Henny backus biography

American actress (1911–2004)

Henny Backus (born Henrietta Kaye, March 21, 1911 – December 9, 2004) was a Broadway showgirl in the 1930s whose stage credits include Orson Welles's Horse Eats Hat.

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She was the wife of actor and comedian Jim Backus.

Career

She had the role of Bee in the Broadway play Chrysalis (1932).^[1] Working as Henriette Kaye, she was a member of the Federal Theatre Project. Described by The New York Times as "a leggy redhead with a droll sense of humor",^[2] she appeared in Orson Welles's Project 891 production Horse Eats Hat (1936), a surrealistic farce co-starring Welles, Joseph Cotten, Hiram Sherman and Arlene Francis.^[3]: 182 Her husband, Nat Karson,^[2] designed the sets and costumes.^[3]: 182

Kaye married actor and comedian Jim Backus in 1943.^[2] The couple co-starred in the 1960s television series Blondie, and they performed t Arthur O Connell HYGE