The Real Betty Boop: Learn About Esther Jones, the First Official Full-Figure Black American Animated Cartoon Character from 60's. Known on stage as "Baby Esther," Esther Lee Jones entertained vaudeville audiences in Chicago and New York while her persona inspired the creation of Betty Boop. The Betty Boop series caused quite the stir in its heyday.
10 Betty Boop Had A Lipstick Stars like Diana Ross, Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, and Rihanna before she made millions off her makeup brand Fenty Beauty partnered with MAC Cosmetics. However, many people don't know (or may have forgotten) that cartoon characters had endorsements with MAC. While the image of the busty, doe-eyed animation may be one of the nation's most recognizable faces, most people couldn't pick the original Betty Boop out of a lineup.
In some cartoons, Betty has dark skin because she is either shaded, and in Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle and Popeye the Sailor and Betty Boop's Rise to Fame, Betty is portraying a Polynesian. Betty Boop is in Blackface and or Brownface. Both Blackface and Brownface gained popularity in the 1800s and 1900s.
(L) Reported photo of the real "Betty Boop," Esther Jones ILOSM fam' here's an interesting Old School fun fact: The original inspiration behind the infamous cartoon character, "Betty Boop," was a Black female singer who, in a nutshell, was jacked out of everything (except her skin complexion) such as her likeness, her brand, her persona, her signature high pitched baby style of. PBS has confirmed that Betty Boop, the popular cartoon character introduced to the world by cartoonist Max Fleischer in 1930, was actually inspired by a real. They further went on to cite that many other actresses and singers such as Clara Bow (below) could have inspired Betty Boop.
Clara Bow The trial ended after the film was released and Baby Esther got proper credit for the style behind Betty Boop, while the public agreed that the likeness was largely based on Kane. The real life Betty Boop was indeed black, and the cartoon character was whitewashed. There are some influences for popular characters that are just undeniable.
However, as new color cartoons made specifically for television began to appear in the 1960s, the original black-and-white cartoons were retired. Betty Boop is an iconic animated character that has been around for almost a century. Betty Boop was created by Max Fleischer and first appeared in the cartoon "Dizzy Dishes" in 1930.