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.
Henry maintained a steady presence in TV through the mid-1960s. But there was a long gap in her resume while she took time out from acting to...
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.
Henry maintained a steady presence in TV through the mid-1960s. But there was a long gap in her resume while she took time out from acting to...
- 4/5/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Gloria Henry — the actress best known for playing Alice Mitchell, mother of Dennis Mitchell on the 1959-63 sitcom “Dennis the Menace” — died on Saturday. She was 98.
“It is with great sadness to let of all my dear and amazing mother’s fans know that she passed peacefully,” her son, Adam, wrote in a Facebook post. “Please raise a glass and a toast to our beautiful mother Gloria Henry for a life well lived.”
Born Gloria Eileen McEniry on April 2, 1923 in New Orleans, she began her acting career in the early 1940s after moving to Los Angeles as a teenager, where she adopted her stage name, Gloria Henry. In 1947, she made her film debut co-starring in the horse racing drama “Sport of Kings.” Other credits from her early career included two films with Gene Autry — “The Strawberry Roan” and “Riders in the Sky” — as well as the Lucille Ball romantic comedy...
“It is with great sadness to let of all my dear and amazing mother’s fans know that she passed peacefully,” her son, Adam, wrote in a Facebook post. “Please raise a glass and a toast to our beautiful mother Gloria Henry for a life well lived.”
Born Gloria Eileen McEniry on April 2, 1923 in New Orleans, she began her acting career in the early 1940s after moving to Los Angeles as a teenager, where she adopted her stage name, Gloria Henry. In 1947, she made her film debut co-starring in the horse racing drama “Sport of Kings.” Other credits from her early career included two films with Gene Autry — “The Strawberry Roan” and “Riders in the Sky” — as well as the Lucille Ball romantic comedy...
- 4/5/2021
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Gloria Henry, who is best known for her role as the mother on the classic 1960s comedy Dennis the Menace has died. She was 98.
The actress died on April 3, according to multiple media reports. Her son, Adam Ellwood posted photos of Henry on his Facebook page, paying tribute to her.
Henry was born Gloria Eileen McEniry in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 2, 1923. She moved to Los Angeles in her late teens and worked on radio shows, commercials and performed in theater groups.
She made her movie debut in 1947 in Sport of Kings and went on to appear in Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) alongside Lucille Ball as well as the western Rancho Notorious (1952) with Marlene Dietrich. Her other movie credits The Strawberry Roan (1948) Triple Threat (1948), Racing Luck (1948), Riders in the Sky (1949), and Kill the Umpire (1950).
She appeared in TV series such as My Little Margie, Father Knows Best, Perry Mason and The Life of Riley.
The actress died on April 3, according to multiple media reports. Her son, Adam Ellwood posted photos of Henry on his Facebook page, paying tribute to her.
Henry was born Gloria Eileen McEniry in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 2, 1923. She moved to Los Angeles in her late teens and worked on radio shows, commercials and performed in theater groups.
She made her movie debut in 1947 in Sport of Kings and went on to appear in Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) alongside Lucille Ball as well as the western Rancho Notorious (1952) with Marlene Dietrich. Her other movie credits The Strawberry Roan (1948) Triple Threat (1948), Racing Luck (1948), Riders in the Sky (1949), and Kill the Umpire (1950).
She appeared in TV series such as My Little Margie, Father Knows Best, Perry Mason and The Life of Riley.
- 4/5/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Gloria Henry, who played TV mom Alice Mitchell on Dennis the Menace, has passed away. She was 98.
The actress died Saturday at her home in Los Angeles just one day after her birthday, her daughter Erin told The Hollywood Reporter.
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On Dennis, Henry played her most famous role, Alice, for four seasons opposite her TV husband, actor Herbert Anderson.
The actress died Saturday at her home in Los Angeles just one day after her birthday, her daughter Erin told The Hollywood Reporter.
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On Dennis, Henry played her most famous role, Alice, for four seasons opposite her TV husband, actor Herbert Anderson.
- 4/5/2021
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Gloria Henry, who appeared in movies with Gene Autry, Lucille Ball and George Raft before portraying the mother of a chaos-causing kid on the 1960s CBS comedy Dennis the Menace, has died. She was 98.
Henry died Saturday, one day after her birthday, at her home in Los Angeles, her daughter, Erin, told The Hollywood Reporter.
For four seasons starting in October 1959 — and then in reruns for years — Henry played the loving Alice Mitchell opposite Herbert Anderson as her hapless husband, Henry, and Jay North as Dennis on the Screen Gems show that was based on Hank Ketcham’s ...
Henry died Saturday, one day after her birthday, at her home in Los Angeles, her daughter, Erin, told The Hollywood Reporter.
For four seasons starting in October 1959 — and then in reruns for years — Henry played the loving Alice Mitchell opposite Herbert Anderson as her hapless husband, Henry, and Jay North as Dennis on the Screen Gems show that was based on Hank Ketcham’s ...
Gloria Henry, who appeared in movies with Gene Autry, Lucille Ball and George Raft before portraying the mother of a chaos-causing kid on the 1960s CBS comedy Dennis the Menace, has died. She was 98.
Henry died Saturday, one day after her birthday, at her home in Los Angeles, her daughter Erin told The Hollywood Reporter.
For four seasons starting in October 1959 — and then in reruns for years — Henry played the loving Alice Mitchell opposite Herbert Anderson as her hapless husband, Henry, and Jay North as Dennis on the Screen Gems show that was based on Hank Ketcham’s ...
Henry died Saturday, one day after her birthday, at her home in Los Angeles, her daughter Erin told The Hollywood Reporter.
For four seasons starting in October 1959 — and then in reruns for years — Henry played the loving Alice Mitchell opposite Herbert Anderson as her hapless husband, Henry, and Jay North as Dennis on the Screen Gems show that was based on Hank Ketcham’s ...
Jennifer Kent.
Jennifer Kent’s dance card is filling up after The Nightingale: Amazon Studios is angling to distribute her next film worldwide and the filmmaker is set to write and direct an episode of a horror anthology for Netflix and the pilot for a Us sci-fi series.
Kent aims to start shooting Alice + Freda Forever, a feature based on the true story of two teenagers who fell in love in conservative 1890s Memphis, in mid-2020.
Producers Greg Berlanti, Sidney Kimmel, Sarah Schechter and John Penotti are finalising a deal for Amazon to finance and distribute the film, according to Deadline.
The writer-director has been attached to the project since Sidney Kimmel Entertainment bought the rights to Alexis Coe’s novel in 2015.
Coe drew on research from more than 100 love letters, maps, artifacts, historical documents, newspaper articles and courtroom proceedings to tell the story of Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward.
Jennifer Kent’s dance card is filling up after The Nightingale: Amazon Studios is angling to distribute her next film worldwide and the filmmaker is set to write and direct an episode of a horror anthology for Netflix and the pilot for a Us sci-fi series.
Kent aims to start shooting Alice + Freda Forever, a feature based on the true story of two teenagers who fell in love in conservative 1890s Memphis, in mid-2020.
Producers Greg Berlanti, Sidney Kimmel, Sarah Schechter and John Penotti are finalising a deal for Amazon to finance and distribute the film, according to Deadline.
The writer-director has been attached to the project since Sidney Kimmel Entertainment bought the rights to Alexis Coe’s novel in 2015.
Coe drew on research from more than 100 love letters, maps, artifacts, historical documents, newspaper articles and courtroom proceedings to tell the story of Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward.
- 9/8/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Following the success of “The Babadook” and “The Nightingale,” Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent is close to locking a deal with Amazon Studios to finance her next project, the true crime thriller “Alice + Freda Forever.” (Via Deadline). Based on the book by Alexis Coe, the thriller tells the true-life story of two teenage girls whose intense romance turns into an unstable and violent obsession. Dubbed “A Very Unnatural Crime” at the time by the sensationalist press, the 1892 Memphis, Tennessee case captivated the American public and was largely responsible for launching the murderous lesbian trope in literature that persists in pop culture today.
Kent is set to write the adaptation as well as direct. Greg Berlanti, Sidney Kimmel, Sarah Schechter and John Penotti are producing, with a summer 2020 production planned. Negotiations are ongoing for Amazon Studios to finance the project and gain world distribution rights.
Berlanti is a powerhouse out gay producer,...
Kent is set to write the adaptation as well as direct. Greg Berlanti, Sidney Kimmel, Sarah Schechter and John Penotti are producing, with a summer 2020 production planned. Negotiations are ongoing for Amazon Studios to finance the project and gain world distribution rights.
Berlanti is a powerhouse out gay producer,...
- 9/5/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Amazon Studios has snapped up global rights to the big screen adaptation of “Alice + Freda Forever,” Variety has confirmed.
The deal for the film comes as the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off and could signal that the streaming service will be an active buyer. That should be welcome news for agencies, who are looking for some deep-pocketed content companies as they hustle to kick off some bidding wars.
The big attraction here is Jennifer Kent, the Australian filmmaker who scored a low-budget horror hit with “The Babadook.” She followed that up with “The Nightingale,” a revenge thriller that earned a largely positive reception from critics. Kent will write and direct the film, which is adapted from Alexis Coe’s book.
The film is based on the true story of Alice Mitchell, who inspired a media frenzy after she murdered her lover, Freda Ward. Here’s the official logline: “In 1890’s Memphis,...
The deal for the film comes as the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off and could signal that the streaming service will be an active buyer. That should be welcome news for agencies, who are looking for some deep-pocketed content companies as they hustle to kick off some bidding wars.
The big attraction here is Jennifer Kent, the Australian filmmaker who scored a low-budget horror hit with “The Babadook.” She followed that up with “The Nightingale,” a revenge thriller that earned a largely positive reception from critics. Kent will write and direct the film, which is adapted from Alexis Coe’s book.
The film is based on the true story of Alice Mitchell, who inspired a media frenzy after she murdered her lover, Freda Ward. Here’s the official logline: “In 1890’s Memphis,...
- 9/5/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Studios is negotiating to finance and distribute the next film by Jennifer Kent, the Australian filmmaker who followed the sleeper horror hit The Babadook with the shocking period revenge tale The Nightingale, which was part of last year’s Toronto Film Festival. Kent will write and direct an adaptation of Alice + Freda Forever, based on the book by Alexis Coe.
Greg Berlanti, Sidney Kimmel, Sarah Schechter and John Penotti are producing. A summer 2020 production start is planned.
The studio is in advanced negotiations to finance and gain worldwide distribution rights. Kent changes locales from The Nightingale‘s 1825 Tasmania to 1890s Memphis, Tennessee.
Two teenage girls, Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward, fell deeply in love, until jealousy and outside forces turn their romance into an unstable obsession. The result was a crime story that captivated the U.S. for a time.
Kent is repped by Wme, Exile Entertainment and Sloane Offer Weber Dern.
Greg Berlanti, Sidney Kimmel, Sarah Schechter and John Penotti are producing. A summer 2020 production start is planned.
The studio is in advanced negotiations to finance and gain worldwide distribution rights. Kent changes locales from The Nightingale‘s 1825 Tasmania to 1890s Memphis, Tennessee.
Two teenage girls, Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward, fell deeply in love, until jealousy and outside forces turn their romance into an unstable obsession. The result was a crime story that captivated the U.S. for a time.
Kent is repped by Wme, Exile Entertainment and Sloane Offer Weber Dern.
- 9/5/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Twenty people were among those dead in the Jan. 9 Montecito mudslide that devastated homes and separated families.
The Santa Barbara County Coroner’s Office confirmed the names of 17 people last week, while the names of three others were released in multiple reports.
The youngest victim, Kailly Benitez, is just 3-years-old. She was one of four children confirmed dead.
Sawyer Corey – whose family had made an impassioned plea for help to try to find her on Wednesday – was also confirmed one of the people who died. The 12-year-old was previously reported missing, along with her sister, Morgan Corey, 25. Morgan’s body...
The Santa Barbara County Coroner’s Office confirmed the names of 17 people last week, while the names of three others were released in multiple reports.
The youngest victim, Kailly Benitez, is just 3-years-old. She was one of four children confirmed dead.
Sawyer Corey – whose family had made an impassioned plea for help to try to find her on Wednesday – was also confirmed one of the people who died. The 12-year-old was previously reported missing, along with her sister, Morgan Corey, 25. Morgan’s body...
- 1/16/2018
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Jennifer Kent’s had a hit with critics with her instant indie horror classic The Babadook from 2014. So it’s exciting to see that with her next project she’ll be breaking out from the horror genre while maintaining some of the sinister edge.
Variety reported Thursday that Kent’s next film will be an adaptation of the novel Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis, a period piece set in 1892 in which a romance between two teenage girls results in a grizzly murder and trial.
Alice + Freda Forever was released in 2014 as a New Yorker “Book to Watch Out For” and was written by Alexis Coe.
“Jennifer Kent was my first choice from the moment I read Coe’s exceptional book,” said Sarah Schechter via Variety, the film’s producer along with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. “Jennifer’s debut film was one of the most accomplished I have ever seen...
Variety reported Thursday that Kent’s next film will be an adaptation of the novel Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis, a period piece set in 1892 in which a romance between two teenage girls results in a grizzly murder and trial.
Alice + Freda Forever was released in 2014 as a New Yorker “Book to Watch Out For” and was written by Alexis Coe.
“Jennifer Kent was my first choice from the moment I read Coe’s exceptional book,” said Sarah Schechter via Variety, the film’s producer along with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. “Jennifer’s debut film was one of the most accomplished I have ever seen...
- 6/5/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Following her feature length debut as writer-director – 2014’s The Babadook – the level of interest in Jennifer Kent’s movie choices increased exponentially – such was the impact of her award-winning horror film. It seems that the choice of next project has now been made and Kent has been officially declared the writer-director of Alice + Freda – the upcoming film adaptation of the Alexis Coe non-fiction book, Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder In Memphis.
The dark and tragic real-life events that are detailed in the book took place in America in 1892, when 19 year old Alice Mitchell publicly slashed the throat of 17 year old Freda Ward. As the case unfolded in a well-observed trial, it transpired that Alice and Freda had once enjoyed a relationship so happy that Alice had planned to pose as a man in order to marry the woman she loved. However, when their love letters were discovered, and their romance was exposed,...
The dark and tragic real-life events that are detailed in the book took place in America in 1892, when 19 year old Alice Mitchell publicly slashed the throat of 17 year old Freda Ward. As the case unfolded in a well-observed trial, it transpired that Alice and Freda had once enjoyed a relationship so happy that Alice had planned to pose as a man in order to marry the woman she loved. However, when their love letters were discovered, and their romance was exposed,...
- 6/5/2015
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Jennifer Kent's "The Babadook" was the best horror film of 2014, and Essie Davis should have scored a Best Actress nod for her fierce portrayal of a mother in crisis. There, I said it! To her credit, Kent is smart enough to know that the Academy isn't keen on recognizing horror movies in the major categories, and thusly has taken a page from fellow Oceanian Peter Jackson's playbook for her followup, an adaptation of Alexis Coe's non-fiction book "Alice + Freda Forever." It could not get much more "Heavenly Creatures"-y than this! Check out the synopsis, courtesy Deadline: Coe based her book on research that included more than 100 love letters, maps, artifacts, historical documents, newspaper articles and courtroom proceedings to tell the tragic, real-life love story of Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward. After their love letters were discovered, the women were forbidden to ever speak again. Ward adjusted to this with apparent ease,...
- 6/5/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
There have likely been countless doors opening up for Jennifer Kent following the rapturous reception to her horror "The Babadook." But unlike other directors, Kent hasn't signed onto a slew of projects, which makes this choice all the more intriguing. Kent has signed on to write and direct an adaptation of the non-fiction book "Alice + Freda Forever" by Alexis Coe, with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment picking up the rights and developing the project. The tragic story follows a budding romantic relationship between two young girls in 1892 Memphis, Tennessee that incited a sensational murder and electrified the nation. Sharing their passion through letters, Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward, were forbidden to ever speak again once the love letters they exchanged are discovered. Alice is heartbroken when Freda adjusts to this fate with apparent ease, and is driven to fatal, jealous rage. Her murder trial was one of the most sensational of its time.
- 6/4/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Two key upcoming projects have just scored promising upcoming directors.
First up, frequent "Peaky Blinders" helmer Otto Bathurst has been brought onboard "Robin Hood: Origins," Lionsgate's upcoming gritty take on the famed outlaw which is said to be akin to Nolan's Batman trilogy in tone.
In this version, Hood returns from fighting in The Crusades and finds that Sherwood Forest is rife with corruption and evil. He forms a band of outlaws and they take matters into their own hands. Production aims to begin early next year.
Meanwhile, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Berlanti Productions have acquired rights to the Alexis Coes non-fiction book "Alice + Freda Forever" and locked in Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent ("The Babadook") to direct.
The story follows the budding romantic relationship between two young girls, Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward, who incited a sensational murder and shocked the nation in Memphis in 1892.
Source: Deadline and Variety...
First up, frequent "Peaky Blinders" helmer Otto Bathurst has been brought onboard "Robin Hood: Origins," Lionsgate's upcoming gritty take on the famed outlaw which is said to be akin to Nolan's Batman trilogy in tone.
In this version, Hood returns from fighting in The Crusades and finds that Sherwood Forest is rife with corruption and evil. He forms a band of outlaws and they take matters into their own hands. Production aims to begin early next year.
Meanwhile, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Berlanti Productions have acquired rights to the Alexis Coes non-fiction book "Alice + Freda Forever" and locked in Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent ("The Babadook") to direct.
The story follows the budding romantic relationship between two young girls, Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward, who incited a sensational murder and shocked the nation in Memphis in 1892.
Source: Deadline and Variety...
- 6/4/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
She made an impressive debut with chilling horror The Babadook and now Jennifer Kent has set up her next project. The writer/director is on board to adapt Alexis Coe’s non-fiction book Alice + Freda Forever.Coe researched the real-life tragic love story of Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward, who developed a deep romantic relationship in Memphis, Tennessee in 1892. But when their love letters were discovered, there were forbidden from ever speaking again. While Ward apparently adjusted to the situation, Mitchell’s broken heart drove her to jealous, murderous rage, which then sparked one of the most sensational court cases of its time.Kent’s first film showed a deft touch with emotional material and a grasp on writing great, nuanced roles for women, so this feels like something she could use to make a great film. Executive producer Carla Hacken, who is on board to shepherd the film alongside...
- 6/4/2015
- EmpireOnline
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat is a monthly newspaper run by Steve DeBellis, a well know St. Louis historian, and it’s the largest one-man newspaper in the world. The concept of The Globe is that there is an old historic headline, then all the articles in that issue are written as though it’s the year that the headline is from. It’s an unusual concept but the paper is now in its 27th successful year! Steve and I collaborated in 2011 on an all-Vincent Price issue of The Globe and I have been writing a regular monthly movie-related column since. Our working alliance is simple: Steve tells me a year and I pick a movie from that year and write about it. Last month Steve threw me the year 1963. Since I was hosting a Ray Harryhausen tribute event at the St. Louis International Film Festival and was eager to...
- 12/19/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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