Margie Hines

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Margie Hines
Hines in 1933 Vitaphone short, Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer
Born
Margaret Louise Hines[1]

(1909-10-15)October 15, 1909
Glendale, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 23, 1985(1985-12-23) (aged 76)
Seaford, New York, U.S.
Other namesMarjorie Hines
Marjorie Heidtmann
OccupationVoice actress
Years active1930–1943
Known forBetty Boop, Olive Oyl
Spouses
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    (m. 1939; div. 1950)​
      Raymond Brenneis
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      (m. 1951; div. 1954)​
        Jesse William Heidtmann
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        (m. 1956)​

        Margaret Louise Hines (October 15, 1909 – December 23, 1985),[nb 1] also known as Marjorie Hines or Margie Hines, was an American voice actress.

        She was known for her work at Fleischer Studios, where she was the original voice of Betty Boop. Hines served from 1930 until 1932 and again from 1938 until 1939, before voicing Olive Oyl and Swee' Pea in the Popeye the Sailor cartoons from 1938 to 1944.[8] She also provided voices for Fleischer's animated films Gulliver's Travels and Mr. Bug Goes to Town.[9]

        Career

        Hines was the original voice actress for Fleischer's cartoon character Betty Boop, whilst she was touring vaudeville she was heard by vocalist Billy Murray, an employee at Fleischer studio who suggested she was the right choice for the voice of the character[10] who debuted in the cartoon short Dizzy Dishes in 1930. Studio head Max Fleischer hired Hines, as she was a Helen Kane sound-alike, and Kane was the basis for the character. Hines and several other actresses voiced Betty until Mae Questel took over the role in 1931.

        Beginning in 1932, Hines also did vocals for Aesop's Film Fables and Tom and Jerry produced by Van Beuren Studios. Her Van Beuren credits were erroneously attributed to Bonnie Poe, another actress who had worked for Fleischer on Betty Boop cartoons.

        Mae Questel, who was Fleischer's voice for Betty Boop and Popeye characters Olive Oyl and Swee'Pea during the mid-1930s, left show business in 1938 to start a family. It was that year when Margie Hines was recalled as Questel's replacement. She moved with the Fleischer Studios staff when they left New York City for Miami. As a result, Hines assumed the roles done by Questel in both the Betty Boop and Popeye series. Hines voiced Betty Boop through her final series entries in 1939, and continued to voice Olive until 1943, when the studio, by then taken over by Paramount Pictures and renamed Famous Studios, returned to New York.[11] The Marry-Go-Round (1943) was Hines' final short as the voice of Olive, with Mae Questel returning to the role in 1944 in The Anvil Chorus Girl.

        Personal life

        Hines was born in Glendale, Queens, New York City, on October 15th, 1909, as Margaret Louise Hines.[12]

        On March 3, 1939, Hines married her co-star Winfield B. "Jack" Mercer, who provided the voice of Popeye.[12][13] At the time of her marriage, her mother lived on Long Island and had the two remarry at a New York church.[13] The two later divorced in 1950.[14] Hines married for a second time in 1951, to Raymond Brenneis (1922–1981), in Greenwich, Connecticut.[15] However, the couple divorced in 1954.[16] In 1956, Hines married Jesse William Heidtmann (1918–1997) in Southold, New York.[17]

        Under the name Marjorie L. Heidtmann, Hines died on December 23, 1985 in Seaford, New York, at age 76.[18][19][20]

        Filmography

        Year Title Role
        1930 Dizzy Dishes Betty Boop
        1932 The Wild Goose Chase Girl Cat
        1932 Pencil Mania Tomtato / Flapper
        1933 Magic Mummy The Mummy
        1933 The Farmerette Farmerette
        1933 Tight Rope Tricks Acrobat
        1933 Silvery Moon Countess
        1935 Dancing on the Moon Various roles
        1938 Bulldozing the Bull Olive Oyl
        1938 All's Fair at the Fair Mirandy
        1938 Sally Swing Betty Boop
        1938 On with the New
        1938 Thrills and Chills
        1938 Cops Is Always Right Olive Oyl
        1939 My Friend the Monkey Betty Boop
        1939 Customers Wanted Olive Oyl
        1939 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
        1939 Musical Mountaineers Betty Boop
        1939 The Scared Crows
        1939 Ghosks is the Bunk
        1939 Rhythm on the Reservation
        1939 It's the Natural Thing to Do Olive Oyl
        1939 Never Sock a Baby Swee' Pea
        1940 Shakespearean Spinach Olive Oyl
        1940 Females Is Fickle
        1940 Me Feelins Is Hurt
        1940 Wimmin Hadn't Oughta Drive
        1940 Puttin' on the Act
        1941 All's Well Baby
        1941 Child Psykolojiky Swee' Pea
        1941 Mr. Bug Goes to Town Mrs. Ladybug
        1941 Nix on Hypnotricks Olive Oyl / Telephone Operator / Bird
        1942 Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix Olive Oyl
        1942 Baby Wants a Bottleship
        1942 Alona on the Sarong Seas
        1943 Cartoons Ain't Human
        1943 The Marry-Go-Round

        Notes

        1. Some sources suggest she was aged 21, or alternatively 24, when she married in 1939. However, the New York Birth Index shows Margaret L Hines as born in Queens, New York on October 15, 1909.[2] The 1910 US Federal Census has Margaret L Hines aged 6 months, living with parents Andrew T and Cecilia M Hines at 7 Van Horn St, Queens.[3] The 1915 New York Census has her, aged 5, with the same parents at 7 Delta Place, Queens.[4] The 1920 Federal Census has Margaret Hines, aged 10, living with Cecile Hines, still at 7 Delta Place.[5] The 1930 Federal Census has Margaret L. Hines aged 20, "singer", living with Cecilia M Hines at 6164 Ralph Ave., Queens.[6] The 1940 Federal Census has Marjorie R (?) Mercer aged 30, "artist", born in Queens, living with Winfield B Mercer, at 3130 Gifford Lane, Miami, Florida.[7] All these records are public records which can be accessed via websites such as Ancestry.com.

        References

        1. "Clipped From The Sun and the Erie County Independent". The Sun and the Erie County Independent. April 17, 1941. p. 2. Archived from the original on November 15, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
        2. "New York Birth Index, 1909". Archived from the original on May 4, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
        3. "US Federal Census, 1910". Archived from the original on May 4, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
        4. "New York State Census, 1915". Archived from the original on May 4, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
        5. "US Federal Census, 1920". Archived from the original on May 4, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
        6. "US Federal Census, 1930". Archived from the original on May 4, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
        7. "US Federal Census, 1940". Archived from the original on May 4, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
        8. Milestone column Time (March 20, 1939)(subscription required)
        9. Scott, Keith (October 3, 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. pp. 668, 678.
        10. "Margie Hines: Betty's First Voice!". Archived from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
        11. Grandinetti, Fred M. (December 31, 2003). Popeye: An Illustrated Cultural History (2nd ed.). McFarland (published 2004). p. 60. ISBN 0-7864-2687-X.
        12. "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V65G-ZPK Archived October 1, 2023, at the Wayback Machine : July 12, 2019), Winfield B Jack Mercer and Margaret Louise Hines, March 3, 1939; citing Marriage, Broward, Florida, United States, citing multiple County Clerks of Court, Florida; FHL microfilm 2,241,554.
        13. Stout, Wesley W. (April 22, 1957). "The Beachcomber: You may know or maybe not". Fort Lauderdale News. p. 6. Archived from the original on November 15, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
        14. "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK7F-LKK Archived October 1, 2023, at the Wayback Machine : December 25, 2014), Jack W Mercer and Marjorie Mercer, 1950; from "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com Archived November 27, 1999, at the Wayback Machine : 2005); citing Dade, Florida, certificate 11372, volume 517, Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville.
        15. "Ancestry: Marjorie Mercer in the Connecticut Marriage Records, 1897–1968". Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
        16. "Ancestry: Marjorie Brenneis in the Alabama, U.S., Divorce Index, 1950–1959". Archived from the original on February 7, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
        17. "Ancestry: Marjorie L. Hines/Brenneis in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881–1967". Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
        18. "Ancestry: Marjorie Heidtmann in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014". Archived from the original on February 7, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
        19. "Marjorie Hines/Heidtmann gravestone". Archived from the original on September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
        20. Ancestry: Jesse William Heidtmann in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007