Betty Boop made her first appearance August 9, 1930 in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes, the sixth installment in Fleischer's Talkartoon series. The character was modeled on celebrity actress Clara Bow, the It-woman whose candy and seductive baby-doll seems was a nicely established marquee at the time. Bow stored her grip on her audience via the transition to sound between 1928 and 1929, and singer Helen Kane successfully caricatured Bow's muted but characteristic Brooklyn accent. Additionally, the choice of name for the cartoon is constructed on Clara Bow's three syllable name. Betty Boop was originally created in the mode of an anthropomorphic French poodle.

Max Fleischer finalized Betty Boop as completely human by 1932 within the cartoon Any Rags. Her floppy poodle ears became hoop earrings, and her black poodle nostril grew to become a girl's button-like nose. Betty appeared in ten cartoons as a supporting character, a flapper lady with extra coronary heart than brains. In individual cartoons, she was referred to as "Nancy Lee" and "Nan McGrew" (from the 1930 Helen Kane film Dangerous Nan McGrew), usually serving as a girlfriend to studio star Bimbo.

Betty's voice was first performed by Margie Hines, and was later provided by several completely different voice actresses together with Kate Wright, Ann Rothschild (aka Little Ann Little), Bonnie Poe and most notably, Mae Questel, who started in 1931 and continued with the role until her loss of life in 1998. In the present day Betty is voiced by Tress MacNeille and Tara Strong in commercials.

 
Betty Boop and Bimbo in Minnie the Moocher (1932)Though it has been assumed that Betty's first identify was established in the 1931 Display screen Songs cartoon Betty Co-ed, this "Betty" was a completely totally different character. Although the track could have led to Betty's eventual christening, any reference to Betty Co-ed as a Betty Boop vehicle is incorrect. (The official Betty Boop web site describes the titular character as a "prototype" of Betty.) In all, there were at the least 12 Display screen Songs cartoons that featured either Betty Boop or the same character. Betty appeared within the first "Color Basic" cartoon Poor Cinderella, her only theatrical shade look (1934). In this movie, she was depicted with purple hair. In a cameo look in the characteristic film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), in her traditional black and white, and voiced by Mae Questel, Betty talked about that work had "gotten gradual since cartoons went to paint," however she has "nonetheless obtained it, boop oop a doop boop!"

Betty Boop turned the star of the Talkartoons by 1932, and was given her personal series in that very same 12 months starting with Stopping the Show. From this point on, she was crowned "The Queen of the Animated Screen." The collection was popular all through the 1930s, lasting until 1939.

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