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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 5, 1923
Died
January 4, 2024
Place of Birth
Pretoria, South Africa
Also Known As
- Glynnis Johns
- Glynis Margaret P. Johns
- Глинис Джонс
Glynis Johns
1.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.1
Self (archive footage)
Six by Sondheim
2013
0.0
(archive footage)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
8.0
Self
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
2004
5.3
Grandma
Superstar
1999
7.0
Elsie
While You Were Sleeping
1995
5.7
Darjeeling (voice)
The Secret Garden
1994
6.5
Rose Chasseur
The Ref
1994
🎬
0.0
Self - Interviewee
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
7.4
Ms. Grimwood (voice)
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
1988
5.7
Co-Co
Zelly & Me
1988
Credits
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
2013
7.1
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
as (archive footage)
2009
0.0
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
as Self
2004
8.0
Superstar
as Grandma
1999
5.3
While You Were Sleeping
as Elsie
1995
7.0
The Secret Garden
as Darjeeling (voice)
1994
5.7
The Ref
as Rose Chasseur
1994
6.5
🎬
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
as Self - Interviewee
1993
0.0
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
as Ms. Grimwood (voice)
1988
7.4
Zelly & Me
as Co-Co
1988
5.7
🎬
Coming of Age
1988
5.0
Nukie
as Sister Anne
1987
2.1
Murder, She Wrote
as Bridget O'Hara
1984
7.5
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
1984
6.3
Spraggue
as Aunt Mary
1984
0.0
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
as Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan
1982
5.4
Cheers
as Mrs. Helen Chambers
1982
7.6
The Love Boat
as Edna Miles
1977
6.3
Three Dangerous Ladies
as Mrs. Amworth
1977
5.0
🎬
Mrs. Amworth
as Mrs. Amworth
1975
6.4
The Happy Prince
as Swallow (voice)
1974
5.5
The Vault of Horror
as Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
1973
6.3
Under Milk Wood
as Myfanwy Price
1972
5.9
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
Lock Up Your Daughters
as Mrs Squeezum
1969
4.5
Don't Just Stand There
as Sabine Manning
1968
5.5
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Batman
as Lady Penelope Peasoup
1966
7.3
Dear Brigitte
as Vina Leaf
1965
6.4
Mary Poppins
as Mrs. Banks
1964
7.6
12 O'Clock High
as Jennifer Heath
1964
7.2
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963
6.3
🎬
Glynis
1963
0.0
Burke's Law
as Steffi Bernard
1963
6.0
🎬
Vacation Playhouse
as Glynis Granville
1963
7.0
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Amberlyn Griffith
1963
5.4
The Chapman Report
as Teresa Harnish
1962
5.1
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Lloyd Bridges Show
as Leah Marquand
1962
5.0
The Cabinet of Caligari
as Jane Lindstrom
1962
6.3
🎬
The Beachcomber
as Rosalind Metcalf
1962
0.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
Dr. Kildare
as Sister Brigid Marie
1961
5.5
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Emily Foster
1961
6.0
The Defenders
as Catherine Collins
1961
5.9
The Sundowners
as Mrs. Firth
1960
6.7
The Spider's Web
as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
1960
6.2
The Roaring 20's
1960
0.0
🎬
Last of the Few
as Self / Narrator
1960
0.0
Adventures in Paradise
as Esther Holmes
1959
5.7
Shake Hands with the Devil
as Kitty Brady
1959
6.5
Naked City
as Miss Arlington
1958
5.5
Another Time, Another Place
as Kay Trevor
1958
5.8
All Mine to Give
as Jo Eunson
1957
6.2
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Around the World in 80 Days
as Sporting Lady's Companion
1956
6.6
The Errol Flynn Theatre
as Lou McNamara
1956
0.0
The Errol Flynn Theatre
as The Girl
1956
0.0
Loser Takes All
as Cary
1956
5.4
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
5.9
The Court Jester
as Maid Jean
1955
7.3
Josephine and Men
as Josephine Luton
1955
6.0
Mad About Men
as Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella
1954
6.4
The Beachcomber
as Martha Jones
1954
6.0
The Seekers
as Marion Southey
1954
5.7
The Weak and the Wicked
as Jean Raymond
1954
6.4
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
as Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor
1953
4.9
Personal Affair
as Barbara Vining
1953
6.2
The Sword and the Rose
as Princess Mary Tudor
1953
6.3
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
General Electric Theater
as Alma
1953
6.4
The Card
as Ruth Earp
1952
6.9
The Magic Box
as May Jones
1952
6.4
Appointment with Venus
as Nicola Fallaize
1951
5.1
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
No Highway in the Sky
as Marjorie Corder
1951
7.0
Encore
as Stella Cotman
1951
6.1
Flesh and Blood
as Katherine Manley
1951
0.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.3
State Secret
as Lisa Robinson
1950
6.7
Your Show of Shows
1950
6.3
Dear Mr. Prohack
as Mimi Warburton
1949
6.0
Helter Skelter
as Miranda Trewella (uncredited)
1949
6.2
Third Time Lucky
as Joan Burns
1949
7.0
Studio One
as Lily Snape
1948
5.0
Miranda
as Miranda Trewella
1948
6.1
An Ideal Husband
as Mabel Chiltern
1947
6.3
Frieda
as Judy Dawson
1947
5.1
This Man Is Mine
as Millie
1946
0.0
Perfect Strangers
as Dizzy Clayton
1945
6.6
The Halfway House
as Gwyneth
1944
6.5
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
The Adventures of Tartu
as Paula Palacek
1943
6.2
49th Parallel
as Anna
1941
6.9
The Prime Minister
as Miss Sheridan (uncredited)
1941
6.0
The Briggs Family
as Sheila Briggs
1940
0.0
Under Your Hat
as Winnie
1940
5.3
The Thief of Bagdad
as Princess's Maid (uncredited)
1940
7.1
On the Night of the Fire
as Mary
1939
5.2
Prison Without Bars
as Nina
1938
6.0
South Riding
as Midge Carne
1938
6.2
🎬
Murder in the Family
as Marjorie Osborne
1938
0.0