Glòria Henry, an actress known for her role as a mother in the legendary sixties’ comedy ‘Daniel the Naughty’, has died at the age of 98. Henry died Saturday, a day after his birthday, at his Los Angeles home, his daughter Erin has confirmed to ‘The Hollywood Reporter’.
Gloria Eileen McEniry, real name of the actress, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 2, 1923. She moved to Los Angeles when she was just a teenager and worked on radio programs, commercials and different theater groups.
She made her film debut in 1947 in the sports drama ‘Sport of Kings’ and later appeared in films such as ‘Bulldog Drummond Counterattack’ (1947), ‘Miss Grant Takes Richmond’ (1949) with Lucille Ball, as well as in the ‘cover-up’ western (1952) starring Marlene Dietrich. Other of his most outstanding film titles were ‘The Strawberry Roan’ (1948), ‘Triple Threat’ (1948), ‘Racing Luck’ (1948), ‘Riders in the Sky’ (1949) and ‘Kill the Umpire’ (1950). ).
Henry also appeared with small roles in television series such as ‘My Little Margie’, ‘Abbott and Costello’s Show’, ‘Dad Knows Everything’ or ‘Perry Mason’ until in 1959 he rose to fame with the role of Alice Mitchell, the mother of the iconic CBS comedy ‘Daniel the Naughty’, based on Hank Ketcham’s comic book character. The series also starred Herbert Anderson as her husband and young Jay North in the lead role. It interpreted to Stakes out for the series during 146 chapters until the comedy was canceled in 1963.
In recent years he has been active in such popular series as ‘Dallas’ or ‘An Early Doctor’ and his latest work in front of the cameras was an appearance on the hit comedy ‘Parks and Recreation’ in 2012.