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Louise Henry (actress)
Jessie Louise Henry Weltz (June 14, 1911 – February 17, 1967) was an American film actress best known for working in Hollywood during the 1930s. Early yearsHenry was born Jessie Louise Heiman,[2] the daughter of Dr. Jesse Strauss Heiman, a physician,[3] and his wife, stage actress Louise Henry Heiman.[4] Her father was a Syracuse, New York, native and practiced medicine there[citation needed] until he moved the family to New York City when Henry was 4 years old.[2] Between 1914 and 1916, Henry and her family lived at 1027 Genesee Street in Syracuse.[citation needed] She was educated at Marymount convent in Tarrytown until she reached the high-school level. At that point she went to Paris to study at a branch of Marymount.[2]  CareerHenry became fluent in French while studying in France. She and began singing and dancing professionally, making her professional debut at 14 dancing at a party given in honor of the Duke of Conought in Monte Carlo. She declined offers to entertain in Europe, preferring to study in New York and work in stock theater. She performed for several years with a stock company headed by Chamberlain Brown.[2] Henry went to London in the summer of 1933 to appear as "the American show girl" in a Seymour Hicks production. After returning to the United States, she sang at the Deauville Yacht Club in Miami. Her work there led to a screen test in New York, and the test resulted in a long-term film contract.[2]  DeathHenry died of cancer in New York City on February 17, 1967, at the age of 55.[4] Henry is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York.[4] Filmography
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