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Betty Boop made her first appearance on August 9, 1930 in the cartoon " Dizzy Dishes ", the sixth installment in Fleischer's Talkartoon series. She was little like her soon-to-be-famous self, however. Grim Natwick , a veteran animator of both Walt Disney's and Ub Iwerks' studios, was largely responsible for creating the character, which he modeled on Helen Kane , a famous singer, who also performed as an actress at Paramount Pictures, the studio that distributed Fleischer's cartoons. In keeping with common practice, Natwick made his new character an animal, in this case, a French poodle . Beginning with this cartoon, the character's voice was performed by several different voice actresses until Mae QuestelMae Questel ( September 13, 1908 January 4, 1998) was an American actress. 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 provi got the role and kept it for the rest of the series in 19311931 is the common year starting on Thursday. see link for calendar) Events January January 4 Female aviator Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa January 6 Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. January 22 Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the.
Natwick himself later conceded that Betty's original look was quite ugly. The animator redesigned her in 19321932 is the leap year starting on Friday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 3 British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel January 8 In Britain the Archbishop of Canterbury forbids church remarriage of divorcees Jan to be recognizably human in the cartoon " Any Rags ". Her floppy poodle ears became hoop earringAn earring is an ornament that is worn in the ear. Earrings are often made out of metal but can also be made out of bone or similar hard material. Earrings are attached to the ear through a piercing in the earlobe or some other external part of the ear, es, and her poodle fur became a bob haircut. She appeared in ten cartoons as a supporting character, a flapperThe term flapper which became common slang in the 1920s, referred to a "new breed" of young women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered "decent" behavior. The typical flapper was unafraid to wear girl with more heart than brains. In individual cartoons she was called "Nancy Lee" and "Nan McGrew". She usually served as studio star Bimbo 's girlfriend. Although the Screen Song Cartoon " Betty Coed " referred to the character as Betty in 19311931 is the common year starting on Thursday. see link for calendar) Events January January 4 Female aviator Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa January 6 Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. January 22 Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the, she was not officially christened "Betty Boop" until the 19321932 is the leap year starting on Friday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 3 British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel January 8 In Britain the Archbishop of Canterbury forbids church remarriage of divorcees Jan short " Stopping the Show " that same year. This was also the first cartoon to be officially part of the Betty Boop series and not a Talkartoon.