Glynis Johns
Glynis Johns (born 5 October 1923) is a retired British stage, television and film actress, dancer, pianist, and singer. Born in Pretoria, South Africa while her parents were on tour, she is best known for creating 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 box office smash Mary Poppins. In both roles, she sang songs written specifically for her, including "Send in the Clowns", composed by Stephen Sondheim, and "Sister Suffragette", written by the Sherman Brothers. She was nominated for an Oscar for her work in the 1960 film The Sundowners. She is notable for the breathy quality of her husky voice and her eternally upbeat persona.
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- Born:
- Oct 5, 1923 In Pretoria, South Africa
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 83
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Murder in the Family 1938-01-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Six by Sondheim 2013-12-09
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Six by Sondheim | Self (archive footage) | 2013-12-09 |
| Movie | Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins' | Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | Superstar | Grandma | 1999-10-08 |
| Movie | While You Were Sleeping | Elsie | 1995-04-21 |
| Movie | The Ref | Rose Chasseur | 1994-03-09 |
| Movie | The Secret Garden | Darjeeling (voice) | 1994-11-05 |
| Series | Coming of Age | 1988-03-15 | |
| Movie | Zelly & Me | Co-Co | 1988-04-15 |
| Movie | Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School | Ms. Grimwood (voice) | 1988-10-16 |
| Movie | Nukie | Sister Anne | 1987-07-01 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | The Crime of Ovide Plouffe | 1984-08-29 | |
| Series | Cheers | Unknown | 1982-09-30 |
| Series | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan | 1982-10-24 |
| Movie | Three Dangerous Ladies | Mrs. Amworth | 1977-06-05 |
| Movie | Mrs. Amworth | Mrs. Amworth | 1975-01-01 |
| Movie | The Happy Prince | Swallow (voice) | 1974-12-02 |
| Movie | The Vault of Horror | Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job") | 1973-03-16 |
| Movie | Under Milk Wood | Myfanwy Price | 1972-01-27 |
| Movie | Lock Up Your Daughters | Mrs Squeezum | 1969-03-29 |
| Movie | Don't Just Stand There | Sabine Manning | 1968-09-03 |
| Series | Batman | Unknown | 1966-01-12 |
| Movie | Dear Brigitte | Vina Leaf | 1965-01-08 |
| Movie | Mary Poppins | Mrs. Banks | 1964-12-17 |
| Movie | Papa's Delicate Condition | Amberlyn Griffith | 1963-03-06 |
| Series | Vacation Playhouse | Glynis Granville | 1963-07-22 |
| Series | Glynis | 1963-09-25 | |
| Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
| Series | The Beachcomber | Unknown | 1962-02-20 |
| Movie | The Cabinet of Caligari | Jane Lindstrom | 1962-05-25 |
| Series | The Lloyd Bridges Show | Unknown | 1962-09-11 |
| Movie | The Chapman Report | Teresa Harnish | 1962-10-05 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Movie | Last of the Few | Self / Narrator | 1960-04-27 |
| Series | The Roaring 20's | Unknown | 1960-10-15 |
| Movie | The Spider's Web | Clarissa Hailsham-Brown | 1960-11-01 |
| Movie | The Sundowners | Mrs. Firth | 1960-12-08 |
| Movie | Shake Hands with the Devil | Kitty Brady | 1959-06-24 |
| Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
| Movie | Another Time, Another Place | Kay Trevor | 1958-05-02 |
| Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
| Movie | All Mine to Give | Jo Eunson | 1957-11-13 |
| Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | Sporting Lady's Companion | 1956-10-17 |
| Movie | Loser Takes All | Cary | 1956-09-09 |
| Movie | Josephine and Men | Josephine Luton | 1955-11-09 |
| Movie | The Court Jester | Maid Jean | 1955-12-24 |
| Movie | The Weak and the Wicked | Jean Raymond | 1954-02-02 |
| Movie | The Seekers | Marion Southey | 1954-06-22 |
| Movie | Mad About Men | Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella | 1954-11-16 |
| Movie | The Beachcomber | Martha Jones | 1954-08-10 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
| Movie | The Sword and the Rose | Princess Mary Tudor | 1953-07-23 |
| Movie | Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue | Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor | 1953-10-26 |
| Movie | Personal Affair | Barbara Vining | 1953-10-20 |
| Movie | The Magic Box | May Jones | 1952-01-01 |
| Movie | The Card | Ruth Earp | 1952-02-25 |
| Movie | Flesh and Blood | Katherine Manley | 1951-03-06 |
| Movie | Encore | Stella Cotman | 1951-06-11 |
| Movie | Appointment with Venus | Nicola Fallaize | 1951-10-08 |
| Movie | No Highway in the Sky | Marjorie Corder | 1951-06-28 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
| Series | Your Show of Shows | Unknown | 1950-02-25 |
| Movie | State Secret | Lisa Robinson | 1950-09-11 |
| Movie | Third Time Lucky | Joan Burns | 1949-01-06 |
| Movie | Helter Skelter | Miranda Trewella (uncredited) | 1949-08-07 |
| Movie | Dear Mr. Prohack | Mimi Warburton | 1949-09-07 |
| Movie | Miranda | Miranda Trewella | 1948-04-06 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
| Movie | Frieda | Judy Dawson | 1947-06-19 |
| Movie | An Ideal Husband | Mabel Chiltern | 1947-11-14 |
| Movie | This Man Is Mine | Millie | 1946-09-12 |
| Movie | Perfect Strangers | Dizzy Clayton | 1945-10-15 |
| Movie | The Halfway House | Gwyneth | 1944-04-02 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Tartu | Paula Palacek | 1943-10-01 |
| Movie | 49th Parallel | Anna | 1941-11-24 |
| Movie | Under Your Hat | Winnie | 1940-09-01 |
| Movie | The Thief of Bagdad | Princess's Maid (uncredited) | 1940-02-19 |
| Movie | The Briggs Family | Sheila Briggs | 1940-09-07 |
| Movie | On the Night of the Fire | Mary | 1939-10-26 |
| Movie | Murder in the Family | Marjorie Osborne | 1938-01-01 |
| Movie | Prison Without Bars | Nina | 1938-09-20 |
| Movie | South Riding | Midge Carne | 1938-08-01 |