American actress (1932–2020)
Julie Bennett
Born (1932-01-24 ) January 24, 1932Died March 31, 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 88) Occupation Actress Years active 1947–2000 Known for The Yogi Bear Show
Julie Bennett (January 24, 1932 – March 31, 2020) was an American actress.
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]
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
Bennett worked as a voice actress from the 1950s until the early 2000s. She recorded voices for UPA , Warner Bros. , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , Format Films ' The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (in 1959, for three of season 1 editions of the segment "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
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1949–1952
The Clock
1946–1952
Lights Out
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
Receptionist
Public Defender
Jane Stevens
1955
The Farmer from Monticello
Martha Jefferson
The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater
1955–1957
Matinee Theatre
1956
Adventures of Superman
Sometimes Mabel
1956–1959
Dragnet
Jan Petrie
1957
Leave It to Beaver
Waitress
Highway Patrol
Mrs. Wright
1959
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
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
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
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
Cindy Bear (voice)
1977
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
Various Characters (voice)
Fred Flintstone and Friends
1978
The All-New Popeye Hour
Additional voices
Dinky Dog
Monica (voice)
1979
Gulliver's Travels
Various Characters (voice)
1981
Goliath Awaits
Sylvia King
1984
The Mighty Orbots
Boo (voice)
1986
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
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
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
2000
Spider-Man
Old Woman
Final role
References
^ "Julie Bennett, 88". Classic Images (541): 38. July 2020.
^ "In Reverse" . St. Petersburg Times . April 1, 1951. p. 41. Retrieved June 30, 2014 – via Google News Archive .
^ "Dramatic" . St. Petersburg Times . May 28, 1950. p. 37. Retrieved June 30, 2014 – via Google News Archive .
^ "Sandra Dee Making Films Again" . Sarasota Journal . October 23, 1972. p. B-7. Retrieved June 30, 2014 – via Google News Archive .
^ Scott, Keith (2000). The Moose That Roared: The Story of Jay Ward, Bill Scott, a Flying Squirrel, and a Talking Moose (1st ed.). New York: Thomas Dunne Books . p. 352. ISBN 0-312-19922-8 . Retrieved March 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive Book Reader .
^ Behind the Voice Actors: Aunt May - Spider-Man (1994) Behind the Voice Actors, Retrieved April 2, 2020
^ Evans, Greg (April 2, 2020). " 'Yogi Bear Show' Voice Actress Julie Bennett Dies Of COVID-19 At 88" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved April 3, 2020 .
^ Barnes, Mike (April 2, 2020). "Julie Bennett, 'Yogi Bear' Voice Actress, Dies From Coronavirus Complications at 88" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022 .
^ a b c d e Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age . Vol. 2. Orlando: BearManor Media. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5 . Retrieved March 9, 2024 – via Google Books .
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