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Glynis Johns
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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As actor
Six by Sondheim
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
Superstar
While You Were Sleeping
The Ref
The Secret Garden
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Zelly & Me
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
Nukie
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
Spraggue
Three Dangerous Ladies
Mrs. Amworth
The Happy Prince
The Vault of Horror
Under Milk Wood
Lock Up Your Daughters
Don't Just Stand There
Dear Brigitte
Mary Poppins
Papa's Delicate Condition
The Cabinet of Caligari
The Chapman Report
The Sundowners
The Spider's Web
Last of the Few
Shake Hands with the Devil