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Billie Armstrong Brosch (August 5, 1924 – April 29, 2021), known professionally as Billie Hayes, was an American television, film, and stage actress, best known for her comic portrayals of Witchiepoo and Li'l Abner's Mammy yokum.
: 8 January 2021), Billie Brosch in household of Charles Brosch, Du Quoin Election Precinct, Perry, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 73-6, sheet 2A, line 16, family 27, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 866. She started working professionally in entertainment at the age of nine, tap dancing in local theatres. By the time she was in high school, she played in bandleader Vince Genovese's orchestra, then toured with her own singing and dancing act throughout the Midwest. Hayes then moved on to New York City, where she auditioned for theatre owner/operator and producer J.J. Shubert, and was hired for principal roles in three roadshow operettas: The Student Prince, The Merry Widow, and Blossom Time.
Hayes played Mammy Pansy Yokum in the Li'l Abner 1956 Broadway musical, the 1959 film adaptation, and a 1971 television special. In 1966, she toured with the national company of Hello, Dolly! starring Betty Grable. Hayes made television appearances on Murder, She Wrote, on the soap opera General Hospital as Robert Scorpio's mentor O'Reilly in 1981 and 1985, and in the role of Maw Weskitt in Episode 39 of the second season of The Monkees ("Hillbilly Honeymoon").
Her first Voice acting role was as Orgoch in the 1985 film The Black Cauldron. Other voice work roles included Mother Mae-Eye in the animated series Teen Titans, One-Eyed Sally in The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald, Granny Applecheeks in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, and roles in The Further Adventures of SuperTed, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Johnny Bravo, W.I.T.C.H., The Batman, TaleSpin, The Brothers Flub, Bubble Guppies, Rugrats, , Duckman, Shrek Forever After, Bonkers, Problem Child, Siegfried and Roy: Masters of the Impossible, and Darkwing Duck.
Hayes retired from acting in 2016.
Hayes died of natural causes at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, on April 29, 2021, at the age of 96. Billie Hayes Dies: Wicked Witchiepoo Of 'H.R. Pufnstuf' Was 96
| 1970 | Pufnstuf | Witchiepoo | |
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Orgoch (voice) | A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. |
| 1999 | The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Legend of Grimace Island | One-Eyed Sally (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After | Cackling Witch (voice) |
| Episode: "Hillbilly Honeymoon" | |||
| 1967 | The Monroes | Mrs. Peabody | Episode: "Manhunt" |
| 1969–1970 | H.R. Pufnstuf | Wilhelmina Witchiepoo | Main role |
| 1971 | Bewitched | Witch | Episode: "Hansel and Gretel in Samanthaland" |
| 1971–1972 | Lidsville | Weenie the Genie | Main role |
| 1976 | Wonderbug | Agnes | Episode: "I Kidd You Not" |
| 1977 | Tabitha | Sister Rosalind | Episode: "Mr. Nice Guy" |
| 1978 | The Bay City Rollers Show | Witchiepoo, Weenie the Geenie | 8 episodes |
| 1981, 1985 | General Hospital | Brighton O'Reilly | 2 episodes |
| 1982 | Trapper John, M.D. | Mrs. Landers | Episode: "Cause for Concern" |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Peter Pan | Episode: "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes" |
| 1985 | Paw Paws | Additional voices | |
| 1987 | Mathnet | Mrs. MacGregor | Episode: "The Problem of the Missing Baseball" |
| 1987 | Square One Television | 2 episodes | |
| 1989 | The Further Adventures of SuperTed | Blotch, Slot Machine Owner (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Darkwing Duck | Old Lady, Grammy Whammy (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | TaleSpin | Crazy Edie, Mrs. Nelson (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Bonkers | Old Lady (voice) | Episode: "Frame That Toon" |
| 1995 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Selma (voice) | Episode: "A Room with No Viewfinder" |
| 1996 | Duckman | Nurse (voice) | Episode: "A Room with a Bellevue" |
| 1997 | Johnny Bravo | Old Woman (voice) | Episode: "Johnny Bravo Meets Adam West" |
| 1997–2000 | Rugrats | Fabulous Lady, Woman (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | What a Cartoon! | Nadine's Grandma (voice) | Episode: "My Freaky Family: Welcome to My World" |
| 2004 | The Powerpuff Girls | Old Lad (voice) | Episode: "Curses" |
| 2005 | Teen Titans | Mother Mae-Eye (voice) | Episode: "Mother Mae-Eye" |
| 2005 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Granny Applecheeks (voice) | Episode: "Puddle Jumping" |
| 2005 | The Batman | Virginia, Georgia (voice) | Episode: "Grundy's Night" |
| 2006 | W.I.T.C.H. | Emily (voice) | Episode: "M is For Mercy" |
| 2012–2016 | Mrs. Neederlander (voice) | 8 episodes | |
| 2013–2014 | Teen Titans Go! | Mother Mae-Eye (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Bubble Guppies | The Snuggler (voice) | Episode: "The Elephant Trunk-a-Dunk!" |
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