Julie Bennett was an actress best known for her voice work, including providing the voice of Cindy Bear on “The Yogi Bear Show” and later Yogi Bear cartoons.

Bennett began voicing the parasol-carrying Cindy Bear in 1961, and she continued for decades, including in the 1964 feature film “Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear!” and in TV shows “Yogi’s Treasure Hunt” and “The New Yogi Bear Show.” Other cartoons that feature Bennett’s voice work include “The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show,” where she worked on the “Fractured Fairy Tales” segment, as well as “The Bugs Bunny Show,” “Mister Magoo,” “Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels,” “The Real Ghostbusters,” and dozens more. She voiced Lois Lane in “The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure” and Aunt May in “Spider-Man: The Animated Series.” Bennett was also a live-action actress, with credits including the “Dragnet” TV series, “Gunsmoke,” and “Love, American Style.” Bennett later worked as a personal manager.

“Today we celebrate the life of Julie Bennett and her legacy lives on in the characters she created. Her honey-voiced Cindy Bear saying ‘Oh, Yogi’ will entertain generations to come.” —SAG-AFTRA

“I’m devastated to hear that Julie Bennett has passed away due to the coronavirus at the age of 88. A pioneering voice actress of the 60s, she did amazing work on Rocky and Bullwinkle and a number of Hanna Barbera shows, including Cindy Bear on Yogi Bear. I’m gonna miss her.” —Twitter user @Animated_Antic