Glynis Johns
Birthday
1923/10/05
Day of death
2024/01/04 (100 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Pretoria, South Africa
Also know as
Glynnis Johns, Glynis Margaret P. Johns, Глинис Джонс
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...Read more
Acting
(1964) Mary Poppins
as Mrs. Banks
(1995) While You Were Sleeping
as Elsie
(1994) The Ref
as Rose Chasseur
(1955) The Court Jester
as Maid Jean
(1947) An Ideal Husband
as Mabel Chiltern
(1938) Murder in the Family
as Marjorie Osborne
(1988) Zelly & Me
as Co-Co
(1965) Dear Brigitte
as Vina Leaf
(1958) Another Time, Another Place
as Kay Trevor
(1960) The Sundowners
as Mrs. Firth
(1952) The Card
as Ruth Earp
(1972) Under Milk Wood
as Myfanwy Price
(1951) No Highway in the Sky
as Marjorie Corder
(1953) The Sword and the Rose
as Princess Mary Tudor
(1943) The Adventures of Tartu
as Paula Palacek
(1957) All Mine to Give
as Jo Eunson
(1952) The Magic Box
as May Jones
(1973) The Vault of Horror
as Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
(1963) Papa's Delicate Condition
as Amberlyn Griffith
(1947) Frieda
as Judy Dawson
(1987) Nukie
as Sister Anne
(1953) Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
as Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor
(1944) The Halfway House
as Gwyneth
(1953) Personal Affair
as Barbara Vining
(1951) Appointment with Venus
as Nicola Fallaize
(1962) The Cabinet of Caligari
as Jane Lindstrom
(1954) The Seekers
as Marion Southey
(1954) The Weak and the Wicked
as Jean Raymond
(1960) The Spider's Web
as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
(1948) Miranda
as Miranda Trewella
(1954) Mad About Men
as Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella
(1950) State Secret
as Lisa Robinson
(1962) The Chapman Report
as Teresa Harnish
(1949) Dear Mr. Prohack
as Mimi Warburton
(1945) Perfect Strangers
as Dizzy Clayton
(1975) Mrs. Amworth
as Mrs. Amworth
(1955) Josephine and Men
as Josephine Luton
(1969) Lock Up Your Daughters
as Mrs Squeezum
(1960) Last of the Few
as Self / Narrator
(1994) The Secret Garden
as Darjeeling (voice)
(1977) Three Dangerous Ladies
as Mrs. Amworth
(1974) The Happy Prince
as Swallow (voice)
(1968) Don't Just Stand There
as Sabine Manning
(1954) The Beachcomber
as Martha Jones
(1988) Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
as Ms. Grimwood (voice)
(1959) Shake Hands with the Devil
as Kitty Brady
(1999) Superstar
as Grandma
(1938) South Riding
as Midge Carne
(1956) Loser Takes All
as Cary
(1941) 49th Parallel
as Anna
(1939) On the Night of the Fire
as Mary
(1940) Under Your Hat
as Winnie
(1946) This Man Is Mine
as Millie
(1940) The Thief of Bagdad
as Princess's Maid (uncredited)
(1951) Encore
as Stella Cotman
(1956) Around the World in Eighty Days
as Sporting Lady's Companion
(1940) The Briggs Family
as Sheila Briggs
(1951) Flesh and Blood
as Katherine Manley
(1938) Prison Without Bars
as Nina
(2013) Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
(2004) Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
as Self
(1949) Third Time Lucky
as Joan Burns
(1949) Helter Skelter
as Miranda Trewella
(1984) The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
as ---
(1984) Spraggue
as Aunt Mary
(2009) Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
as (archive footage)
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Bridget O'Hara
(1963) Burke's Law
as Steffi Bernard
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1958) Naked City
as Miss Arlington
(1948) Studio One
as Lily Snape
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Alma
(1963) Glynis
as ---
(1962) The Beachcomber
as Rosalind Metcalf
(1950) Your Show of Shows
as ---
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Esther Holmes
(1988) Coming of Age
as ---
(1962) The Lloyd Bridges Show
as Leah Marquand
(1963) Vacation Playhouse
as Glynis Granville
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Sister Brigid Marie
(1961) The Defenders
as Catherine Collins
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1960) The Roaring 20's
as ---
(1961) The DuPont Show of the Week
as Emily Foster
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1982) Little Gloria... Happy at Last
as Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan
(1977) The Love Boat
as Edna Miles
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(1964) 12 O'Clock High
as Jennifer Heath
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as ---
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
(1956) The Errol Flynn Theatre
as Lou McNamara
(1956) The Errol Flynn Theatre
as The Girl
(1982) Cheers
as Mrs. Helen Chambers
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
(1966) Batman
as Lady Penelope Peasoup
(1963) The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter