---
name: "Bette Henritze"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bette-henritze"
fi1m_id: "bette-henritze"
imdb_id: "nm0377701"
tmdb_id: 49834
wikidata_id: "Q17166312"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 May 1924"
died: "22 February 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T07:48:26.759631+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bette Henritze

## Identity

Bette Henritze

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bette-henritze
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bette-henritze
- **IMDb ID:** nm0377701
- **TMDB ID:** 49834
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17166312
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Henritze, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17166312, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0377701/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49834

Actor. Born 25 May 1924 in Betsy Layne, Kentucky, USA. Died 22 February 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 May 1924, Betsy Layne, Kentucky, USA
- **Died:** 22 February 2018
- **Also known as:** Bette Joan Henritze
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Henritze, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17166312, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0377701/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49834

## Biography

Bette Henritze (also credited as Bette Joan Henritze) was an American actress of stage, film and television. Born in Betsy Layne, Kentucky, she moved to New York to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She made her Broadway debut in 1948 in *Jenny Kissed Me*, credited as Bette Howe, and appeared in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions over five decades, including several Shakespeare plays. In 1967 she received an Obie Award for her Off-Broadway performances, including in *The Rimers of Eldritch*.

Henritze's film roles include the operating room nurse in *The Hospital* (1971), Woman Candidate in *The World According to Garp* (1982), Mrs. Murphy in *Brighton Beach Memoirs* (1986), Emma in *Other People's Money* (1991), Mrs. Skinner in *The Object of My Affection* (1998), Mrs. Leacock in *Far from Heaven* (2002) and Annie in *Taking Woodstock* (2009). She also appeared in television series such as *Third Watch*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, legacy.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Far from Heaven* (2002), Fi1m 87, as Mrs. Leacock — [page](https://film.one/film/far-from-heaven.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Taking Woodstock* (2009), as Annie
- *Far from Heaven* (2002), as Mrs. Leacock — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/far-from-heaven.md)
- *The Education of Max Bickford* (2001), series, as Mrs. Moncreve
- *Judy Berlin* (1999), as Dolores Engler
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Mrs. Wilkins
- *The Object of My Affection* (1998), as Mrs. Skinner
- *New York News* (1995), series, Actor
- *Magical Make-Over* (1994), as Mrs. Gorniki
- *Other People's Money* (1991), as Emma
- *Brighton Beach Memoirs* (1986), as Mrs. Murphy
- *The World According to Garp* (1982), as Woman Candidate
- *Much Ado About Nothing* (1973), as Ursula
- *Rage* (1972), as Sarah Parker
- *The Mind Snatchers* (1972), as Anna Kraus
- *The Hospital* (1971), as Operating Room Nurse
- *The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood* (1965), as Mother
- *The Defenders* (1961), series, as Katie Malloy
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, Actor

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