Gloria Henry (1923 - 2021)
, was an American actress best known for her role as Alice Mitchell, Dennis’s mother from 1959 to 1963 on the CBS family sitcom, Dennis the Menace.

She made her film debut as the female lead in the horse-racing film Sport of Kings (1947). She had featured roles in the romantic comedy Miss Grant Takes Richmond that starred Lucille Ball and the western Rancho Notorious with Marlene Dietrich. Henry also appeared in three sports-themed stories, the football film Triple Threat, the horse-race tale Racing Luck and the William Bendix baseball comedy Kill the Umpire.

She appeared in western films with Gene Autry, Johnny Allegro with George Raft, and had top billing in numerous "B" movies.

In 1959, Henry landed the role for which she would become most well known, that of "Alice Mitchell" on the CBS comedy series Dennis the Menace. The series co-starred Herbert Anderson as her husband and young Jay North in the title role of Dennis. Henry portrayed sunny domesticity and maternal warmth for four seasons until the series' cancellation in 1963.


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