Glynis Johns
Birthday: 1923-10-05 | Place of Birth: Pretoria, South AfricaGlynis 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.
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Acting
Role
as (archive footage)
as Grandma
as Elsie
as Darjeeling (voice)
as Rose Chasseur
as Co-Co
as Ms. Grimwood (voice)
as Sister Anne
as Aunt Mary
as Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan
as Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan
as Mrs. Amworth
as Mrs. Amworth
as Swallow (voice)
as Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
as Myfanwy Price
as Mrs Squeezum
as Sabine Manning
as Mrs. Banks
as Vina Leaf
as Amberlyn Griffith
as Jane Lindstrom
as Teresa Harnish
as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
as Mrs. Firth
as Self / Narrator
as Kitty Brady
