Henny Backus

Acting • AGE 93

Henny Backus (born Henrietta Kaye) was a Broadway showgirl in the 1930s whose stage credits include Orson Welles's 'Horse Eats Hat'. She was the wife of actor and comedian Jim Backus.

Acting

The Gossip Columnist

Henny Backus

1980

The Love Boat

Mrs. Landers

1977

Magic Carpet

Edna Benson

1972

Emergency!

1972

Hello Down There

Mrs. Webster

1969

Accidental Family

1967

Don't Make Waves

Self (uncredited)

1967

Gilligan's Island

Native Mother

1964

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

1961

Holiday for Lovers

Connie McDougal

1959

The High Cost of Loving

Mrs. Mason (uncredited)

1958

The Great Man

Mrs. Rieber

1956

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Bossy Wife

1956

Blackboard Jungle

Miss Brady (uncredited)

1955

When Magoo Flew

Stewardess (uncredited)

1954

Julius Caesar

Citizen of Rome (uncredited)

1953

Of Mice and Men

1939