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  Mae Questel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born Mae Kwestel in New York City, Questel won a talent contest at the age of 17, and began performing in vaudeville.
Questel made her first on-screen appearance in the 1960s and was widely seen as one of Fanny Brice's mother's card-playing friends at the start of Funny Girl (1968).
Mae Questel died from complications related to Alzheimer's Disease at the age of 89 in New York City in 1998.
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 Mae Questel:A Reminiscence, History and Perspective
Mae Questel was a natural "ham," born into a family that didn't believe show business was a suitable profession for a respectable girl.
Mae had embarked upon a career in teaching when some of her friends, knowing her to be a natural mimic, entered her in a Helen Kane impersonation contest at the RKO Fordham Theater where Miss Kane was appearing.
Mae was concerned that such a public display would be inappropriate for a teacher, but she participated in the competition and was, of course, victorious.
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 Mae Questel: Voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl
Mae Questel, voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, dies
Questel, who died Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998, at her home, was a veteran of stage, screen and vaudeville.
Born in the Bronx, Questel was discovered at 17 when she was signed to perform on the vaudeville circuit.
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 Mae Questel (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab5.csail.mit.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Born in New York, New York, Questel won a talent contest at the age of 17, and began performing on vaudeville.
Questel's "Boop-boop-a-doop" routine, done in a style similar to that of the song's originator, Helen Kane, was exactly what Fleischer had been looking for.
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 Mae Questel — FactMonster.com
Questel began performing in vaudeville in her late teens.
She also supplied the vocal cords for Olive Oyl in the Popeye cartoon series (1933–67) and sometimes for the cartoon characters Little Audrey and Casper the Friendly Ghost.
Questel's recording of “The Good Ship Lollipop” sold 2 million copies during the 1930s.
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 Classic Films : presented by the DOURIS Corporation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Rudy is a musical professor with Mae Questel doing another impression of Helen Kane, the Betty Boop girl.
Mae Questel does one of her famous Betty Boop imitations and musical numbers include "Keep A Little Song Handy", "Vallee's...
Vallee dispenses justice in a courtroom: one culprit is sentenced to "sing forever through a megaphone." Another trademark, Betty Boop's musical signature is panned when Mae...
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 Biography for Mae Questel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
When Mae was 17 and living in the South Bronx when she won a local contest to find the girl who most resembled Helen Kane, a popular singer known as the "Boop-Oop-A-Doop Queen." She was promptly signed by an agent and began performing in the Vaudeville circuit.
She served as the voice on more than 150 Betty Boop animated shorts until the character was retired in 1939.
Billing herself in vaudeville as "Mae Questel -- Personality Singer of Personality Songs." She performed dead-on vocal imitations of Maurice Chevalier, Eddie Kantor, Fanny Brice, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West and Helen ("Boop-Boop-a-Doop") Kane, among many others.
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 ABC-Directory - Mae Questel, Voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, Dies
ABC-Directory - Mae Questel, Voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, Dies
Obituary that appeared in The Houston Chronicle via the Associated Press.
Mae Questel: A Reminiscence, History and Perspective (Popularity:
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 ABC-Directory - Mae Questel: A Reminiscence, History and Perspective
Includes sound clip of Questel singing the theme song.
): Mae Questel filmography and archived obituary article from The Washington Post.
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 Mae Questel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Petite, with a high-pitched, rounded voice, Mae Questel was the voice behind such cartoon figures as Betty Boop, Olive Oyl and Little Audry.
At age 17, the Bronx-born singer-actress won a talent contest mimicking the then-popular baby-voiced entertainer Helen Kane.
An agent immediately signed Questel and before long she was appearing on the vaudeville circuit as a singer and impressionist, imitating performers from Fanny Brice to Maurice Chevalier....
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 Amazon.com: Betty Boop 2 / Animated: Video: Mae Questel,The Royal Samoans,Satini Pualoa,Cab Calloway and His Cotton ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Starring: Mae Questel, The Royal Samoans Director: Dave Fleischer Rating
Plot Outline Betty Boop and Bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song.
Actors: Mae Questel, The Royal Samoans, Satini Pualoa, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, Cab Calloway
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 Mae Questel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
When Mae was 17 and living in the South Bronx when she won a local contest...
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 Mae Questel MovieEye.com Mae Questel Address Celebrity Contact Write Actor Actress Movie Posters, Film, Celebrities ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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