra Dee Making Films Again". Sarasota Journal. 23 October 1972. p. B-7. Retrieved 30 June 2014 – via Google News Archive.
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- ^ Behind the Voice Actors: Aunt May - Spider-Man (1994) Behind the Voice Actors, Retrieved April 2, 2020
- ^ Evans, Greg (2020-04-02). "'Yogi Bear Show' Voice Actress Julie Bennett Dies Of COVID-19 At 88". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ^ Barnes, Mike (2020-04-02). "Julie Bennett, 'Yogi Bear' Voice Actress, Dies From Coronavirus Complications at 88". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ^ .
External links
- Julie Bennett at IMDb
- Julie Bennett at AllMovie
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