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Glynis Johns
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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 …
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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.
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Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
as (archive footage)
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
as Self
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
as Self
Superstar
as Grandma
While You Were Sleeping
as Elsie
The Secret Garden
as Darjeeling (voice)
The Ref
as Rose Chasseur
No Poster
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
as Self - Interviewee
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
as Ms. Grimwood (voice)
Zelly & Me
as Co-Co
Nukie
as Sister Anne
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
Spraggue
as Aunt Mary
Three Dangerous Ladies
as Mrs. Amworth
No Poster
Mrs. Amworth
as Mrs. Amworth
The Happy Prince
as Swallow (voice)
The Vault of Horror
as Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
Under Milk Wood
as Myfanwy Price
Lock Up Your Daughters
as Mrs Squeezum
Don't Just Stand There
as Sabine Manning
Dear Brigitte
as Vina Leaf
Mary Poppins
as Mrs. Banks
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Amberlyn Griffith
The Chapman Report
as Teresa Harnish
The Cabinet of Caligari
as Jane Lindstrom
The Sundowners
as Mrs. Firth
The Spider's Web
as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
No Poster
Last of the Few
as Self / Narrator
Shake Hands with the Devil
as Kitty Brady
Another Time, Another Place
as Kay Trevor
All Mine to Give
as Jo Eunson
Around the World in 80 Days
as Sporting Lady's Companion
Loser Takes All
as Cary
The Court Jester
as Maid Jean
Josephine and Men
as Josephine Luton
Mad About Men
as Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella
The Beachcomber
as Martha Jones
The Seekers
as Marion Southey
The Weak and the Wicked
as Jean Raymond
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
as Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor
Personal Affair
as Barbara Vining
The Sword and the Rose
as Princess Mary Tudor
The Card
as Ruth Earp
The Magic Box
as May Jones
Appointment with Venus
as Nicola Fallaize
No Highway in the Sky
as Marjorie Corder
Encore
as Stella Cotman
Flesh and Blood
as Katherine Manley
State Secret
as Lisa Robinson
Dear Mr. Prohack
as Mimi Warburton
Helter Skelter
as Miranda Trewella (uncredited)
Third Time Lucky
as Joan Burns
Miranda
as Miranda Trewella
An Ideal Husband
as Mabel Chiltern
Frieda
as Judy Dawson
This Man Is Mine
as Millie
Perfect Strangers
as Dizzy Clayton
The Halfway House
as Gwyneth
The Adventures of Tartu
as Paula Palacek
49th Parallel
as Anna
The Prime Minister
as Miss Sheridan (uncredited)
The Briggs Family
as Sheila Briggs
Under Your Hat
as Winnie
The Thief of Bagdad
as Princess's Maid (uncredited)
On the Night of the Fire
as Mary
Prison Without Bars
as Nina
South Riding
as Midge Carne
No Poster
Murder in the Family
as Marjorie Osborne