Glynis Johns

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: Acting

Born: Pretoria, South Africa, 1923-10-05

Died: 2024-01-04

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1938	Murder in the Family	Marjorie Osborne	0
2	1938	South Riding	Midge Carne	62
3	1938	Prison Without Bars	Nina	60
4	1939	On the Night of the Fire	Mary	52
5	1940	The Thief of Bagdad	Princess's Maid (uncredited)	71
6	1940	Under Your Hat	Winnie	53
7	1940	The Briggs Family	Sheila Briggs	0
8	1941	49th Parallel	Anna	69
9	1943	The Adventures of Tartu	Paula Palacek	62
10	1944	The Halfway House	Gwyneth	64
11	1945	Perfect Strangers	Dizzy Clayton	66
12	1946	This Man Is Mine	Millie	0
13	1947	Frieda	Judy Dawson	53
14	1947	An Ideal Husband	Mabel Chiltern	63
15	1948	Miranda	Miranda Trewella	62
16	1949	Third Time Lucky	Joan Burns	70
17	1949	Helter Skelter	Miranda Trewella	62
18	1949	Dear Mr. Prohack	Mimi Warburton	60
19	1950	State Secret	Lisa Robinson	65
20	1951	Flesh and Blood	Katherine Manley	0
21	1951	Encore	Stella Cotman	62
22	1951	No Highway in the Sky	Marjorie Corder	69
23	1951	Appointment with Venus	Nicola Fallaize	51
24	1952	The Magic Box	May Jones	63
25	1952	The Card	Ruth Earp	69
26	1953	The Sword and the Rose	Princess Mary Tudor	63
27	1953	Personal Affair	Barbara Vining	62
28	1953	Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue	Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor	50
29	1954	The Weak and the Wicked	Jean Raymond	64
30	1954	The Seekers	Marion Southey	57
31	1954	The Beachcomber	Martha Jones	60
32	1954	Mad About Men	Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella	61
33	1955	Josephine and Men	Josephine Luton	60
34	1955	The Court Jester	Maid Jean	73
35	1956	Loser Takes All	Cary	54
36	1956	Around the World in Eighty Days	Sporting Lady's Companion	66
37	1957	All Mine to Give	Jo Eunson	62
38	1958	Another Time, Another Place	Kay Trevor	61
39	1959	Shake Hands with the Devil	Kitty Brady	65
40	1960	Last of the Few	Self / Narrator	0
41	1960	The Spider's Web	Clarissa Hailsham-Brown	61
42	1960	The Sundowners	Mrs. Firth	67
43	1962	The Cabinet of Caligari	Jane Lindstrom	64
44	1962	The Chapman Report	Teresa Harnish	53
45	1963	Papa's Delicate Condition	Amberlyn Griffith	54
46	1964	Mary Poppins	Mrs. Banks	76
47	1965	Dear Brigitte	Vina Leaf	64
48	1968	Don't Just Stand There	Sabine Manning	55
49	1969	Lock Up Your Daughters	Mrs Squeezum	45
50	1972	Under Milk Wood	Myfanwy Price	62
51	1973	The Vault of Horror	Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")	63
52	1974	The Happy Prince	Swallow (voice)	55
53	1975	Mrs. Amworth	Mrs. Amworth	58
54	1977	Three Dangerous Ladies	Mrs. Amworth	50
55	1984	Spraggue	Aunt Mary	0
56	1984	The Crime of Ovide Plouffe		63
57	1987	Nukie	Sister Anne	21
58	1988	Zelly & Me	Co-Co	54
59	1988	Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School	Ms. Grimwood (voice)	74
60	1994	The Ref	Rose Chasseur	65
61	1994	The Secret Garden	Darjeeling (voice)	59
62	1995	While You Were Sleeping	Elsie	70
63	1999	Superstar	Grandma	53
64	2004	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'	Self	82
65	2009	Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's	(archive footage)	0
66	2013	Six by Sondheim	Self (archive footage)	71

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
2	1948	Studio One	Lily Snape	50
3	1950	Your Show of Shows		63
4	1950	Lux Video Theatre		63
5	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
6	1953	General Electric Theater	Alma	63
7	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
8	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
9	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Winner	51
10	1956	The Errol Flynn Theatre	Lou McNamara	0
11	1956	The Errol Flynn Theatre	The Girl	0
12	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	70
13	1958	Naked City	Miss Arlington	55
14	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Esther Holmes	57
15	1960	The Roaring 20's		0
16	1961	The Defenders	Catherine Collins	62
17	1961	The DuPont Show of the Week	Emily Foster	60
18	1961	Dr. Kildare	Sister Brigid Marie	55
19	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	54
20	1962	The Beachcomber	Rosalind Metcalf	0
21	1962	The Lloyd Bridges Show	Leah Marquand	50
22	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
23	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
24	1963	Vacation Playhouse	Glynis Granville	70
25	1963	Burke's Law	Steffi Bernard	60
26	1963	Glynis		0
27	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
28	1964	12 O'Clock High	Jennifer Heath	73
29	1966	Batman	Lady Penelope Peasoup	73
30	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
31	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
32	1977	The Love Boat	Edna Miles	63
33	1982	Cheers	Mrs. Helen Chambers	76
34	1982	Little Gloria... Happy at Last	Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan	68
35	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Bridget O'Hara	75
36	1988	Coming of Age		50

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