Glynis Johns

Known for ActingBorn 1923-10-05Died 2024-01-04Pretoria, South Africa

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Glynis

Last of the Few

This Man Is Mine

The Beachcomber

The Errol Flynn Theatre

Murder in the Family

The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'

Vacation Playhouse

Cheers

Murder, She Wrote

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

Six by Sondheim

Mary Poppins

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Third Time Lucky

Batman

While You Were Sleeping

Prison Without Bars

Coming of Age

12 O'Clock High

Kraft Mystery Theatre

The Court Jester

Spraggue

Your Show of Shows

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Don't Just Stand There

ITV Playhouse

Golden Globe Awards

The Danny Kaye Show

The DuPont Show of the Week

The Oscars

No Highway in the Sky

Flesh and Blood

The Thief of Bagdad

The Dick Cavett Show

The Ref

The Card

State Secret

The Briggs Family

49th Parallel

General Electric Theater

The Sundowners

Mrs. Amworth

The Merv Griffin Show

Around the World in 80 Days