Henny Backus

Henny Backus

infobox actress
birthname=Henrietta Kaye
birthdate=birth date|1911|3|21
birthplace=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
deathdate=death date and age|2004|12|9|1911|3|21
deathplace=Los Angeles, California
restingplace=Westwood Memorial Park
occupation=Stage actress
spouse=Jim Backus (1943-1989; by his death)

Henny Backus (March 21, 1911 - December 9, 2004) was a Broadway showgirl in the 1930s, where she performed with "Earl Carroll's Vanities". Born Henrietta Kaye in Philadelphia, she was the wife of actor and comedian Jim Backus.

Career

Henny co-starred with her husband in the 1960s television film, "Blondie," and appeared along side her husband in the tv sitcom, "Gilligan's Island", the episode was entitled, "Gilligan's Mother-In-Law", Season 2, Episode 1, 1965. She and her husband also co-wrote several humorous books, including "Only When I Laugh". Henny wrote "Care for the Caretaker", documenting her husband's battle with Parkinson's Disease and offering practical solutions for those facing such dilemmas.

In 1989, Jim Backus died from complications of pneumonia. Upon her own death following a series of strokes in 2004 at age 93, Henny was buried next to her husband in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. [citebook|title=Cinemascope Two: 20th Century-Fox |author= John Reid|year=2005|publisher=Lulu Press, Inc.|id=ISBN 1411622480]

References

External links

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*findagrave|10128723


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