Betty Boop
The famous cartoon character from the 1930s was modeled after singer and actress Helen Kane, who shared the same “baby” aesthetic and coined the line that would become Betty Boop’s catchphrase, “Boop-oop-a-doop.” When it was discovered that Kane had copied her act from Baby Esther, an African-American singer in Harlem, she was said to have sued the creators for copyright infringement but lost.
Betty Boop
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Norman Bates from ‘Psycho’
The serial killer and grave robber Edward Gein, who also had an insane devotion to his mother, served as the direct inspiration for the antagonist of the groundbreaking horror movie “Psycho.”
Norman Bates From ‘Psycho’
