Mae Questel

Questel died from Alzheimer's Disease.
. She made her first on-screen appearance in the 1960s, and was widely seen as one of Fanny Brice's card-playing friends in Funny Girl (1968), and also appeared in Zelig, New York Stories (1985) and her final film appearance in 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 gained a following as Tracy Vetter on the final season of the science fiction drama Forever Knight in 1995-1996, and was cast on the syndicated science-fiction series Andromeda in 2000; the series is currently in its fifth season. She based her vocal style on the actress ZaSu Pitts ultimately playing the role for more than twenty years. She formed a local theature group in Toronto after graduation and landed her first film and television roles in the mid-1990s. From the mid 1930s Questel also provided the voice for Olive Oyl in the Popeye animated shorts. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Ryder attended the University of Toronto, where he began acting.

During the 1930s she released a recording of "On The Good Ship Lollypop" which sold more than 2 million copies. Lisa Ryder (born 26 October 1970) is a Canadian actress best known as Beka Valentine on the science fiction television series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. From 1930 until 1939 Questel provided the voice of Betty Boop in more than 150 animated shorts. Questel's "Boop-a-doop" routine was exactly what Fleischer had been looking for. She was seen by Max Fleischer who was looking for an actress to provide the voice for his Betty Boop character.

Born in New York, New York, Questel won a talent contest at the age of 17, and began performing on vaudeville. Mae Questel (September 13, 1908 - January 4, 1998) was an American actress.