Henny Backus
Date of birth: 1911-03-21
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Of Mice and Men
1939-12-24
An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranc
Holiday for Lovers
1959-07-21
Clifton Webb as a strict, conservative father heads the cast of this 1959 comedy, about an American
Magic Carpet
1972-11-06
A young student living in Rome gets a job as a tour guide and falls in love with a young stowaway wh
The Great Man
1956-12-01
Joe Harris, preparing a eulogy for popular radio commentator Herb Fuller, finds that nobody has a go
Blackboard Jungle
1955-03-25
Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupi
Don't Make Waves
1967-06-20
Carlo Cofield vacations to Southern California, where he quickly becomes immersed in the easy-going
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956-03-09
Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds h
The Gossip Columnist
1980-03-21
New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on am
Hello Down There
1969-06-25
Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his famil
The High Cost of Loving
1958-05-16
Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut
When Magoo Flew
1954-01-06
Mr. Magoo sets off to go to the movies but goes to an airport by mistake and gets on a plane thinkin