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Mae Questel (September 13, 1908 - January 4, 1998)
was an United States|American actor|actress and
voice artist.

Born in New York, New York, Questel won a talent
contest at the age of 17, and began performing on
vaudeville.  She was seen by Max Fleischer who was
looking for an actress to provide the voice for
his Betty Boop character.  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. From 1930 until 1939 Questel provided the
voice of Betty Boop in more than 150
animation|animated shorts.  During the 1930s she
released a recording of "On The Good Ship
Lollypop" which sold more than 2 million copies.

From the mid 1930s Questel also provided the voice
for Olive Oyl in the Popeye animated shorts.  She
based Olive's nasal vocal style on that of the
actress ZaSu Pitts, ultimately playing the role
for more than twenty years.  

She made her first on-screen appearance in the
1960s, and was widely seen as one of Fanny Brice's
mother's card-playing friends in Funny Girl
(1968), and also appeared in Zelig (1983), New
York Stories (1989) and her final film appearance
in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989).  
She provided the voice for her old character Betty
Boop who made a cameo appearance in Who Framed
Roger Rabbit? (1988). She also appeared in TV
commercials for various household products,
becoming famous as "Aunt Bluebell", pitching
ScotTowels.

Questel died from Alzheimer's Disease.