Glynis Johns

Born: 1923-10-05

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glynis Johns, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Mary Poppins

as Mrs. Banks
Released: 1964-12-17

Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins,...

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While You Were Sleeping

as Elsie
Released: 1995-04-21

A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a...

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49th Parallel

as Anna
Released: 1941-11-24

In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to...

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Around the World in Eighty Days

as Sporting Lady's Companion
Released: 1956-10-17

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the...

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The Sundowners

as Mrs. Firth
Released: 1960-12-08

In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep...

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The Thief of Bagdad

as Princess's Maid (uncredited)
Released: 1940-02-19

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces...

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The Court Jester

as Maid Jean
Released: 1955-12-24

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper...

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The Ref

as Rose Chasseur
Released: 1994-03-09

A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

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The Vault of Horror

as Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
Released: 1973-03-16

The sequel to Tales from the Crypt. Five strangers trapped in a basement vault converse about...

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Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

as Ms. Grimwood (voice)
Released: 1988-10-16

Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy are on their way to a Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls,...

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No Highway in the Sky

as Marjorie Corder
Released: 1951-06-28

James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded...

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The Halfway House

as Gwyneth
Released: 1944-02-01

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a...

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Six by Sondheim

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2013-12-09

This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim...

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The Card

as Ruth Earp
Released: 1952-02-25

A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in...

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Superstar

as Grandma
Released: 1999-10-08

Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be...

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Don't Just Stand There

as Sabine Manning
Released: 1968-09-03

In exchange for helping writer-adventurer Lawrence Colby smuggle 300 watch parts into Paris from...

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Shake Hands with the Devil

as Kitty Brady
Released: 1959-06-24

In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh...

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The Seekers

as Marion Southey
Released: 1954-06-22

A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a...

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The Cabinet of Caligari

as Jane Lindstrom
Released: 1962-05-25

A delirious young woman feels trapped in a remote mansion at the mercy of a madman.

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Dear Brigitte

as Vina Leaf
Released: 1965-01-08

Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face...

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Loser Takes All

as Cary
Released: 1956-09-09

Bertrand, an accountant employed by a large London firm, is called to the office of the Managing...

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Perfect Strangers

as Dizzy Clayton
Released: 1945-10-15

After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.

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Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

as Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor
Released: 1953-10-26

After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has...

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Zelly & Me

as Co-Co
Released: 1988-04-15

A young orphan who lives with her grandmother in a large Virginian home infatuates herself with...

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Miranda

as Miranda Trewella
Released: 1948-04-06

A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see...

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Papa's Delicate Condition

as Amberlyn Griffith
Released: 1963-03-06

A jolly, family-oriented railroad superintendent tries to get his act together when his love for...

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All Mine to Give

as Jo Eunson
Released: 1957-11-13

This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to...

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The Beachcomber

as Martha Jones
Released: 1954-08-10

Mr. Gray is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands...

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The Adventures of Tartu

as Paula Palacek
Released: 1943-10-01

British Captain Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) accepts an assignment even more dangerous than...

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Another Time, Another Place

as Kay Trevor
Released: 1958-05-02

In England during WWII, an American news correspondent’s affair with a married British...

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The Magic Box

as May Jones
Released: 1952-01-01

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...

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The Secret Garden

as Darjeeling (voice)
Released: 1994-11-05

Animated TV-film version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's story about a spoiled...

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Encore

as Stella Cotman
Released: 1951-06-11

Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset...

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The Spider's Web

as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
Released: 1960-11-01

Mystery film based on an Agatha Christie story.

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Under Milk Wood

as Myfanwy Price
Released: 1972-01-27

The delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called...

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The Chapman Report

as Teresa Harnish
Released: 1962-10-05

A research psychologist gets involved in the personal lives of four women.

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The Weak and the Wicked

as Jean Raymond
Released: 1954-02-02

Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison...

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Frieda

as Judy Dawson
Released: 1947-06-19

An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new...

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State Secret

as Lisa Robinson
Released: 1950-09-11

Visiting in England, an American surgeon Doctor John Marlowe is decoyed to a middle European...

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The Happy Prince

as Swallow (voice)
Released: 1974-12-02

A royal statue makes friends with a small swallow.

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Lock Up Your Daughters

as Mrs Squeezum
Released: 1969-03-29

Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down.

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The Sword and the Rose

as Princess Mary Tudor
Released: 1953-07-23

Tells the story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political...

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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'

as Self
Released: 2004-12-14

Using archival, never-before-released footage and newly shot interviews, this is a definitive...

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Mad About Men

as Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella
Released: 1954-11-16

Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is...

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Josephine and Men

as Josephine Luton
Released: 1955-11-09

The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to...

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Nukie

as Sister Anne
Released: 1987-07-01

A space child, lost in the universe, is abducted by the U. S. Space Foundation. In a desperate...

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Dear Mr. Prohack

as Mimi Warburton
Released: 1949-09-07

A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett's novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation...

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On the Night of the Fire

as Mary
Released: 1939-10-26

A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.

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South Riding

as Midge Carne
Released: 1938-08-01

Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:-...

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Third Time Lucky

as Joan Burns
Released: 1949-01-06

A gambler falls in love with a naive young girl. He thinks she is bringing him good luck. Then...

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An Ideal Husband

as Mabel Chiltern
Released: 1947-11-14

A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has...

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Appointment with Venus

as Nicola Fallaize
Released: 1951-10-08

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel...

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Personal Affair

as Barbara Vining
Released: 1953-10-20

A British girl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she...

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Helter Skelter

as Miranda Trewella
Released: 1949-01-07

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.

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Murder in the Family

as Marjorie Osborne
Released: 1938-01-01

After a wealthy woman is killed, her extended family all fall under suspicion of murder.

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Flesh and Blood

as Katherine Manley
Released: 1951-03-06

Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three...

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Under Your Hat

as Winnie
Released: 1940-09-01

In pre-Second World War England, a leading film star and his wife attempt to recover a secret...

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Spraggue

as Aunt Mary
Released: 1984-06-29

Boston professor and amateur detective, Michael Spraggue, together with his eccentric aunt...

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The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

as uncredited
Released: 1984-08-29

Ovide Plouffe has married Rita. She still tries to attract other men even after their marriage....

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Three Dangerous Ladies

as Mrs. Amworth
Released: 1977-06-05

Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous"...

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The Briggs Family

as Sheila Briggs
Released: 1940-09-07

During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend...

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Prison Without Bars

as Nina
Released: 1938-09-20

Suzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, and so...

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Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

as Self (archive)
Released: 2009-05-19

Documentary looking at the history of Hollywood musicals in the 1960s. This decade saw...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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Cheers

as Mrs. Helen Chambers
First aired: 1982-09-30

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and...

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Batman

as Lady Penelope Peasoup
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Bridget O'Hara
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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The Love Boat

as Edna Miles
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Winner
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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Dr. Kildare

as Sister Brigid Marie
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Great Performances

as Self
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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Studio One

as Lily Snape
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Naked City

as Miss Arlington
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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Burke's Law

as Steffi Bernard
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1944-01-20

An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...

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The Defenders

as Catherine Collins
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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Adventures in Paradise

as Esther Holmes
First aired: 1959-10-05

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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The Oscars

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Your Show of Shows

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-02-25

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...

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The Roaring 20's

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-15

The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s Chicago.

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12 O'Clock High

as Jennifer Heath
First aired: 1964-09-18

This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th...

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The Danny Kaye Show

as Self
First aired: 1963-09-25

The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963...

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Little Gloria... Happy at Last

as Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan
First aired: 1982-10-24

The story deals with Gloria Vanderbilt's difficult coming-of-age when, at eleven, she was a pawn...

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The Lloyd Bridges Show

as Leah Marquand
First aired: 1962-09-11

The Lloyd Bridges Show is an American anthology drama series produced by Aaron Spelling, which...

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The Errol Flynn Theatre

as Lou McNamara
First aired: 1956-09-15

The Errol Flynn Theatre is a short-lived anthology series presented by Errol Flynn, who would...

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The Errol Flynn Theatre

as The Girl
First aired: 1956-09-15

The Errol Flynn Theatre is a short-lived anthology series presented by Errol Flynn, who would...

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The DuPont Show of the Week

as Emily Foster
First aired: 1961-09-17

The DuPont Show of the Week is an American anthology drama series which aired for three seasons...

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General Electric Theater

as Alma
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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