Background
Henry lived and grew up on the edge of the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Henry lived and grew up on the edge of the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana.
She was educated at the Worcester Art Museum School.
She moved to Los Angeles in her 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. Early career
Signed by an agent, Henry 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).
The 1950s were an uneventful mixture of more "B" films and episodic television guest parts such as My Little Margie (1952) and the premiere episode of Perry Mason, "The Case of the Restless Redhead" (1957).
She was also a regular on the private eye series The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1954) starring Don Haggerty, but was written out of the show when she became pregnant. Dennis the Menace
In 1959, Henry landed the role for which she would become most well known, that of "Alice Mitchell" on the Columbia Broadcasting System comedy series Dennis the Menace.
Henry portrayed sunny domesticity and maternal warmth for four seasons until the series" cancellation in 1963. After Dennis the Menace
Henry"s career slowed down considerably after Dennis the Menace.
She was spotted occasionally in television-movies playing assorted bit-part matrons, and in 1989 played a small role as an art-collecting society matron in the prime time soap opera, Dallas.
Henry 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 nostalgia conventions. Parks and Recreation (2012)
Doogie Howser, Doctor of Medicine (1992)
Hunter (1990)
Dallas (1989)
Doin" Time on Planet Earth (1988)
Falcon Crest (1987)
The Brady Brides (1981)
The Snoop Sisters (1974)
Hazel (1963)
Dennis the Menace - Alice Mitchell (1959-1963)
The Thin Manitoba (1959)
Rescue 8 - Joan (1958)
Gang War (1958) - Edie Avery
The Life of Riley - Mission Cosgrove (1958)
Tales of Wells Fargo - Sharon Burns (1957)
The Walter Winchell File (1957)
Perry Mason - Helene Chaney (1957)
Navy Log - Eileen Murphy (1957)
The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1954)
My Little Margie - Norma Calkins (1953)
Hot News (1953) - Kerry Barker
Mr.
& Mistress
North - Ruth Spencer (1953)
Rancho Notorious (1952) - Beth Forbes
The Abbott and Costello Show - Ruby Norton
Yellow Finance, Financial (1951) - Nina Torres
First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jennings of Oklahoma (1951) - Alice Calhoun
Lightning Guns (1950) - Susan Atkins
The Tougher They Come (1950) - Rattle Rafferty
Rookie Fireman (1950) - Peggy Walters
Kill the Umpire (1950) - Lucy Johnson
Riders in the Sky (1949) - Anne Lawson
Feudin" Rhythm (1949) - Valerie Kay
Mission Grant Takes Richmond (1949) - Helen White
Johnny Allegro (1949) - Addie
Racing Luck (1948) - Phyllis Warren
Triple Threat (1948) - Ruth Nolan
The Strawberry Roan (1948) - Connie Bailey
Arkansas Swing (1948) - Margie MacGregor
Portuguese Said (1948) - Gila Lingallo/Helena Guistano
Adventures in Silverado (1948) - Jeannie Manning
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947) - Ellen Curtiss
Keeper of the Bees (1947) - Alice.