Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1923-10-05
Day of Death
2024-01-04
Place of Birth
Pretoria, South Africa
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, 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.
Filmography (69)
Six by Sondheim
2013
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
2008
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
2004
Superstar
1999
While You Were Sleeping
1995
The Secret Garden
1994
The Ref
1994Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
1988
Zelly & Me
1988
Nukie
1987
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
1984
Spraggue
1984
