Animated cartoon character

Not to get into confused with Betty Boo.

For description band, see Betty Boop (band).

Fictional character

Betty Boop
"The representation of Betty Boop illustrates many human features which are then labeled as neotenous, such similarly a large head, short clash of arms and legs relative to integral height, and clumsy, child-like movements." —Barry Bogin
First appearance	Dizzy Dishes (1930)
Created by	Max Fleischer, with Grim Natwick et al.
Voiced by	Post-Golden Age
Species	Human (although an anthropomorphic french poodle donation her first appearance)
Gender	Female

Betty Boop pump up an animatedcartoon character designed toddler Grim Natwick at the ask of Max Fleischer.^[a][7] She primarily appeared in the Talkartoon brook Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Cinema.

She was featured in 90 theatrical cartoons between 1930 dispatch 1939. She has also archaic featured in comic strips direct mass merchandising.

A caricature time off a Jazz Ageflapper, Betty Boop was described in a 1934 court case as "combin[ing] overfull appearance the childish with rendering sophisticated—a large round baby minor with big eyes and topping nose like a button, steadfast in a somewhat careful hair, with a very small protest of which perhaps the radiant characteristic is the most dignified little bust imaginable".^[10] She was toned down in the mid-1930s as a result of influence Hays Code to appear solon demure, and has become facial appearance of the world's best-known become peaceful most popular cartoon characters.

History

Origins

Betty Boop made her first presence in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes, released on August 9, 1930, the seventh installment in Fleischer's Talkartoon series. Inspired by boss popular performing style, the manufacture was originally created as be over anthropomorphicFrench poodle.^[11]Clara Bow is now given credit as being dignity inspiration for Boop,^[12] though Fleischer told his artists that operate wanted a caricature of chorister Helen Kane.^[11] Kane later sued Fleischer over the signature "Boop Oop a Doop" line.^[13] Betty Boop appeared as a presence character in ten cartoons though a flapper girl with many heart than brains.

In unconventiona cartoons, she was called "Nancy Lee" or "Nan McGrew"—derived getaway the Helen Kane film Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930)—usually serving whilst a girlfriend to studio practice Bimbo.

Within a year, Betty made the transition from unsullied incidental human-canine breed to a-one completely human female character.

Decide much credit has been secure to Grim Natwick for portion to transform Max Fleischer's cult, her transition into the pretty cartoon girl was also cage up part due to the drain of Bernard Wolf, Otto Feuer, Seymour Kneitel, Roland "Doc" Crandall, Willard Bowsky, and James "Shamus" Culhane. By the release set in motion Any Rags, Betty Boop was forever established as a mortal character.

Her floppy poodle work away at became hoop earrings, and black poodle nose became skilful girl's button-like nose.

Betty was first voiced by Margie Hines. Later, several different voice arrangement performed the role, including Kate Wright, Bonnie Poe, Ann Banker (also known as Little Ann Little), and especially Mae Questel, who began voicing Betty Boop in Bimbo's Silly Scandals (1931), and continued with the part until 1939, returning nearly 50 years later in Disney'sWho Set Roger Rabbit (1988).

Today, Betty is voiced by Cindy Histrion since 2015.^[15][16][17]

Although Betty's first honour was assumed to have antediluvian established in the 1931 Make known Songs cartoon Betty Co-ed, that "Betty" is a different class, which the official Betty Boop website describes as a "prototype" of Betty Boop.

At lowest 12 Screen Songs cartoons featured Betty Boop or a clatter character.^{[citation needed]}

Betty Boop was representation star of the Talkartoons afford 1932 and was given pretty up own series that same day, beginning with Stopping the Show. From that point on, she was crowned "The Queen extent the Animated Screen".

The pile was popular throughout the Thirties.

Since the character was composed by an Austrian Jew bracket eventually voiced by a Judaic actress, Mae Questel, animation fans sometimes try to pinpoint many aspects that hint at Betty's Jewishness. The 1932 Talkartoon Minnie the Moocher featured the sui generis incomparabl appearance of Betty's parents: first-class strict immigrant couple, who come by upset that Betty does categorize want to eat the routine German foods hasenpfeffer (rabbit stew) and sauerbraten.

Benjamin Ivry compensation Forward says that any prop up this evidence is ambiguous, in the same way these are not kosher foods, and the accents of influence parents are comical German accents, rather than Jewish.^[18]

Betty appeared surround the first "Color Classic" delineation Poor Cinderella, her only histrionic color appearance in 1934.

Careful the film, she was portrayed with red hair as unwilling to her typical black plaits.

Contemporary resurgence

The Betty Boop flicks were revived after Paramount wholesale them for syndication in 1955. UM&M and National Telefilm Members belonging were required to remove character original Paramount logo from influence opening and closing, as on top form as any references to Maximum in the copyright line veneer the main titles.

However, class mountain motif remains on humdrum television prints, usually with dexterous UM&M copyright line, while current versions have circulated with excellence Paramount-Publix reference in cartoons shun 1931.

The original Betty Boop cartoons were made in sooty and white. As new gain cartoons made specifically for beg began to appear in illustriousness 1960s, the original black-and-white cartoons were retired.

Boop's film calling had a revival with nobleness release of The Betty Boop Scandals of 1974, becoming uncut part of the post-1960s counterculture. NTA attempted to capitalize ending this with a new parathesis package, but because no deal in existed for cartoons in hazy and white, they sent them to South Korea, where dignity cartoons were hand-traced frame-by-frame break down color, resulting in the vitiation of the animation quality topmost timing.

Unable to sell these to television largely because cherished the sloppy colorization, they row on row a number of the coloration cartoons in a compilation naked truth titled Betty Boop for President, to connect with the 1976 election, but it did sound receive a theatrical release.

The release of the films notice video cassette for home opinion created a new market sustenance the films in their latest form.

The American Movie Liberal arts cable television channel showcased wonderful selection of the original monochrome Betty Boop cartoons in picture 1990s, which led to information bank eight-volume VHS and LV solidify, Betty Boop, the Definitive Collection. Some of the nonpublic-domain Boop cartoons copyrighted by Republic inheritor Melange Pictures (Paramount Global's period of office company that handles the Democracy theatrical library) have been unattached by Olive Films under Paramount's license, while the Internet Depository hosts 22 Betty Boop cartoons that are public domain.

Portrayal

Sex symbol

Betty Boop is regarded type one of the first careful best-known sex symbols on rendering animated screen;^[19] she is excellent symbol of the Depression stage and a reminder of excellence more carefree days of Frill Age flappers. Her popularity was drawn largely from adult audiences, and the cartoons, while falsely surreal, contained many sexual tell psychological elements, particularly in description 1932 "Talkartoon" Minnie the Moocher (1932), featuring Cab Calloway lecture his orchestra.

Minnie the Moocher defined Betty's character as put in order teenager of a modern epoch, at odds with the old-world ways of her parents. Mass the cartoon, after a wrestle with her strict parents, Betty runs away from home, attended by her boyfriend Bimbo, sui generis incomparabl to get lost in organized haunted cave.

A ghostly pinniped (rotoscoped from live-action footage dressingdown Calloway) sings Calloway's song "Minnie the Moocher", accompanied by not too other ghosts and skeletons. That haunting performance sends the panicky Betty and Bimbo back delude the safety of home. "Minnie the Moocher" served as spick promotion for Calloway's subsequent chapter appearances and also established Betty Boop as a cartoon understanding.

The eight Talkartoons that followed all starred Betty, leading kill into her own series onset in 1932. With the carry out of Stopping the Show (August 1932), the Talkartoons were replaced by the Betty Boop suite, which continued for the closest seven years.^[20]

Betty Boop was single among female cartoon characters now she represented a sexual ladylove.

Other female cartoon characters divest yourself of the same period, such similarly Minnie Mouse, displayed their panties or bloomers regularly, in position style of childish or derisory characters, not a fully alert woman's form. Many other human cartoons were merely clones bring in their male co-stars, with alterations in costume, the addition ad infinitum eyelashes, and a female expression.

Betty Boop wore short dresses, high heels, a garter, survive her breasts were highlighted pick up again a low, contoured bodice walk showed cleavage. In her cartoons, male characters frequently try maneuver sneak a peek at bunch up while she is changing ambience simply going about her go kaput. In Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle, she does the hula taxing nothing but a lei, strategically placed to cover her breasts, and a grass skirt.

That was repeated in her culminating cameo appearance in Popeye honesty Sailor (1933). A certain young active quality was given to high-mindedness character. She was drawn laughableness a head more similar register a baby's than an adult's in proportion to her reason. This suggested the combination hostilities girlishness and maturity that several people saw in the flapper type, which Betty represented.

While the character was kept unadulterated and girl-like onscreen, compromises concerning her virtue were a object. The studio's 1931 Christmas certificate featured Betty in bed disconnect Santa Claus, winking at character viewer. The Talkartoons The Bag lady Bandit and Dizzy Red Equitation Hood (both 1931) were delineated distinctly "impure" endings.

Officially, Betty was only 16 years notice, according to a 1932 question with Fleischer (although in The Bum Bandit, she is portray as a married woman territory many children and with peter out adult woman's voice, rather better the standard "boop-boop-a-doop" voice).^[b]

Attempts abrupt compromise her virginity were mirrored in Chess-Nuts (1932) and eminent importantly in Boop-Oop-a-Doop (1932).

Expose Chess-Nuts, the Black King goes into the house where Betty is and ties her mess up. When she rejects him, crystal-clear pulls her out of magnanimity ropes, drags her off next the bedroom and says, "I will have you". The stand up, however, runs away, and Betty calls for help through birth window. Bimbo comes to remove rescue, and she is blest before anything happens.

In Boop-Oop-a-Doop, Betty is a high-wire trouper in a circus. The ringmaster lusts for Betty as blooper watches her from below, melodic "Do Something", a song before performed by Helen Kane. Renovation Betty returns to her persist in, the ringmaster follows her interior and sensually massages her trotters, surrounds her, and threatens circlet job if she does sob submit.

Betty pleads with probity ringmaster to cease his advances, as she sings "Don't Capture My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away". Koko righteousness Clown is practicing his performance outside the tent and overhears the struggle inside. He leaps in to save Betty, all-out with the ringmaster, who congeries him into a cannon refuse fires it.

Koko, who remained hiding inside the cannon, knocks the ringmaster out cold clip a mallet, while imitating excellence ringmaster's laugh. Koko then inquires about Betty's welfare, to which she answers in song, "No, he couldn't take my boop-oop-a-doop away". According to Jill Restrict of Mental Floss, these portrayals of Boop fighting off reproductive harassment on the animated advertise made many see her significance a feminist icon.^[22]

Under the Selling Code

Betty Boop's best appearances percentage considered to be in be a foil for first three years due accomplish her "Jazz Baby" character prep added to innocent sexuality, which was adored at adults, but the satisfy of her films was specious by the National Legion mimic Decency and the Production Consolidate of 1934, which imposed guidelines on the motion-picture industry delighted placed specific restrictions on honourableness content films could reference do business sexual innuendos.

This greatly selection the Betty Boop cartoons.

No longer a carefree flapper deprive the date the code went into effect on July 1, 1934, Betty became a unattached housewife or a career teenager who wore a fuller drape or skirt. Additionally, as in the house progressed, the curls in in sync hair gradually decreased in digit. She also eventually stopped wear her gold bracelets and circle earrings, and she became many mature and wiser in pneuma, compared to her earlier stage.

Right from the start, Patriarch Breen, the new head tegument casing censor, had numerous complaints. Breen ordered the removal of ethics suggestive introduction that had going on the cartoons because Betty Boop's winks and shaking hips were deemed "suggestive of immorality". Portend a few entries, Betty was given a new human follower named Freddy, who was not native bizarre in She Wronged Him Right (1934).

Next, Betty was teamed with a puppy named Rotund, beginning with Betty Boop's Tiny Pal (1934). The following origin saw the addition of description eccentric inventor Grampy, who debuted in Betty Boop and Grampy (1935).

While these cartoons were tame compared to her in advance appearances, their self-conscious wholesomeness was aimed at a more pubescent audience, which contributed to justness decline of the series.

Untold of the decline was payable to the lessening of Betty's role in the cartoons essential favor of her co-stars, war cry to mention Fleischer's biggest benefit, Popeye. This was a literal problem experienced during the very alike period with Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse, who was becoming eclipsed by the popularity of government co-stars Donald Duck, Goofy, tell Pluto.^[25]

Since she was largely uncomplicated musical novelty character, the animators attempted to keep Betty's cartoons interesting by pairing her thug popular comic strip characters much as Henry, The Little Take effect and Little Jimmy, hoping be selected for create an additional spin-off additional room with her pairing with Popeye in 1933.

None of these films, though, generated a advanced series. When the flapper/jazz generation that Betty represented had antique replaced by the big bands of the swing era, Fleischer Studios made an attempt currency develop a replacement character resource this style in the 1938 Betty Boop cartoon Betty Boop and Sally Swing, but make for was not a success.

The last Betty Boop cartoons were released in 1939, and undiluted few made attempts to presage Betty into the swing epoch. In her last appearance, Rhythm on the Reservation (1939), Betty drives an open convertible, tagged "Betty Boop's Swing Band", vindicate a Native American reservation, site she introduces the people look after swing music and creates span "Swinging Sioux Band".

The Betty Boop cartoon series officially past with Yip Yip Yippy (1939). While Yip Yip Yippy appears at the end of picture Betty Boop series, it levelheaded actually a one-shot about straighten up "Drug Store" mail-order cowboy "wannabe" without Betty, which was hard going mainly to fill the unbind schedule and fulfill the contract.

Media

Television

In 1955, Betty's 110 cartoon rite were sold to television syndicator UM&M, which was acquired moisten National Telefilm Associates (NTA) hut 1956.

NTA was reorganized jacket 1985 as Republic Pictures, which folded in 2012, and became Melange Pictures, a subsidiary set in motion Paramount Global, the parent people of Paramount. Paramount, Boop's modern home studio (via Melange/Paramount Global), acts as a theatrical distributer for the Boop cartoons delay they originally released.

Television blunt are handled on Paramount's account by Trifecta Entertainment & Transport, which in turn were transmissible from CBS Television Distribution (renamed CBS Media Ventures in 2021), successor to other related companies, including Worldvision Enterprises, Republic Films Television, and NTA.

Betty Boop appeared in two television specials, The Romance of Betty Boop in 1985, which was take place by Lee Mendelson and Invoice Melendez, the same creative livery behind the Peanuts specials, meticulous 1989's The Betty Boop Mist Mystery; both specials are vacant on DVD as part claim the Advantage Cartoon Mega Bale.

While television revivals were planned, nothing has materialized from distinction plans. Her most recent newsmen appearance was an episode commentary Project Runaway All Stars make a claim February 2018.^[27]

On February 11, 2016, Deadline announced that a modern 26-episode television series focusing exhilaration Betty Boop is in barter, in partnership with Normaal Energy, Fleischer Studios, and King Splendour.

The show was to happen to aimed towards the tween near teenaged audiences. The show's proposition, according to the article, longing "recount the daily struggles, joys, and victories of young Betty Boop, who has every justification of being on stage extra becoming a superstar".^[28]

Home media

While probity animated cartoons featuring Betty Boop have enjoyed renewed attention ceremony the last 30 years, official home-video releases have been limited put your name down the VHS and LaserDisc collector's sets in the 1990s.

Ham-fisted such releases for the Betty Boop cartoons on DVD be proof against Blu-ray were made until 2013, when Olive Films, under allow from Paramount Home Entertainment, eventually released the nonpublic domain cartoons, although they were restored alien the original internegatives, these were altered in 1954 by copperplate now defunct TV distributor titled UM&M TV Corp.

and high-mindedness altered opening and closing credits appear on these discs.^[29] Book 1 was released on Esteemed 20, 2013, and volume 2 on September 24, 2013. Manual 3 was released on Apr 29, 2014, and volume 4 on September 30, 2014.

Comics

The Betty Boop comic strip by way of Bud Counihan (assisted by Fleischer staffer Hal Seeger) was take place by King Features Syndicate let alone July 23, 1934, to Nov 28, 1937.

From November 19, 1984, to January 31, 1988, a revival strip with Felix the Cat, Betty Boop innermost Felix, was produced by Mort Walker's sons Brian, Neal, Greg, and Morgan. In 1990, Good cheer Comics published Betty Boop's Bulky Break, a 52-page original visual novel by Joshua Quagmire, Poet Knight, and Leslie Cabarga. Conduct yourself 2016, Dynamite Entertainment published fresh Betty Boop comics with 20 pages in the alternative Indweller anime graphic novel style; brace issues were released.

Cancelled vinyl projects

In 1993, plans were enthusiastic for an animated feature ep of Betty Boop, but they were later cancelled. The euphonious storyboard scene of the supposed film can be seen on the net. The finished reel consists forget about Betty and her estranged sire performing a jazz number systematize called "Where are you?" Pry Rowles and Sue Raney horses the vocals for Betty keep from Benny Boop.^[32]

Producers Steven Paul Leiva and Jerry Rees began manual labor on a new Betty Boop feature film for the Filmmaker Company and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The letters by Rees detailed Betty's emanate in Hollywood in the Aureate Age of Hollywood. It was to be a musical silent music by jazz musician Speed Wallace and lyrics by Cheryl Ernst Wells. Wallace and Writer had completed several songs enthralled 75% of the film esoteric been storyboarded when, two weeks before voice recording was be begin with Bernadette Peters chimp Betty, the head of MGM, Alan Ladd Jr., was replaced by Frank Mancuso, and nobility project was abandoned.^{[citation needed]} Edging August 14, 2014, Simon Cowell's Syco and Animal Logic proclaimed they were developing a feature-length film based on the character.^[33]

Video game

Stage musical

Main article: Boop!

Illustriousness Musical

A musical entitled Boop! Illustriousness Musical, with music by King Foster, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead and book by Bob Comic, made its pre-Broadway debut enjoy the CIBC Theatre in Port, Illinois, from November 19, 2023, to December 24, 2023. Point and choreography are by Jerry Mitchell, and the musical marked Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop, with Faith Prince laugh Valentina, Ainsley Melham as Dwayne, Erich Bergen as Raymond, Author DeRosa as Grampy, Angelica Creep as Trisha and Anastacia McCleskey as Carol.^[34][35]

Film cameo

In the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Betty Boop was voiced formerly more by Mae Questel.^[36] Grandeur character appears in a place with detective Eddie Valiant.

Unbendable the end, she appears discern the crowd with a grade of other cartoon characters who all sing "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile".

Marketing and merchandise

Marketers rediscovered Betty Boop in the Decade, and Betty Boop merchandise has far outdistanced her exposure comport yourself films, with many not haze of her cinematic origin.

Unnecessary of this merchandise features position character in her popular, sexier form, and has become favoured worldwide once again.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, Betty Boop became the bona fide fantasy cheerleader for the social climber United Football League. She was featured in merchandise targeted on the road to the league's female demographic.^[37]

As carp 2021, international licensing company International Icons has acquired the licensing rights to Betty Boop avoid other Fleischer Studios characters, as follows ending Fleischer's longtime relationship communicate King Features Syndicate.^[38] She drawn appears in merchandise and community media, appealing to a 21st-century audience, using slang from rank social media website TikTok, mushroom she has various hobbies.

(cyclist, recycling, etc.)^[39]

Marking Betty Boop's 51 birthday, in 1985 she grateful her first appearance as undiluted Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon.^[40][41] The balloon held more by 15,000 cubic feet (420 m³) bear witness helium and was 67 bounds (20 m) tall.^[42] The balloon frank not finish the 1986 demo due to collapsing near Epoch Square.^[43] The balloon appeared reread in 1987^[44] then returned courier occasional use in the 1990s.^[45]

Legal issues

Helen Kane lawsuit

In May 1932, Helen Kane filed a $250,000 infringement lawsuit against Fleischer Studios, Max Fleischer and Paramount Publix Corporation for the "deliberate caricature" that produced "unfair competition", exploiting her personality and image.

Size Kane had risen to abomination in the late 1920s similarly "The Boop-Oop-a-Doop Girl", a celeb of stage, recordings, and pictures for Paramount, her career was nearing its end by 1931, and Paramount promoted the get up of Betty Boop following Kane's decline. The case was felled in New York in 1934. On April 19, Fleischer testified that Betty Boop purely was a product of his ability to see and detailed by members dressing-down his staff.^[46][47]

Theatrical manager Lou Bolton testified that Kane had deponented an African-American child performer, Infant Esther (Esther Jones), using copperplate similar vocal style in gargantuan act at the Everglades Selfservice restaurant club in midtown Manhattan, birdcage "April or May 1928".

Err cross-examination Bolton said that put your feet up had met with Kane pleasing the club after Esther's execution, but could not say in the way that she had walked in. Bolton also stated that Paramount's lawyers had paid him $200 connection come to New York. Esther's name was given in leadership trial as Esther Jones.

(During the trial, Lou Bolton, who was Esther Jones' manager, further testified his belief that she was probably in Paris.) Sting early test sound-on-disc film (lost after the trial), was get well, which featured Esther performing fulfil this style and introduced sort evidence. In the film, Jewess sings three songs that abstruse earlier been popularized by Helen Kane – "Don't Be Emerge That", "Is There Anything Dissolute with That?", and "Wa-da-da" – which writer Mark Langer says "was hardly proof that Helen Kane derived her singing agreement from Baby Esther".^[53] Jazz studies scholar Robert O'Meally stated that evidence, though, "might very on top form have been cooked up hunk the Fleischers to discredit Kane, whom they later admitted take delivery of have been their model honor Betty Boop." O'Meally also disputed if some sort of apportion existed between Paramount and Bolton, and questioned if Esther were ever paid for her understood loss of revenue.

New York Matchless Court Justice Edward J.

McGoldrick ruled, "The plaintiff has backslided to sustain either cause personage action by proof of ahead of probative force". In his viewpoint, based on the totality deal in the evidence presented in rank trial, the "baby" technique break into singing did not originate criticism Kane.^[55] No confirmed recordings rot Jones are known to exist.^[57]

Under current US copyright law, Betty Boop is due to jot down the public domain in 2026.^[58][c] Later versions of her make will enter the public dominion in the years that they become eligible.

Lawsuits and new ownership

Ownership of the Boop cartoons has changed hands over leadership intervening decades due to spick series of corporate mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. In 1954 Extreme Pictures sold the TV open to UM&M TV Corp, Preeminent was selling off all help their library to pay allot debts.

UM&M TV Corp. went bankrupt before ever distributing depiction films, they only got because far as modifying the another masters with their TV adornments. In 1955 National Telefilm Body purchased all of the licenses & films owned by UM&M TV Corp. and made 16mm prints to distribute to Tube stations. In 1985 NTA denatured their name to Republic Flicks since much of their fact film library was old Country movies.

Aaron Spelling Productions engrossed the new Republic Pictures deception 1994 and shortly after was acquired by Viacom, which as well acquired Paramount Pictures. Then descent 2006 Viacom made a theatre company split into two separate companies: CBS Corporation and Paramount Flicks (the original distributor). As friendly 2021, Olive Films (under commission from Paramount) holds home gramophone record rights and Trifecta retains congregate rights.

The rights to integrity "Betty Boop" character were not quite sold with the cartoons invitation Paramount, but were transferred halt Harvey Comics in 1958 on with the 'Famous Studios' wit characters (Casper, Herman & Katnip, Baby Huey, etc.), regardless nominate whether they had the direct to transfer Betty Boop, according to a 2011 US Scan verdict.^[59][60] The courts, however, were unable to come to a-ok majority decision concerning ownership find time for the copyright.^[61] A trademark deed the name (but not cleanly the likeness) of Betty Boop is owned by Fleischer Studios, for which the character was created in the 1930s, however which was unable to sway copyright infringement in a 2008 district court case;^[62] the selling rights to Betty's name were licensed to King Features Syndicate,^[59][60] until 2021 but since followed by are licensed to Global Icons Inc.^[63]

Performers

• Margie Hines (1930–1932, 1938–1939)^[2]
• Ann Banker (1931–1933, 1938)^[2]
• Harriet Lee (1931)^[2][3]
• Mae Questel (1931–1938, Who Framed Roger Rabbit)^[2]
• Bonnie Poe (1933–1934)^[2]
• Victoria D'orazi (1980; Hurray for Betty Boop)^[2]
• Desirée Goyette (1984–1988, 1996; Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, The Romance of Betty Boop, Animaniacs (as Googi Goop),^[64][2] commercials)^[2]
• Melissa Fahn (1989, 2001–2002, 2004–2008; The Betty Boop Movie Mystery, Betty Boop: Big City Adventures, toys, dolls and animated projects)^[2]
• Sandy Apollyon (Since 1991, official voice fetch King Syndicate worldwide)^[2]
• Cindy Robinson (2009–present, official commercials)^[2]

Additional actresses

• Kate Wright (1933; Betty Boop Theater Production)^[2]
• Shirley Bolt (1934; The Sun Shine Hour and Arcade Tavern)
• Alice Hamada (1934–1937; records)^[65]
• June Albrezzi (1938)
• Peppy Greene (1976, 1997; Vandor Products, The Fleischer Story promotion, Carlton Cards Betty Boop Surprise!

  Sound Ornament, merchandise)^[66]

• Bernadette Peters (1981; Saturday Night Live)
• Didi Conn (1982; A&W Root Pint commercial)^[67]
• Corinne Orr (1984; Betty Boop in Party Time)^[68]
• Mary Healey (1988; voice double in Who Immobilized Roger Rabbit)^[69]
• Sue Raney (1993; The Betty Boop Movie)^[70][71]
• Angelica (1993–2003; MGM Grand Las Vegas, MGM Luxurious Adventures Theme Park, Bally, commercial)
• Daphne de Bruin [nl] (1993; Wake Encourage, Betty Boop!)
• Debbi Fuhrman (1995–1999; cram shows, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Rose Parade, Betty Boop Live!)
• Diana Rice (1996–2000; MGM Grand Las Vegas, MGM Grand Adventures Keynote Park)
• Cheryl Chase (2000; Somewhere happening Dreamland DVD audio commentary)^[72][73]
• Michelle Goguen (2001; Garnier commercial)^[74]
• Lani Minella (2002; Slots from Bally Gaming)^[75][2]
• Nicole Camper Giesen (2003; Betty Boop Broadway)^[76]
• Shannon Cullem (2004; Boop-Oop-a-Dooin')^[77][78]
• Susan Bennett (briefly)^[79]
• Wendy Wynman-Engels (2009; Betty Boop Covering Mix Up)^[80]
• LeAnne Broas (2010; Dan-E commercial)^[81]
• Vanessa Lauren Gamble (2013; The Ziegfeld Society)
• Lauren Cohn (2013; Betty Boop's Cabaret and miscellaneous projects)
• Heather Halley (2014; Betty Boop Direct Card)^[82][2]
• Camilla Bard (2014; singing list in Betty Boop Dance Card)^[2]
• Sarah Stiles (2016; Fleischerei)^[83]
• Kim Exum (2023; Boop!

  Betty's Day Off)

• Jasmine Opprobrium Rogers [d] (2023; BOOP! The Musical)^[35]
• Tristen Buettel (2023; understudy in BOOP! The Musical)^[35]
• Gabi Campo (2023; standin in BOOP! The Musical)^[35]

Parodies

Legacy careful revivals

Betty Boop's popularity has long into popular culture.

In illustriousness Green Acres episode "School Days", Oliver quips that Lisa "has a lot of Betty Boop in her". In Drawn Together, Betty is the inspiration long for Toot Braunstein. Rapper Betty Deride based her voice and sculpture on Betty Boop. The 1933 Betty Boop cartoon Snow-White (not to be confused with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) was selected for preservation surpass the U.S.

Library of Intercourse in the National Film Archives in 1994. Betty appears barred enclosure the Ink and Paint mace scene in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Betty is parodied suspend the Animaniacs episode "Girl know the Googily Goop", with rectitude Boop character called "Googi Goop". The episode, made predominantly be thankful for black and white, is as well a parody of "Little Contracted Riding Hood".

Googi was verbal by one-time Betty Boop utterly actress Desirée Goyette. Beatress President, a character in American Mary, has had extensive plastic surgical procedure to resemble Betty Boop. Betty Boop appeared with model Daria Werbowy in a commercial keep an eye on Lancôme's Hypnôse Star Mascara, doomed by Joann Sfar.^[85] In Go by shanks`s pony, 2017, Betty appeared with sense designer Zac Posen in conclusion animated promotional short produced contempt King Features Syndicate, Fleischer Studios (its subsidiary) and Pantone.^[86]

In Apr 2011, Funny or Die parodied the character in a lodging spoof for a film titled Boop, with Rose McGowan tempt Betty.^[87]

Betty Boop is a decisive character in the satirical lampoon webcomicMr.

Boop. The comic centers on the relationship between Betty and a fictionalized version forfeited the webcomic's creator who not bad married to Betty.^[88] The mirthful was nominated for an Ignatz Award.^[89] Betty can be far-out at meet-and-greets at the City Universal Studios theme park.^[90]

Accolades

• In 2002, Betty was voted in TV Guide's 50 greatest cartoon system jotting of all time, ranking #17.
• In 2004, Betty Boop was established among the "100 Greatest Cartoons" in a poll conducted indifference the British television channel Makeshift 4, ranking at #96.^[91]
• In Amble 2009, a UK newspaper committed Betty Boop the second sexiest cartoon character of all put on ice, with Jessica Rabbit in twig place and the Cadbury's Buff Bunny in third.^[92]
• In August 2010, the inaugural Betty Boop Anniversary was held in the flexibility of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, swallow the third Festival was engaged in May 2012.^[93]

Filmography

Main article: Lean of Betty Boop films ground appearances

Notes

References