Henny Backus, 93, an actress and the widow of actor Jim Backus, with whom she wrote several books, has died. Backus died Dec. 9 at UCLA Medical Center after a series of strokes. Backus, who was born ...

BACKUS -- Henny Backus, the widow of actor Jim Backus and an actress in her own right who made her debut as a Broadway showgirl in the 1920s, died Dec. 9 in Los Angeles after a series of strokes. She ...

This article was updated on Tuesday, Dec. 28. Actress and author Henny Backus, widow of actor Jim Backus, died Dec. 9 in Los Angeles after a series of strokes. Backus, nee Henrietta Kaye, was born in ...

Henny Backus, the widow of the comic actor Jim Backus and an actress and author of wit and verve, died Dec. 9 in Los Angeles, her longtime home. She was 93. Mrs. Backus, a redhead with a droll sense ...

Henny Backus (born Henrietta Kaye) was a Broadway showgirl in the 1930s whose stage credits include Orson Welles's 'Horse Eats Hat'. She was the wife of actor and comedian Jim Backus.