Gloria Henry, the upbeat mom of 'Dennis the Menace,' dies at 98
Print Gloria Henry, the effervescent mother on the television series “Dennis the Menace” who patiently rolled with her son’s well-meaning but mischievous antics, has died at her home in Los Angeles. Henry, who was 98 when she died April 3, had a long film and television career and later in life was instrumental in bringing attention and much-needed money to help fund and grow educational programs at the Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum at a time when the art scene in downtown Los Angeles was just beginning to bloom. Though her perpetually sunny character as Dennis Mitchell’s moth...