Betty Boop Shorts
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Description: Baby Esther Li'l Esther, 1930 Born Esther Lee Jones c. 1918–1921 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Died Unknown Other names Li'l Esther, Baby Esther, Little Esther, Young Florence Mills, Second Florence Mills, Miniature Florence Mills Occupations Singer entertainer Years active c. 1924–1934 Agent(s) Lou Bolton, Jacques Garnier In 1932, when singer Helen Kane sued Fleischer Studios, claiming that they had appropriated her persona for the voice of the cartoon character Betty Boop, the studios defended themselves by arguing that Kane's style of singing—characterized by her baby voice and use of the phrase "boop-boop-a-doop"—was not her own invention.
