Glynis Johns
Actor
- Born
- October 5, 1923 · Pretoria, South Africa
- Died
- January 4, 2024 (age 100)
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.
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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.
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Known for
Mary Poppins
December 17, 1964
While You Were Sleeping
April 21, 1995
Around the World in 80 Days
October 17, 1956
The Ref
March 9, 1994
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
October 16, 1988
Superstar
October 8, 1999
The Thief of Bagdad
February 19, 1940
The Court Jester
December 24, 1955
The Vault of Horror
March 16, 1973
49th Parallel
November 24, 1941
No Highway in the Sky
June 28, 1951
The Sundowners
December 8, 1960
Acting69
- 2013Six by Sondheim as Self (archive footage)
- 2009Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's as (archive footage)
- 2008The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics as Self
- 2004Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins' as Self
- 1999Superstar as Grandma
- 1995While You Were Sleeping as Elsie
- 1994The Secret Garden as Darjeeling (voice)
- 1994The Ref as Rose Chasseur
- 1993Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One as Self - Interviewee
- 1988