Glynis Johns
ActingGlynis 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
Mary Poppins
Mrs. Banks
While You Were Sleeping
Elsie
Around the World in 80 Days
Sporting Lady's Companion
The Thief of Bagdad
Princess's Maid (uncredited)
The Court Jester
Maid Jean
The Ref
Rose Chasseur
49th Parallel
Anna
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
Ms. Grimwood (voice)
Shake Hands with the Devil
Kitty Brady
No Highway in the Sky
Marjorie Corder
Filmography — Acting
Mary Poppins
Mrs. Banks
While You Were Sleeping
Elsie
Around the World in 80 Days
Sporting Lady's Companion
The Thief of Bagdad
Princess's Maid (uncredited)
The Court Jester
Maid Jean
The Ref
Rose Chasseur
49th Parallel
Anna
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
Ms. Grimwood (voice)
Shake Hands with the Devil
Kitty Brady
No Highway in the Sky
Marjorie Corder
Miranda
Miranda Trewella
Superstar
Grandma
The Card
Ruth Earp
The Vault of Horror
Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
Under Milk Wood
Myfanwy Price
The Magic Box
May Jones
Another Time, Another Place
Kay Trevor
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Self - Interviewee
Perfect Strangers
Dizzy Clayton
Zelly & Me
Co-Co
State Secret
Lisa Robinson
Dear Brigitte
Vina Leaf
Lock Up Your Daughters
Mrs Squeezum
Appointment with Venus
Nicola Fallaize
The Adventures of Tartu
Paula Palacek
The Sundowners
Mrs. Firth
The Chapman Report
Teresa Harnish
All Mine to Give
Jo Eunson
Encore
Stella Cotman
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor
An Ideal Husband
Mabel Chiltern
The Spider's Web
Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
The Cabinet of Caligari
Jane Lindstrom
The Prime Minister
Miss Sheridan (uncredited)
Personal Affair
Barbara Vining
Papa's Delicate Condition
Amberlyn Griffith
The Beachcomber
Martha Jones
Mad About Men
Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella
On the Night of the Fire
Mary
Dear Mr. Prohack
Mimi Warburton
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
(archive footage)
The Secret Garden
Darjeeling (voice)
Nukie
Sister Anne
The Weak and the Wicked
Jean Raymond
Frieda
Judy Dawson
The Sword and the Rose
Princess Mary Tudor
The Halfway House
Gwyneth
The Briggs Family
Sheila Briggs
The Seekers
Marion Southey
Loser Takes All
Cary
South Riding
Midge Carne
Flesh and Blood
Katherine Manley
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
Self
Josephine and Men
Josephine Luton
Under Your Hat
Winnie
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
Don't Just Stand There
Sabine Manning
Helter Skelter
Miranda Trewella (uncredited)
The Happy Prince
Swallow (voice)
Spraggue
Aunt Mary
Three Dangerous Ladies
Mrs. Amworth
Murder in the Family
Marjorie Osborne
Prison Without Bars
Nina
Third Time Lucky
Joan Burns
This Man Is Mine
Millie
Last of the Few
Self / Narrator
Mrs. Amworth
Mrs. Amworth