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Superstar

as Grandma

1999
The Ref

as Rose Chasseur

1994
The Secret Garden

as Darjeeling (voice)

1994
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

as Ms. Grimwood (voice)

1988
Nukie

as Sister Anne

1987
Little Gloria... Happy at Last

as Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan

1982
Three Dangerous Ladies

as Mrs. Amworth

1977
The Vault of Horror

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

1973
Under Milk Wood

as Myfanwy Price

1973
Lock Up Your Daughters

as Mrs Squeezum

1969
Mary Poppins

as Mrs. Banks

1965
The Cabinet of Caligari

as Jane Lindstrom

1962
The Chapman Report

as Teresa Harnish

1962
The Sundowners

as Mrs. Firth

1960
Shake Hands with the Devil

as Kitty Brady

1959
Another Time, Another Place

as Kay Trevor

1958
All Mine to Give

as Jo Eunson

1957
The Court Jester

as Maid Jean

1955
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

as Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor

1954
Mad About Men

as Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella

1954
The Seekers

as Marion Southey

1954
Personal Affair

as Barbara Vining

1954
The Card

as Ruth Earp

1952
Appointment with Venus

as Nicola Fallaize

1951
Flesh and Blood

as Katherine Manley

1951
State Secret

as Lisa Robinson

1950
Dear Mr. Prohack

as Mimi Warburton

1949
Miranda

as Miranda Trewella

1949
Glynis Johns Glynis Johns

Birthday

1923-10-05

Place of Birth

Pretoria, South Africa

Biography

A retired husky voiced British stage, television and film actress, dancer, pianist, and singer. Born on October 6, 1923 in Pretoria, South Africa as Glynis Margaret P. Johns, while her parents were on tour. She is the daughter of actor Mervyn Johns and Alice (Alyce) Maud Steele Wareham (1901 - 1970) who was an Australian concert pianist. Another source gives the spelling of her name as Alys Maude Steel-Payne. Glynis was always proud of her Welsh roots and took delight in playing the female lead (opposite Richard Burton) in the classic Under Milk Wood (1971). She is best known for her light comedy roles and often playful flirtation and creating the role of Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music on Broadway, for which she won a Tony Award, and for her role as the suffragette mother Winifred Banks in Walt Disney's musical motion picture box office smash Mary Poppins (1964). In both roles, she sang songs written specifically for her, including "Send in the Clowns", composed by Stephen Sondheim, and "Sister Suffragette", written by the Sherman Brothers. Although she is probably best loved for her fishy roles in Miranda (1948) and Mad About Men (1954). She had earlier showed she could take on the serious roles as well as in Frieda (1947). Most recently seen (at the time of writing) in Superstar (1999). She was nominated for an Oscar for her work in the 1960 film The Sundowners. She is notable for the breathy quality of her husky voice and her eternally upbeat persona.
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