Betty Boop Turns 95 — And Fans Still Can’t Get Enough of the Cartoon Icon originally appeared on Parade. Boop-Oop-a-Doop! Born from the hands of American animator Max Fleischer, Betty Boop first ...

Created by animator Grim Natwick, and voiced (mostly) by Mae Questel, Betty was the queen of the New York cartoon studio run by Max and Dave Fleischer — Walt Disney's only serious rival in the 1930s.

Did you know there's a Betty Boop musical that just opened on Broadway? It's different from the one I made up as a child while watching old cartoons, and though I haven't seen it yet, I'm sure it's ...