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 Mike Douglas Show
1971
The Love Boat
1981
Emergency!
1972
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1962
Gilligan's Island
1965
Accidental Family
1967
Julius Caesar
1953
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
1983
Of Mice and Men
1939
Blackboard Jungle
1955
Don't Make Waves
1967
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
19
1983
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
as Herself
1981
The Love Boat
as Mrs. Landers
1980
The Gossip Columnist
as Henny Backus
1972
Magic Carpet
as Edna Benson
1972
Emergency!
as Ginger Merkl
1971
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1969
Hello Down There
as Mrs. Webster
1967
Don't Make Waves
as Self (uncredited)
1967
Accidental Family
1965
Gilligan's Island
as Native Mother
1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1959
Holiday for Lovers
as Connie McDougal
1958
The High Cost of Loving
as Mrs. Mason (uncredited)
1956
The Great Man
as Mrs. Rieber
1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Bossy Wife
1955
Blackboard Jungle
as Miss Brady (uncredited)
1954
When Magoo Flew
as Stewardess (uncredited)
1953
Julius Caesar
as Citizen of Rome (uncredited)
1939
Of Mice and Men