Glynis Johns
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1923-10-05 (101 years old)
Deathday
2024-01-04
Place of Birth
Pretoria, South Africa
Also known As
Glynnis Johns
Glynis Margaret P. Johns
Глинис Джонс
Glynis Johns
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,...
Acting
1964
as Mrs. Banks
1995
as Elsie
1994
as Rose Chasseur
1955
as Maid Jean
1947
as Mabel Chiltern
1938
as Marjorie Osborne
1988
as Co-Co
1965
as Vina Leaf
1958
as Kay Trevor
1960
as Mrs. Firth
1952
as Ruth Earp
1972
as Myfanwy Price
1951
as Marjorie Corder
1953
as Princess Mary Tudor
1943
as Paula Palacek
1957
as Jo Eunson
1952
as May Jones
1973
as Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
1963
as Amberlyn Griffith
1947
as Judy Dawson
1987
as Sister Anne
1953
as Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor
1944
as Gwyneth
1953
as Barbara Vining
1951
as Nicola Fallaize
1962
as Jane Lindstrom
1954
as Marion Southey
1954
as Jean Raymond
1960
as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
1948
as Miranda Trewella
1954
as Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella
1950
as Lisa Robinson
1962
as Teresa Harnish
1949
as Mimi Warburton
1945
as Dizzy Clayton
1975
as Mrs. Amworth
1955
as Josephine Luton
1969
as Mrs Squeezum
1960
as Self / Narrator
1994
as Darjeeling (voice)
1977
as Mrs. Amworth
1974
as Swallow (voice)
1968
as Sabine Manning
1954
as Martha Jones
1988
as Ms. Grimwood (voice)
1959
as Kitty Brady
1999
as Grandma
1938
as Midge Carne
1956
as Cary
1941
as Anna
1939
as Mary
1940
as Winnie
1946
as Millie
1940
as Princess's Maid (uncredited)
1951
as Stella Cotman
1956
as Sporting Lady's Companion
1940
as Sheila Briggs
1951
as Katherine Manley
1938
as Nina
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1949
as Joan Burns
1949
as Miranda Trewella
1984
as Aunt Mary
2009
as (archive footage)
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