Personal Info
Known Credits
66
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1923-10-05 (102 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Pretoria, South Africa
Also Known For
Glynnis JohnsGlynis Margaret P. JohnsГлинис Джонс
Glynis Johns
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
Acting
2013 --
Six by Sondheim
| Self (archive footage)
2009 --
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
| (archive footage)
2004 --
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
| Self
1999 --
Superstar
| Grandma
1995 --
While You Were Sleeping
| Elsie
1994 --
The Secret Garden
| Darjeeling (voice)
1994 --
The Ref
| Rose Chasseur
1988 --
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
| Ms. Grimwood (voice)
1988 --
Zelly & Me
| Co-Co
1987 --
Nukie
| Sister Anne
1984 --
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
|
1984 --
Spraggue
| Aunt Mary
1977 --
Three Dangerous Ladies
| Mrs. Amworth
1975 --
Mrs. Amworth
| Mrs. Amworth
1974 --
The Happy Prince
| Swallow (voice)
1973 --
The Vault of Horror
| Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
1972 --
Under Milk Wood
| Myfanwy Price
1969 --
Lock Up Your Daughters
| Mrs Squeezum
1968 --
Don't Just Stand There
| Sabine Manning
1965 --
Dear Brigitte
| Vina Leaf
1964 --
Mary Poppins
| Mrs. Banks
1963 --
Papa's Delicate Condition
| Amberlyn Griffith
1962 --
The Chapman Report
| Teresa Harnish
1962 --
The Cabinet of Caligari
| Jane Lindstrom
1960 --
The Sundowners
| Mrs. Firth
1960 --
The Spider's Web
| Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
1960 --
Last of the Few
| Self / Narrator
1959 --
Shake Hands with the Devil
| Kitty Brady
1958 --
Another Time, Another Place
| Kay Trevor
1957 --
All Mine to Give
| Jo Eunson
1956 --
Around the World in Eighty Days
| Sporting Lady's Companion
1956 --
Loser Takes All
| Cary
1955 --
The Court Jester
| Maid Jean
1955 --
Josephine and Men
| Josephine Luton
1954 --
Mad About Men
| Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella
1954 --
The Beachcomber
| Martha Jones
1954 --
The Seekers
| Marion Southey
1954 --
The Weak and the Wicked
| Jean Raymond
1953 --
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
| Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor
1953 --
Personal Affair
| Barbara Vining
1953 --
The Sword and the Rose
| Princess Mary Tudor
1952 --
The Card
| Ruth Earp
1952 --
The Magic Box
| May Jones
1951 --
Appointment with Venus
| Nicola Fallaize
1951 --
No Highway in the Sky
| Marjorie Corder
1951 --
Encore
| Stella Cotman
1951 --
Flesh and Blood
| Katherine Manley
1950 --
State Secret
| Lisa Robinson
1949 --
Dear Mr. Prohack
| Mimi Warburton
1949 --
Helter Skelter
| Miranda Trewella
1949 --
Third Time Lucky
| Joan Burns
1948 --
Miranda
| Miranda Trewella
1947 --
An Ideal Husband
| Mabel Chiltern
1947 --
Frieda
| Judy Dawson
1946 --
This Man Is Mine
| Millie
1945 --
Perfect Strangers
| Dizzy Clayton
1944 --
The Halfway House
| Gwyneth
1943 --
The Adventures of Tartu
| Paula Palacek
1941 --
49th Parallel
| Anna
1940 --
The Briggs Family
| Sheila Briggs
1940 --
Under Your Hat
| Winnie
1940 --
The Thief of Bagdad
| Princess's Maid (uncredited)
1939 --
On the Night of the Fire
| Mary
1938 --
Prison Without Bars
| Nina
1938 --
South Riding
| Midge Carne
1938 --
Murder in the Family
| Marjorie Osborne