Glynis Johns
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Glynis Johns (October 5, 1923 - January 4, 2024) was a South African-born British actress, dancer, musician and singer. Born in Pretoria, South Africa, while her parents were on tour, she is best known for originating the role of Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music on Broadway, for which she won a Tony Award, and for playing Winifred Banks in Walt Disney's musical motion picture Mary Poppins. In 2020, with the death of Olivia de Havilland, Johns became the oldest living Academy Award-nominee in any acting category. In both roles, Johns sang songs written specifically for her, including "Send in the Clowns", composed by Stephen Sondheim, and "Sister Suffragette", written by the Sherman Brothers. Johns was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the 1960 film The Sundowners. She was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood and class years of British cinema. She is known for the breathy quality of her husky voice and her upbeat persona. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glynis Johns, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Mary Poppins (1964)
as Mrs. Banks
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
as Elsie
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Sporting Lady's Companion
Superstar (1999)
as Grandma
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)
as Ms. Grimwood (voice)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
as Princess's Maid (uncredited)
The Ref (1994)
as Rose Chasseur
The Court Jester (1955)
as Maid Jean
49th Parallel (1941)
as Anna
The Magic Box (1952)
as May Jones
The Card (1952)
as Ruth Earp
All Mine to Give (1957)
as Jo Eunson
The Vault of Horror (1973)
as Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
No Highway in the Sky (1951)
as Marjorie Corder
State Secret (1950)
as Lisa Robinson
The Sundowners (1960)
as Mrs. Firth
Under Milk Wood (1972)
as Myfanwy Price
Six by Sondheim (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Dear Brigitte (1965)
as Vina Leaf
The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
as Jane Lindstrom
Encore (1951)
as Stella Cotman
The Sword and the Rose (1953)
as Princess Mary Tudor
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
as Kay Trevor
Loser Takes All (1956)
as Cary
Zelly & Me (1988)
as Co-Co
The Chapman Report (1962)
as Teresa Harnish
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
as Kitty Brady
Nukie (1987)
as Sister Anne
The Seekers (1954)
as Marion Southey
Perfect Strangers (1945)
as Dizzy Clayton
The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
as Paula Palacek
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue (1953)
as Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor
Josephine and Men (1955)
as Josephine Luton
The Spider's Web (1960)
as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
The Secret Garden (1994)
as Darjeeling (voice)
An Ideal Husband (1947)
as Mabel Chiltern
Lock Up Your Daughters (1969)
as Mrs Squeezum
Helter Skelter (1949)
as Miranda Trewella (uncredited)
Mad About Men (1954)
as Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
as Amberlyn Griffith
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008)
as Self
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009)
as (archive footage)
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
as Jean Raymond
On the Night of the Fire (1939)
as Mary
Miranda (1948)
as Miranda Trewella
Spraggue (1984)
as Aunt Mary
The Halfway House (1944)
as Gwyneth
Flesh and Blood (1951)
as Katherine Manley
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins' (2004)
as Self
The Beachcomber (1954)
as Martha Jones
Personal Affair (1953)
as Barbara Vining
The Happy Prince (1974)
as Swallow (voice)
Appointment with Venus (1951)
as Nicola Fallaize
Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
as Mimi Warburton
Three Dangerous Ladies (1977)
as Mrs. Amworth
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (1984)
Actor
Murder in the Family (1938)
as Marjorie Osborne
South Riding (1938)
as Midge Carne
Third Time Lucky (1949)
as Joan Burns
Frieda (1947)
as Judy Dawson
The Prime Minister (1941)
as Miss Sheridan (uncredited)
The Briggs Family (1940)
as Sheila Briggs
Mrs. Amworth (1975)
as Mrs. Amworth
This Man Is Mine (1946)
as Millie
Don't Just Stand There (1968)
as Sabine Manning
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One (1993)
as Self - Interviewee
Prison Without Bars (1938)
as Nina
Last of the Few (1960)
as Self / Narrator
Under Your Hat (1940)
as Winnie