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Betty Boop has a long history that began over 80 years ago in 1930 when Max Fleischer, as well as some assistance from Grim Natwick and others created her. Although she made her first appearance in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop series of films, she was also readily featured in her own comic strip as well as mass market merchandising. In such sexually repressed times Betty offered sex appeal to those who enjoyed her films. However, in the mid thirties creators gave her a 'tone down' to make sure she appeared demure enough for their opinions of women in their time.
The history of Betty Boop shows that she was originally designed after Clara Bow, who was an It Girl of their time and had sweet, girlish baby doll looks. Max Fleischer finally gave Betty Boop a human form in the 1932 cartoon known as Any Rags. She had the character of a flapper girl with way more heart then she had brains. This gave Betty Boop her signature innocent, perhaps ignorant attitude and whimsical character.
Bettys voice has a history of its own. The first person to perform her voice was Margie Hines, to be followed up in later years by a series of different actresses such as Kate Wright, Bonnie Poe and likely the most notable in Mae Questel. She took on the role of Betty Boops voice in 1931 and continued in that role until her death in 1998.
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