Henny Backus
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Henny Backus (March 21, 1911 - December 9, 2004) was a Broadway showgirl in the 1960s, where she performed with Earl Carroll's Vanities. She was also the wife of Jim Backus. She co-starred with her husband in television's "Blondie" sitcom of the 1960s.
The Backus's co-wrote several humorous books, including Only When I Laugh.
Backus wrote Care for the Caretaker, documenting her husband's battle with Parkinson's Disease and offering practical solutions for those facing such dilemmas. In 1989, her husband died from complications of pneumonia. Upon her death at age 93 in 2004 from additional strokes she was buried with her husband Jim Backus in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles
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