Glynis Johns

Actor Oct 5 (died age 100) Pretoria, South Africa 1938–2013 (75 year career)

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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-nomine…

Known For

Film

Mary Poppins

Mrs. Banks

Film

While You Were Sleeping

Elsie

Film

Around the World in 80 Days

Sporting Lady's Companion

Film

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

Ms. Grimwood (voice)

Film

The Thief of Bagdad

Princess's Maid (uncredited)

Film

The Ref

Rose Chasseur

Film

The Court Jester

Maid Jean

Film

49th Parallel

Anna

Filmography

Acting (106)

Movies (69)

Six by Sondheim

2013

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

2009

as (archive footage)

The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics

2008

as Self

8.0

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'

as Self

Superstar

as Grandma

While You Were Sleeping

as Elsie

The Ref

as Rose Chasseur

The Secret Garden

as Darjeeling (voice)

5.7

Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One

1993

as Self - Interviewee

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

1988

as Ms. Grimwood (voice)

Zelly & Me

as Co-Co

Nukie

as Sister Anne

The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

Spraggue

as Aunt Mary

Three Dangerous Ladies

as Mrs. Amworth

Mrs. Amworth

as Mrs. Amworth

The Happy Prince

as Swallow (voice)

The Vault of Horror

as Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")

6.3

Under Milk Wood

1972

as Myfanwy Price

6.1

Lock Up Your Daughters

1969

as Mrs Squeezum

4.5

Don't Just Stand There

as Sabine Manning

Dear Brigitte

as Vina Leaf

Mary Poppins

as Mrs. Banks

Papa's Delicate Condition

1963

as Amberlyn Griffith

5.6

The Cabinet of Caligari

as Jane Lindstrom

The Chapman Report

as Teresa Harnish

The Sundowners

as Mrs. Firth

Last of the Few

as Self / Narrator

The Spider's Web

1960

as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown

6.5

Shake Hands with the Devil

1959

as Kitty Brady

6.5

Another Time, Another Place

as Kay Trevor

All Mine to Give

as Jo Eunson

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

as Sporting Lady's Companion

Loser Takes All

as Cary

The Court Jester

as Maid Jean

Josephine and Men

as Josephine Luton

Mad About Men

as Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella

The Beachcomber

as Martha Jones

The Seekers

as Marion Southey

The Weak and the Wicked

1954

as Jean Raymond

6.4

The Sword and the Rose

1953

as Princess Mary Tudor

6.3

Personal Affair

1953

as Barbara Vining

6.2

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

1953

as Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor

The Card

as Ruth Earp

The Magic Box

as May Jones

Appointment with Venus

1951

as Nicola Fallaize

5.7

No Highway in the Sky

as Marjorie Corder

Flesh and Blood

as Katherine Manley

Encore

as Stella Cotman

State Secret

as Lisa Robinson

Third Time Lucky

as Joan Burns

Helter Skelter

as Miranda Trewella (uncredited)

Dear Mr. Prohack

as Mimi Warburton

Miranda

as Miranda Trewella

Frieda

as Judy Dawson

An Ideal Husband

as Mabel Chiltern

This Man Is Mine

as Millie

Perfect Strangers

as Dizzy Clayton

The Halfway House

as Gwyneth

The Adventures of Tartu

as Paula Palacek

49th Parallel

as Anna

The Prime Minister

as Miss Sheridan (uncredited)

Under Your Hat

as Winnie

The Thief of Bagdad

as Princess's Maid (uncredited)

7.1

The Briggs Family

1940

as Sheila Briggs

On the Night of the Fire

as Mary

South Riding

as Midge Carne

Prison Without Bars

as Nina

Murder in the Family

as Marjorie Osborne

Television (37)

Coming of Age

Murder, She Wrote

as Bridget O'Hara

Cheers

as Mrs. Helen Chambers

7.6

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

1982

as Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan

The Love Boat

as Edna Miles

Great Performances

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

ITV Playhouse

as Lorraine Barrie

Batman

as Lady Penelope Peasoup

12 O'Clock High

as Jennifer Heath

Burke's Law

as Steffi Bernard

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

Vacation Playhouse

as Glynis Granville

Glynis

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.6

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.8

The Lloyd Bridges Show

1962

as Leah Marquand

6.0

The Beachcomber

1962

as Rosalind Metcalf

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self - Co-Host

5.8

Dr. Kildare

1961

as Sister Brigid Marie

5.7

The Defenders

1961

as Catherine Collins

5.9

Kraft Mystery Theatre

1961

as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown

7.2

The DuPont Show of the Week

1961

as Emily Foster

6.0

The Roaring 20's

1960

Adventures in Paradise

as Esther Holmes

Naked City

as Miss Arlington

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

as Self

7.5

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Winner

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Winner

5.9

The Errol Flynn Theatre

as The Girl

The Oscars

as Self

General Electric Theater

1953

as Alma

6.8

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Lux Video Theatre

Your Show of Shows

Studio One

as Lily Snape

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter