ACTOR

Mae Questel

1908 - 1998

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Mae Questel (; born Mae Kwestel; September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998) was an American actress. She was best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop (from 1931) and Olive Oyl (from 1933). Questel began her career in vaudeville, primarily working as an impressionist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mae Questel has received more than 1,912,337 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Mae Questel is the 6,134th most popular actor (down from 4,734th in 2019), the 9,005th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,062nd in 2019) and the 2,806th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mae Questel ranks 6,134 out of 13,578. Before her are Virginia Bruce, Billy West, Mikhail Yefremov, Jason Donovan, Shane West, and Susan Hampshire. After her are Jeremy Kemp, Sheree North, Logan Lerman, Eddie Polo, Richard Briers, and Ashley Benson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Mae Questel ranks 359. Before her are Knut Fridell, František Douda, Maximos V Hakim, Kaarlo Tuominen, Marcel Pinel, and Aleksandr Zarkhi. After her are Kurt Neumann, Robert Pearce, Sulo Nurmela, Lya Lys, Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, and Dragutin Najdanović. Among people deceased in 1998, Mae Questel ranks 266. Before her are Jackie Blanchflower, Charles Korvin, Hilla Limann, Francesc Xavier Bultó, Eleanor Garatti, and Binnie Barnes. After her are Jesús Loroño, Ernst Ising, Eldridge Cleaver, Naim Talu, Justin Fashanu, and Louis Chaillot.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mae Questel ranks 9,005 out of 20,380. Before her are Billy West (1952), James Fifer (1930), John C. Malone (1941), Lloyd Ruby (1928), King Curtis (1934), and Shane West (1978). After her are Earl Wild (1915), William Varley (1880), Sheree North (1932), Richard DeVos (1926), Brad Friedel (1971), and Logan Lerman (1992).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Mae Questel ranks 2,806. Before her are Sheldon Leonard (1907), Minka Kelly (1980), Michele Lee (1942), Virginia Bruce (1909), Billy West (1952), and Shane West (1978). After her are Sheree North (1932), Logan Lerman (1992), Ashley Benson (1989), Frances Dee (1909), Hoyt Axton (1938), and Mary Miles Minter (1902).

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Television and Movie Roles

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Betty Boop (voice)
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
Jun 21o 19887.5 / 10
Popeye the Sailor
Olive Oyl (voice)
Follows the adventures of the famed spinach-eating sailor man. Popeye is one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time. This spunky but loveable spinach-eating sailor continues to delight young and old with his comic adventures, and the entire gang is around to provide plenty of rousing fun and action: Olive Oyl, Swee'Pea, Wimpy and Bluto.
7.106 / 10
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Aunt Bethany
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
Nov 30o 19897.2 / 10