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- Care for the Caretaker : How Jim Backus' Wife Did It
- What are you doing after the orgy?
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Film & TV
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known for
- The Unpredictable Pudgy! — Herself1983
- The Gossip Columnist — Henny Backus1980
- The Love Boat — Mrs. Landers1977
- Magic Carpet — Edna Benson1972
- Emergency! — Ginger Merkl1972
- Hello Down There — Mrs. Webster1969
- Don't Make Waves — Self (uncredited)1967
- Accidental Family1967
- Gilligan's Island — Native Mother1964
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1937-09-12
- Active to
- 2019-02-21
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Discography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henny
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Jim Backus
- Occupation
- film actor
- Image
- Henny Backus (1969).jpg
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- Henny Backus
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- date of birth
- 1911-03-21
- date of death
- 2004-12-09
- cause of death
- stroke
- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
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