Julie Bennett (January 24, 1932 – March 31, 2020) was an American actress and later talent agent and realtor.

Early years

Bennett was born in Manhattan, New York, on January 24, 1932. By the time she was 18, she had been living in Hollywood, Los Angeles for so long that she was described as a "native of Hollywood", when she returned to New York to pursue her acting career.

Acting career

Bennett worked as a character actress on stage, on radio, and in several film and television programs, including The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Adventures of Superman, and Dragnet.

Voice-acting career

Bennett worked as a voice actress from the 1950s until the early 2000s. She recorded voices for UPA, Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Format Films' The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (in 1959, for three of season 1 editions of the segment "Fractured Fairy Tales"), and Hanna-Barbera Productions. She is best known as the voice of Hanna-Barbera's Cindy Bear on The Yogi Bear Show and its feature-film spin-off Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! She reprised the character in Yogi's Treasure Hunt, Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears, and The New Yogi Bear Show. Bennett continued with voice work into the 1990s, including a role as the voice of Aunt May Parker in the animated TV series Spider-Man after Linda Gary's death in 1995.

Other activities

Apart from her acting career, Bennett worked as a realtor and an agent for other actors. She went by a pseudonym when working in a field other than performing.

Death

Bennett died of complications from COVID-19 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on March 31, 2020, aged 88, during the COVID-19 pandemic in California.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games