Gloria Henry dead: Mum in Dennis the Menace show dies day after birthday aged 98
Gloria Henry, best known for her role in as mum in the Dennis the Menace show, has died just one day after her 98th birthday
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Gloria Henry has died aged 98
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Gloria Henry, Actor Who Became an Iconic TV Mom on Dennis the Menace, Dies at 98
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Actor Gloria Henry, who advanced from B movies in the 1940s to an iconicTV mom on the CBS sitcom “Dennis the Menace,” died Saturday, one day after her 98th birthday.
Henry’s death was revealed Sunday in an Instagram post from her daughter, Erin Ellwood an interior designer and longtime production designer. “She was such an incredible woman in so many ways,” Ellwood wrote.
Henry played Alice Mitchell, the endlessly patient, shirtwaist dress-wearing mother of the mischievous title character created as a newspaper cartoon by Hank Ketcham. The TV series adaptation ran from 1959 to 1963 with Jay North in the title role. Henry’s co-star Herbert Anderson also became an iconic TV dad with his horn rim glasses, sharp-angled suits and V-neck sweaters.
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Gloria Henry, known for her role as the mother on Dennis The Menace, dies one day after 98th birthday: She s flying now
The veteran actress - who has starred in movies alongside Hollywood legends including Gene Autry and Lucille Ball - died at her home in LA on Sunday
From 1959 to 1963, Henry starred as Alice Mitchell on Dennis The Menace over four seasons
She starred opposite Herbert Anderson as hapless husband, Henry, and Jay North as the titular character based on Hank Ketcham s comic book character
Before her role on the classic sitcom, Henry starred alongside Cowboy Gene Autry in The Strawberry Roan (1948) and Riders In The Sky (1949)