British actress Glynnis Johns, best known for her role as Winifred Banks in the 1964 film “Mary Poppins,” died on Thursday at the age of 100.
During her 80-year career, she appeared in more than 60 films and dozens of stage productions, according to The Hollywood Reporter. ABC News.
The newspaper reported that the actress died of natural causes, a spokeswoman said.
We say goodbye to actress, performer and musician Glynis Johns. From stage to screen, she has had a magical career spanning 80 years, and her courageous contributions to the arts will always have us saying, “Well done, Sister Suffragette.”
Variety magazine recalls her as follows: https://t.co/IdSqYYln37 pic.twitter.com/2J7LjcvFSr
— TCM (@tcm) January 4, 2024
In Disney's Mary Poppins, which won five Academy Awards and was nominated for Best Picture, Johns' Edwardian feminist character performs the film's opening number, “Sister Suffragette.” (Related: Pixar movie voice actor dies at age 90)
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1923 – 2024Mrs. Banks, Sister Suffragette and Mary Poppins will always hold a special place in my heart 💔 pic.twitter.com/0n96FMkSx2
— Cameron Walker (@CameronDLWalker) January 4, 2024
Other notable film credits include While You Were Sleeping (1995), The Chapman Report (1962), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and The Chapman Report (1962), for which Johns was nominated for an Academy Award. “The Sundowners'' (1960). She won the award for Best Supporting Actress. Her first screen credits were in the 1938 British drama South Riding at the age of 15, having previously worked as a stage actress, and her last was in the 1999 comedy South Riding at the age of 76. He was a superstar. (Related: 'The Sopranos' star dies at 80)
Johns won both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for her stage performance, and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award.
She has also appeared on numerous television shows, appearing in episodes of “Cheers,” “Murder She Wrote,” and “The Love Boat.”
