Glynis Johns
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1923-10-05
Day of Death
2024-01-04 (100 years old)
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2013)
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
as (archive footage)
(2004)
(1999)
Superstar
as Grandma
(1995)
While You Were Sleeping
as Elsie
(1994)
The Ref
as Rose Chasseur
(1994)
The Secret Garden
as Darjeeling (voice)
(1988)
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
as Ms. Grimwood (voice)
(1988)
Zelly & Me
as Co-Co
(1987)
Nukie
as Sister Anne
(1984)
Spraggue
as Aunt Mary
(1984)
(1977)
Three Dangerous Ladies
as Mrs. Amworth
(1975)
Mrs. Amworth
as Mrs. Amworth
(1974)
The Happy Prince
as Swallow (voice)
(1973)
The Vault of Horror
as Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
(1972)
Under Milk Wood
as Myfanwy Price
(1969)
Lock Up Your Daughters
as Mrs Squeezum
(1968)
Don't Just Stand There
as Sabine Manning
(1965)
Dear Brigitte
as Vina Leaf
(1964)
Mary Poppins
as Mrs. Banks
(1963)
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Amberlyn Griffith
(1962)
The Chapman Report
as Teresa Harnish
(1962)
The Cabinet of Caligari
as Jane Lindstrom
(1960)
The Sundowners
as Mrs. Firth
(1960)
The Spider's Web
as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
(1960)
Last of the Few
as Self / Narrator
(1959)
Shake Hands with the Devil
as Kitty Brady
(1958)
Another Time, Another Place
as Kay Trevor
(1957)
All Mine to Give
as Jo Eunson
(1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Sporting Lady's Companion
(1956)
Loser Takes All
as Cary
(1955)
The Court Jester
as Maid Jean
(1955)
Josephine and Men
as Josephine Luton
(1954)
The Weak and the Wicked
as Jean Raymond
(1954)
The Seekers
as Marion Southey
(1954)
The Beachcomber
as Martha Jones
(1954)
Mad About Men
as Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella
(1953)
The Sword and the Rose
as Princess Mary Tudor
(1953)
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
as Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor
(1953)
Personal Affair
as Barbara Vining
(1952)
The Card
as Ruth Earp
(1952)
The Magic Box
as May Jones
(1951)
Encore
as Stella Cotman
(1951)
No Highway in the Sky
as Marjorie Corder
(1951)
Appointment with Venus
as Nicola Fallaize
(1951)
Flesh and Blood
as Katherine Manley
(1950)
State Secret
as Lisa Robinson
(1949)
Helter Skelter
as Miranda Trewella
(1949)
Dear Mr. Prohack
as Mimi Warburton
(1949)
Third Time Lucky
as Joan Burns
(1948)
Miranda
as Miranda Trewella
(1947)
Frieda
as Judy Dawson
(1947)
An Ideal Husband
as Mabel Chiltern
(1946)
This Man Is Mine
as Millie
(1945)
Perfect Strangers
as Dizzy Clayton
(1944)
The Halfway House
as Gwyneth
(1943)
The Adventures of Tartu
as Paula Palacek
(1941)
49th Parallel
as Anna
(1940)
The Thief of Bagdad
as Princess's Maid (uncredited)
(1940)
Under Your Hat
as Winnie
(1940)
The Briggs Family
as Sheila Briggs
(1939)
On the Night of the Fire
as Mary
(1938)
South Riding
as Midge Carne
(1938)
Prison Without Bars
as Nina
(1938)
Murder in the Family
as Marjorie Osborne