Glynis Johns
Acting
🎂 1923-10-05
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.
Cast credits(102)
Bridget O'Hara
1984
Self
1962
Edna Miles
1977
Mrs. Helen Chambers
1982
Lady Penelope Peasoup
1966
Self - Co-Host
1961
Self - Presenter
1956
Self - Winner
1956
Self - Presenter
1944
Self
1971
Sister Brigid Marie
1961
Lily Snape
1948
Miss Arlington
1958
Steffi Bernard
1963
Self
1962
Catherine Collins
1961
Self
1953
Self - Guest
1968
Esther Holmes
1959
Mrs. Banks
1964
1950
Self
1963
Jennifer Heath
1964
Elsie
1995
1950
Sporting Lady's Companion
1956
Rosalind Metcalf
1962
1960
Ms. Grimwood (voice)
1988
Self
1957
Grandma
1999
Ruth Earp
1952
Glynis Granville
1963
Co-Co
1988
Amberlyn Griffith
1963
Mrs. Firth
1960
Maid Jean
1955
Mrs Squeezum
1969
Myfanwy Price
1972
Teresa Harnish
1962
Leah Marquand
1962
Sister Anne
1987
Rose Chasseur
1994
Paula Palacek
1943
Kitty Brady
1959
Darjeeling (voice)
1994
Self (archive footage)
2013
Cary
1956
Princess's Maid (uncredited)
1940
Miranda Trewella (uncredited)
1949
1963
Lisa Robinson
1950
Aunt Mary
1984
Sabine Manning
1968
Midge Carne
1938
Mabel Chiltern
1947
Josephine Luton
1955
May Jones
1952
Lou McNamara
1956
The Girl
1956
1988
Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella
1954
Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
1973
Alma
1953
Princess Mary Tudor
1953
Jane Lindstrom
1962
Winnie
1940
Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
1960
Jean Raymond
1954
Nina
1938
Barbara Vining
1953
Jo Eunson
1957
1951
Dizzy Clayton
1945
Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan
1982
Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor
1953
Vina Leaf
1965
1984
Anna
1941
Marion Southey
1954
Kay Trevor
1958
Emily Foster
1961
(archive footage)
2009
Gwyneth
1944
Miranda Trewella
1948
Nicola Fallaize
1951
Mrs. Amworth
1975
Stella Cotman
1951
Marjorie Osborne
1938
Millie
1946
Mimi Warburton
1949
Katherine Manley
1951
Mary
1939
Swallow (voice)
1974
Mrs. Amworth
1977
Judy Dawson
1947
Martha Jones
1954
Sheila Briggs
1940
Marjorie Corder
1951
Self
2004
Joan Burns
1949
Self / Narrator
1960