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
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
as Princess's Maid (uncredited)
The Vault of Horror (1973)
as Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)
as Ms. Grimwood (voice)
Superstar (1999)
as Grandma
The Court Jester (1955)
as Maid Jean
49th Parallel (1941)
as Anna
The Ref (1994)
as Rose Chasseur
The Sundowners (1960)
as Mrs. Firth
No Highway in the Sky (1951)
as Marjorie Corder
Six by Sondheim (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008)
as Self
The Sword and the Rose (1953)
as Princess Mary Tudor
Flesh and Blood (1951)
as Katherine Manley
The Chapman Report (1962)
as Teresa Harnish
Dear Brigitte (1965)
as Vina Leaf
The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
as Jane Lindstrom
Spraggue (1984)
as Aunt Mary
The Secret Garden (1994)
as Darjeeling (voice)
State Secret (1950)
as Lisa Robinson
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue (1953)
as Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
as Kay Trevor
The Magic Box (1952)
as May Jones
Perfect Strangers (1945)
as Dizzy Clayton
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
as Amberlyn Griffith
Helter Skelter (1949)
as Miranda Trewella (uncredited)
The Card (1952)
as Ruth Earp
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
as Jean Raymond
All Mine to Give (1957)
as Jo Eunson
The Halfway House (1944)
as Gwyneth
The Happy Prince (1974)
as Swallow (voice)
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
as Kitty Brady
An Ideal Husband (1947)
as Mabel Chiltern
Mad About Men (1954)
as Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella
Personal Affair (1953)
as Barbara Vining
Lock Up Your Daughters (1969)
as Mrs Squeezum
Under Milk Wood (1972)
as Myfanwy Price
Three Dangerous Ladies (1977)
as Mrs. Amworth
The Seekers (1954)
as Marion Southey
Appointment with Venus (1951)
as Nicola Fallaize
Miranda (1948)
as Miranda Trewella
Zelly & Me (1988)
as Co-Co
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009)
as (archive footage)
The Spider's Web (1960)
as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
Frieda (1947)
as Judy Dawson
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (1984)
Actor
Josephine and Men (1955)
as Josephine Luton
On the Night of the Fire (1939)
as Mary
The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
as Paula Palacek
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins' (2004)
as Self
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One (1993)
as Self - Interviewee
Loser Takes All (1956)
as Cary
This Man Is Mine (1946)
as Millie
Encore (1951)
as Stella Cotman
Nukie (1987)
as Sister Anne
Don't Just Stand There (1968)
as Sabine Manning
South Riding (1938)
as Midge Carne
The Prime Minister (1941)
as Miss Sheridan (uncredited)
Murder in the Family (1938)
as Marjorie Osborne
Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
as Mimi Warburton
The Briggs Family (1940)
as Sheila Briggs
Prison Without Bars (1938)
as Nina
Third Time Lucky (1949)
as Joan Burns
The Beachcomber (1954)
as Martha Jones
Mrs. Amworth (1975)
as Mrs. Amworth
Under Your Hat (1940)
as Winnie
Last of the Few (1960)
as Self / Narrator