Bette Henritze
| Bette Henritze | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 23, 1924 Betsy Layne, Kentucky, U.S |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1949-2009 |
Bette Joan Henritze (born May 23, 1924) is an American actress of stage, film, and television.
She has played supporting roles in films like The World According to Garp, The Hospital, Far From Heaven, and Judy Berlin. She is most known for her work in Off-Broadway theatre. In 1967 she received the Obie Award for Best Actress for excellence in Off-Broadway work in the 1966-1967 theatre season.
Henritze was born in Betsy Layne, Kentucky, the daughter of Ada (née Howell; 1905-1983) a secretary, and William Price Henritze (1901-1982), an electrician. She moved to New York City to study theatre at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the HB Studio.
She made her Broadway debut in 1948 in Jenny Kissed Me, credited as Bette Howe. In 1950 Henritze was performing with the company at the Barter Theatre in Virginia. As a member of the Phoenix Theatre Company at the Phoenix Theatre in New York City (a now defunct off-Broadway house) she began performing with them in their 1959 production of The Power and the Glory as a peasant woman. She followed this with Lysistrata as Nikodike and in 1960 with performances in Peer Gynt, She Stoops to Conquer, and The Plough and the Stars as Bessie. In 1963, she was in the original cast of the Edward Albee play The Ballad of the Sad Café, starring Colleen Dewhurst.
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