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Glynis Johns

Pianist / Film Actress / Stage Actress / Musician / Actress / Television Actress | * 10/05/1923 († 100, 01/04/2024) | Pretoria (South Africa)
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Glynis Margaret Payne Johns (5 October 1923 – 4 January 2024) was a British actress. In a career spanning seven decades on stage and screen, Johns appeared in more than 60 films and 30 plays. She received various accolades throughout her career, including a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. She was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood and classical years of British cinema. Johns was born in Pretoria, South Africa, the daughter of Welsh actor Mervyn Johns. She appeared on stage from a young age and was typecast as a stage dancer from early adolescence, making her screen debut in South Riding (1938). She rose to prominence in the 1940s following her role as Anna in the war drama film 49th Parallel (1941), for which she won a National Board of Review Award for Best Acting, and starring roles in Miranda (1948) and ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in their lives but also spreads happiness. ...

Mary Poppins

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1964 | 3.8/5 | 2h 19min
Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
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Caroline and Lloyd are a married couple constantly at each other's throats, masters at crafting acid-tongued barbs at the other's expense. Indeed, they are so obsessed with belittling each other that ...

The Ref

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1994 | 3.3/5 | 1h 37min
Comedy, Crime, Drama
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A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get m ...

While You Were Sleeping

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1995 | 3.5/5 | 1h 43min
Romance / Love, Comedy
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A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England. ...

The Court Jester

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1955 | 3.7/5 | 1h 41min
Music, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Kids & Family
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Awards & Nominations for Glynis Johns

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical Disney Legends Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical National Board of Review Award for Best Actress Laurel Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play
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Movies with Glynis Johns as Actress(63)

as Self (archive footage)2013 Six by Sondheim
2004 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
as Grandma1999 Superstar
as Elsie1995 While You Were Sleeping
as Rose Chasseur1994 The Ref
as Darjeeling (voice)1994 The Secret Garden
as Ms. Grimwood (voice)1988 Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
as Sister Anne1988 Nukie
as Co-Co1988 Zelly and Me
as Aunt Mary1984 Spraggue
as Mrs. Amworth1977 Three Dangerous Ladies
as Mrs. Amworth1975 Mrs. Amworth
as Swallow (voice)1974 The Happy Prince
as Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")1973 The Vault of Horror
as Myfanwy Price1972 Under Milk Wood
as Mrs Squeezum1969 Lock Up Your Daughters
as Sabine Manning1968 Don't Just Stand There
as Vina Leaf1965 Dear Brigitte
as Mrs. Winnifred Banks1964 Mary Poppins
as Amberlyn Griffith1963 Papa's Delicate Condition
as Jane Lindstrom1962 The Cabinet of Caligari
as Teresa Harnish1962 The Chapman Report
as Mrs. Firth1960 The Sundowners
as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown1960 The Spider's Web
as Kitty Brady1959 Shake Hands with the Devil
as Kay Trevor1958 Another Time, Another Place
as Jo Eunson1957 All Mine to Give
as Sporting Lady's Companion1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
as Cary1956 Loser Takes All
as Maid Jean1955 The Court Jester
as Josephine Luton1955 Josephine and Men
as Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor1954 Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
as Jean Raymond1954 The Weak and the Wicked
as Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella1954 Mad About Men
as Martha Jones1954 The Beachcomber
as Marion Southey1954 The Seekers
as Princess Mary Tudor1953 The Sword and the Rose
as Barbara Vining1953 Personal Affair
as Ruth Earp1952 The Card
as May Jones1952 The Magic Box
as Katherine Manley1951 Flesh and Blood
as Stella Cotman1951 Encore
as Nicola Fallaize1951 Appointment with Venus
as Marjorie Corder1951 No Highway
as Lisa Robinson1950 State Secret
as Joan Burns1949 Third Time Lucky
as Mimi Warburton1949 Dear Mr. Prohack
as Miranda Trewella1949 Helter Skelter
as Miranda Trewella1948 Miranda
as Mabel Chiltern1947 An Ideal Husband
as Judy Dawson1947 Frieda
as Millie1946 This Man Is Mine
as Dizzy Clayton1945 Perfect Strangers
as Gwyneth1944 The Halfway House
as Paula Palacek1943 The Adventures of Tartu
as Anna1941 49th Parallel
as Princess's maid (uncredited)1940 The Thief of Bagdad
as Sheila Briggs1940 The Briggs Family
as Winnie1940 Under Your Hat
as Mary1939 On the Night of the Fire
as Midge Carne1938 South Riding
as Marjorie Osborne1938 Murder in the Family
as Nina1938 Prison Without Bars

TV Shows/Series with Glynis Johns as Actress(21)

1988 Coming of Age
as Bridget O'Hara1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Mrs. Helen Chambers1982 Cheers
as Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Lady Penelope Peasoup1966 Batman
as Steffi Bernard1963 Burke's Law
as Glynis Granville1963 Vacation Playhouse
as herself1963 The Danny Kaye Show
1963 Glynis
as herself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show
as Rosalind Metcalf1962 The Beachcomber
as Catherine Collins1961 The Defenders
as Sister Brigid Marie1961 Dr. Kildare
as Esther Holmes1959 Adventures in Paradise
as Miss Arlington1958 Naked City
as Alma1953 GE Theater
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1950 Your Show of Shows
as Lily Snape1948 Studio One

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Friday, 10/05 1923 (October) in Pretoria (South Africa)
Died: Thursday, 01/04 2024 (January) in Los Angeles (aged: 100)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Clifton High School, South Hampstead High School
Spouses (current/former): David Foster, Anthony Forwood, Elliott Arnold
Children: Gareth Forwood
Father: Mervyn Johns
Mother: Alyce Steele-Wareham
Other names for Glynis Johns (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Glynnis Johns"
"Glynis Margaret P. Johns"
"Глинис Джонс"
"Glynis Margaret Payne Johns"
Glynis Johns frequently works together with these people:
Kevin McCarthy (19x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (17x, Actor)
Skip Homeier (17x, Actor)
Nina Foch (17x, Actress)
Martin Balsam (15x, Actor)
Leslie Nielsen (15x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (15x, Actor)
Richard Kiley (15x, Actor)
Lee Marvin (14x, Actor)
John Forsythe (14x, Actor)
Theodore Bikel (14x, Actor)
Muir Mathieson (10x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3324, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/25/2024