Betty Boop

Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character who stars in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop series of films produced by Max Fleischer. These series were released by Paramount Pictures during the 1930's. Additionally, Betty Boop has continued to show up in repackaged compilations oof her films, as well as a cameo in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Betty Boop was based on the real-life singer Helen Kale, who was known for her "boop-a-doop" trademark, from which Betty Boop's name is derived. With her overt sexual appeal, she was the first female sex symbol in animation history and a big hit with theater-goers. Despite having been toned down in the mid-1930s as a result of the Hays Office restrictions, her cartoons remain very popular today.