Glynis Johns, Tony Award-winning stage and screen star known for his role as Winifred Banks – the mother of little Jane and Michael, a goofy suffragette – is 100 years old opposite Julie Andrews in the film “Mary Poppins.” “ from 1964 died. . Mitch Clem, her manager, announced this, explaining that the woman died of natural causes in a nursing home in Los Angeles. “Glynis made her way through life with intelligence, wit and love of achievement, impacting the lives of millions of people,” Clem said. “Today is a sad day for Hollywood. We mourn not only our dear Glynis, but also the end of the golden age of Hollywood,” we remember the actress, daughter of art, born on October 5, 1923 in Pretoria, South Africa, during a tour of her Welsh parents.
In addition to her role in Mary Poppins, Johns is known for her role as Desiree Armfeldt in Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. He was also the first to interpret the famous song “Send in the Clowns”, which was later sung by personalities such as Frank Sinatra, Judy Collins, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan and Olivia Newton-John. “I have always said that Send In The Clowns was the best gift I ever gave,” Johns said.
Her last acting roles were in the 1995 film While You Were Sleeping with Sandra Bullock and the 1999 film Superstar with Molly Shannon and Will Ferrell.