People
Glynis Johns
- Name: Glynis Johns
- Birthday: 1923-10-05
- Also known as: Glynnis Johns,Glynis Margaret P. Johns,Глинис Джонс
- Place of birth: Pretoria, South Africa
- Popularity: 6.769
Biography:
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Six by Sondheim as Self (archive footage) | 2013-12-09 |
| Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's as Self (archive) | 2009-05-19 |
| Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins' as Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Superstar as Grandma | 1999-10-08 |
| While You Were Sleeping as Elsie | 1995-04-21 |
| The Secret Garden as Darjeeling (voice) | 1994-11-05 |
| The Ref as Rose Chasseur | 1994-03-09 |
| Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School as Ms. Grimwood (voice) | 1988-10-16 |
| Zelly & Me as Co-Co | 1988-04-15 |
| Nukie as Sister Anne | 1987-07-01 |
| The Crime of Ovide Plouffe | 1984-08-29 |
| Spraggue as Aunt Mary | 1984-06-29 |
| Three Dangerous Ladies as Mrs. Amworth | 1977-06-05 |
| Mrs. Amworth as Mrs. Amworth | 1975-01-01 |
| The Happy Prince as Swallow (voice) | 1974-12-02 |
| The Vault of Horror as Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job") | 1973-03-16 |
| Under Milk Wood as Myfanwy Price | 1972-01-27 |
| Lock Up Your Daughters as Mrs Squeezum | 1969-03-29 |
| Don't Just Stand There as Sabine Manning | 1968-09-03 |
| Dear Brigitte as Vina Leaf | 1965-01-08 |
| Mary Poppins as Mrs. Banks | 1964-12-17 |
| Papa's Delicate Condition as Amberlyn Griffith | 1963-03-06 |
| The Chapman Report as Teresa Harnish | 1962-10-05 |
| The Cabinet of Caligari as Jane Lindstrom | 1962-05-25 |
| The Sundowners as Mrs. Firth | 1960-12-08 |
| The Spider's Web as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown | 1960-11-01 |
| Last of the Few as Self / Narrator | 1960-04-27 |
| Shake Hands with the Devil as Kitty Brady | 1959-06-24 |
| Another Time, Another Place as Kay Trevor | 1958-05-02 |
| All Mine to Give as Jo Eunson | 1957-11-13 |
| Around the World in Eighty Days as Sporting Lady's Companion | 1956-10-17 |
| Loser Takes All as Cary | 1956-09-09 |
| The Court Jester as Maid Jean | 1955-12-24 |
| Josephine and Men as Josephine Luton | 1955-11-09 |
| Mad About Men as Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella | 1954-11-16 |
| The Beachcomber as Martha Jones | 1954-08-10 |
| The Seekers as Marion Southey | 1954-06-22 |
| The Weak and the Wicked as Jean Raymond | 1954-02-02 |
| Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue as Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor | 1953-10-26 |
| Personal Affair as Barbara Vining | 1953-10-20 |
| The Sword and the Rose as Princess Mary Tudor | 1953-07-23 |
| The Card as Ruth Earp | 1952-02-25 |
| The Magic Box as May Jones | 1952-01-01 |
| Appointment with Venus as Nicola Fallaize | 1951-10-08 |
| No Highway in the Sky as Marjorie Corder | 1951-06-28 |
| Encore as Stella Cotman | 1951-06-11 |
| Flesh and Blood as Katherine Manley | 1951-03-06 |
| State Secret as Lisa Robinson | 1950-09-11 |
| Dear Mr. Prohack as Mimi Warburton | 1949-09-07 |
| Helter Skelter as Miranda Trewella | 1949-01-07 |
| Third Time Lucky as Joan Burns | 1949-01-06 |
| Miranda as Miranda Trewella | 1948-04-06 |
| An Ideal Husband as Mabel Chiltern | 1947-11-14 |
| Frieda as Judy Dawson | 1947-06-19 |
| This Man Is Mine as Millie | 1946-09-12 |
| Perfect Strangers as Dizzy Clayton | 1945-10-15 |
| The Halfway House as Gwyneth | 1944-02-01 |
| The Adventures of Tartu as Paula Palacek | 1943-10-01 |
| 49th Parallel as Anna | 1941-11-24 |
| The Briggs Family as Sheila Briggs | 1940-09-07 |
| Under Your Hat as Winnie | 1940-09-01 |
| The Thief of Bagdad as Princess's Maid (uncredited) | 1940-02-19 |
| On the Night of the Fire as Mary | 1939-10-26 |
| Prison Without Bars as Nina | 1938-09-20 |
| South Riding as Midge Carne | 1938-08-01 |
| Murder in the Family as Marjorie Osborne | 1938-01-01 |
