Gerry Johnson

Gerry Johnson
Gerry Johnson
Born	Geraldine Adelaide Schreiber; Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, television host
Years active	1950s–1967

Gerry Johnson was an American actress and television host, best known as the voice of Betty Rubble during seasons five and six of the animated television series The Flintstones.

Early life

Geraldine Adelaide Schreiber was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Career

Among her many stage, TV, and screen credits, Johnson created and hosted her own TV variety show in Dallas, Texas, Gerry Johnson's Variety Fair in the 1950s and played Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest and several characters in Under Milkwood in the opening season of the Dallas Theater Center. After moving back to Los Angeles in 1961, she co-hosted on Red Rowe's Panorama Pacific. Johnson provided voices for The Flintstones and other Hanna-Barbera productions, and guest-starred on Bewitched. In 1964, she was hired by Joseph Barbera as the new voice of Betty Rubble for the final two seasons of The Flintstones, replacing Bea Benaderet for her lung illness. Johnson provided the voice of a Frenchwoman, an Englishwoman and Betty in the 1966 feature film The Man Called Flintstone before departing from voice acting.[1]

Filmography

My Dog, Buddy (1960) - Elizabeth Lynch
Bewitched - episode (1964) - A Vision of Sugar Plums - Mrs. Johnson
The Flintstones - 52 episodes (1964-1966) - Betty Rubble/additional voices
The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show (1965) - Additional Voices
The Man Called Flintstone (1966) - Betty Rubble

References

Recollection of her daughter, Sherry Spence (SLSpence), which may be confirmed by personal papers, including Spence's birth certificate, legal correspondence, Gerry Johnson's death certificate, and Gerry Johnson's resume.

External links

Gerry Johnson at IMDb

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[1] Recollection of her daughter, Sherry Spence (SLSpence), which may be confirmed by personal papers, including Spence's birth certificate, legal correspondence, Gerry Johnson's death certificate, and Gerry Johnson's resume.