Mary Poppins' actress Glynis Johns dies at 100
British actress Glynis Johns, who was best known for her role as Winifred Banks in “Mary Poppins,” died on Thursday at the age of 100, as reported by Variety. Johns’s manager, Mitch Clem, highlighted...
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British actress Glynis Johns, who was best known for her role as Winifred Banks in “Mary Poppins,” died on Thursday at the age of 100, as reported by Variety. Johns’s manager, Mitch Clem, highlighted...
Glynis Johns, who was best known for playing Mrs. Banks in 1964’s ‘Mary Poppins,’ died on Thursday, January 4
Glynis Johns, the actress, who has died aged 100, rose to fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s in a series of film comedies; she became best-known for playing the suffragette mother Mrs Banks in the Walt Disney classic Mary Poppins, while on stage her distinctive, husky voice – described by one critic as sounding like “a princess who is turning into a frog” – was perfect for Send in the Clowns in A Little Night Music, the Broadway hit for which she won a Best Musical Actress Tony award.
Glynis Johns, who gained popularity as Winifred Banks, the suffragette mother in Mary Poppins, has passed away at the age of 100. - Mary Poppins British Actress Glynis Johns Passes Away at 100
English actress Glynis Johns, who played Mrs. Banks in the classic film "Mary Poppins," has died. She was 100.