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Julie Bennett

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Julie Bennett
Born(1932-01-24)January 24, 1932
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
DiedMarch 31, 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 88)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
Years active1947–2000
Known forThe Yogi Bear Show

Julie Bennett (January 24, 1932 – March 31, 2020) was an American actress and later talent agent and realtor.

Early years

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
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 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

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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

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Year Title Voice role Notes
2000 Spider-Man Old Woman Final role

References

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  1. ^ "Julie Bennett, 88". Classic Images (541): 38. July 2020.
  2. ^ "In Reverse". St. Petersburg Times. 1 April 1951. p. 41. Retrieved 30 June 2014 – via Google News Archive.
  3. ^ "Dramatic". St. Petersburg Times. 28 May 1950. p. 37. Retrieved 30 June 2014 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ^ "Sandra Dee Making Films Again". Sarasota Journal. 23 October 1972. p. B-7. Retrieved 30 June 2014 – via Google News Archive.
  5. ^ 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 2024-03-09 – via Internet Archive Book Reader.
  6. ^ Behind the Voice Actors: Aunt May - Spider-Man (1994) Behind the Voice Actors, Retrieved April 2, 2020
  7. ^ Evans, Greg (2020-04-02). "'Yogi Bear Show' Voice Actress Julie Bennett Dies Of COVID-19 At 88". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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 2024-03-09 – via Google Books.
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Preceded by
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 Voice of Cindy Bear
1961–1988 		Succeeded by
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