Pat Woodell was one of the prettiest woman ever to appear on tv or any other media. Why did she leave Petticoat Junction? Similarly, wasn’t Bea a big friend of Lucille Ball and the original choice to play Ethel Mertz?
I was just watching episode 2, where she did some singing. Well better than average voice. IMDB has listings after PJ but only about 1 maybe 2 in a year. Probably either a music career or plays doing musicals.
According to IMDB, Bea couldn't do Ethyl because she was doing the George Burns and Gracie Allen show.