Gloria Henry
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| Gloria Henry | |
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| Born | Gloria McEniry April 2, 1923 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Years active | 1947-2005 |
| Spouse(s) | Craig Ellwood (1949 - 1977) (divorced) 3 children |
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| NAME | Henry, Gloria |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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Gloria Henry was born Gloria McEniry on April 2, 1923, in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is an American actress.[1] Best known for her role as "Alice Mitchell", Dennis’s mom, from the 1959 Sitcom, Dennis the Menace.
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[edit] Biography
Henry lived and grew up on the edge of the Garden District of New Orleans. She was educated at the Worcester Art Museum School.[1]
She moved to Los Angeles in her very late teens and worked on a number of radio shows and commercials using the stage name of Gloria Henry. She also performed in little theater groups.[1]
[edit] Career
Signed by an agent, she transitioned into film work via Columbia Studios and made her debut as the female lead in the minor horse-racing film Sport of Kings (1947).[1]
The 1950s were an uneventful mixture of more "B" films and episodic TV guest parts (My Little Margie (1952), Perry Mason (1957)). She also was a regular on the private eye series The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1954) starring Don Haggerty, but was written out of the show due to pregnancy.[1]
[edit] Dennis the Menace (1959)
She appeared in the film Gang War (1958) starring a young and up-and-coming Charles Bronson. Her notoriety changed in 1959 when she won the role of "Alice Mitchell" (Dennis’s mom) on the comedy series Dennis the Menace[1]
The series co-starred Herbert Anderson as her husband and young Jay North in the title role of Dennis. Gloria was the picture of sunny innocence and maternal warmth and enjoyed four seasons.[1]
[edit] After Dennis the Menace
Gloria's career slowed down considerably after Dennis the Menace. She was spotted occasionally in TV-movies playing assorted bit-part matrons and returned to the big screen in a brief role in Her Minor Thing (2005), a romantic comedy directed by Charles Matthau, Walter Matthau's son. She occasionally attends film festivals and nostalgic conventions.[1]
[edit] Personal life
Gloria wed architect Craig Ellwood in 1949; they divorced in 1977. She has three children from that marriage: Jeffrey, Adam and Erin Ellwood.[1]
[edit] Filmography
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