Mae Questel (September 13, 1908 - January 4, 1998) was an American actress and voice artist. September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

Born Mae Kwestel in New York City, 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 animated shorts. During the 1930s she released a recording of "On The Good Ship Lollypop" which sold more than 2 million copies. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Vaudeville was a style of multi-act theater which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... Max Fleischer (July 19, 1883–September 11, 1972) was an important pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon. ... Betty Boop, 1930-1967 from the opening title sequence of the earliest entries in the Betty Boop Cartoons series. ... Helen Kane (August 4, 1903 - September 26, 1966) was an American popular singer, best known for her boop-boop-a-doop trademark and her signature song, I Wanna Be Loved By You. Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick used Kane as the model for his studios most famous creation, Betty... Animation is the technique in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model unit (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result with a...

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. Olive Oyl is a cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar for his comic strip Thimble Theater. ... Popeye from an opening still from a 1950s Famous Studios cartoon short, with his characteristic corncob pipe and single good eye. ... Zazu Pitts sporting her famous bob hairstyle ZaSu Pitts (3 January 1894–7 June 1963) was a United States movie actress. ...

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) (making her the only actress to ever play Woody Allen's mother on-screen), and her final film appearance in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989). She also provided the voice for her old character Betty Boop who made a cameo appearance in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988). She appeared in TV commercials for various household products, becoming famous as "Aunt Bluebell" who pitched ScotTowels. The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Fanny Brice, early Ziegfeld Follies portrait photograph Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) was a United States comedian, singer, and entertainer. ... Funny Girl is a 1964 semi-biographical musical that tells the story of Broadway star Fanny Brice. ... Zelig is a 1983 movie produced and directed by Woody Allen. ... External links IMDBs entry on New York Stories Categories: Stub | 1989 films ... Woody Allen. ... National Lampoons Christmas Vacation is a movie from 1989. ... Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a movie that combines animation and live action, and is a unique chance to see many cartoons from different studios in a single film. ...

Questel died from Alzheimer's Disease at the age of 89 in New York City in 1998. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ...