Glynis Johns
Age: 100 | From: Pretoria, South Africa
Person Details
Birthday: 1923-10-05 01:04:29
Aliases: Glynnis Johns , Glynis Margaret P. Johns
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Pretoria, South Africa
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Movie Involvements: 39
TV Involvements: 12
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Bridget O'Hara
The Defenders
(1961) Catherine Collins
Adventures in Paradise
(1959) Esther Holmes
Dr. Kildare
(1961) Sister Brigid Marie
Burke's Law
(1963) Steffi Bernard
Studio One
(1948) Lily Snape
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Presenter
Naked City
(1958) Miss ArlingtonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | N/A | |
| 1999 | Grandma | |
| 1995 | Elsie | |
| 1994 | Darjeeling (voice) | |
| Rose Chasseur | ||
| 1988 | Ms. Grimwood (voice) | |
| Co-Co | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1987 | Sister Anne | |
| 1984 | Bridget O'Hara | |
| N/A | ||
| Aunt Mary | ||
| 1982 | Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan | |
| Mrs. Helen Chambers | ||
| 1977 | Mrs. Amworth | |
| 1975 | Mrs. Amworth | |
| 1974 | Swallow (voice) | |
| 1973 | Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job") | |
| 1972 | Myfanwy Price | |
| 1969 | Mrs Squeezum | |
| 1968 | Sabine Manning | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1966 | Lady Penelope Peasoup | |
| 1965 | Vina Leaf | |
| 1964 | Mrs. Winnifred Banks | |
| 1963 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Steffi Bernard | ||
| Glynis Granville | ||
| Amberlyn Griffith | ||
| 1962 | Teresa Harnish | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Jane Lindstrom | ||
| Rosalind Metcalf | ||
| 1961 | Sister Brigid Marie | |
| Emily Foster | ||
| Catherine Collins | ||
| 1960 | Mrs. Firth | |
| Clarissa Hailsham-Brown | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self / Narrator | ||
| 1959 | Esther Holmes | |
| Kitty Brady | ||
| 1958 | Miss Arlington | |
| Kay Trevor | ||
| 1957 | Jo Eunson | |
| 1956 | Sporting Lady's Companion | |
| Cary | ||
| Self - Presenter | ||
| Self - Winner | ||
| 1955 | Maid Jean | |
| Josephine Luton | ||
| 1954 | Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella | |
| Martha Jones | ||
| Marion Southey | ||
| Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor | ||
| Jean Raymond | ||
| 1953 | Barbara Vining | |
| Princess Mary Tudor | ||
| Self | ||
| Alma | ||
| 1952 | Ruth Earp | |
| May Jones | ||
| 1951 | Nicola Fallaize | |
| N/A | ||
| Marjorie Corder | ||
| Stella Cotman | ||
| Katherine Manley | ||
| 1950 | Lisa Robinson | |
| N/A | ||
| 1949 | Mimi Warburton | |
| Miranda Trewella | ||
| Joan Burns | ||
| 1948 | Lily Snape | |
| Miranda Trewella | ||
| 1947 | Mabel Chiltern | |
| Judy Dawson | ||
| 1946 | Millie | |
| 1945 | Dizzy Clayton | |
| 1944 | Gwyneth | |
| 1943 | Paula Palacek | |
| 1941 | Anna | |
| 1940 | Princess's maid (uncredited) | |
| Sheila Briggs | ||
| Winnie | ||
| 1939 | Mary | |
| 1938 | Nina | |
| Midge Carne | ||
| Marjorie Osborne | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
