Biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynis_Johns

Glynis Margaret Payne Johns (5 October 1923 – 4 January 2024) was a British actress. In a career spanning eight 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 major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood and classical years of British cinema.

Family

Parents

• Mervyn Johns (1899-1992) actor
• Alyce Steele-Wareham (d. 1971) pianist

Spouses

1. Anthony Forwood (m. 1942; div. 1948)​ actor
2. David Foster ​(m. 1952; div. 1956)​ business person, military officer
3. Cecil Henderson​ ​(m. 1960; div. 1962)​
4. Elliott Arnold,(m. 1964; div. 1973)​ newspaper writer, novelist, screenwriter

Children

1. Gareth Forwood (1945-2007) actor

Relatives

• Diana Churchill (stepmother) actress
• John Geoffrey Jones (cousin) judge

Notes

Johns was a British subject of the Crown via the legal doctrine of "Jus sanguinis" and also of the Union of South Africa via the doctrine of "Jus soli". She became a naturalized US citizen after emigrating to the United States in the mid-1950s and giving up her British and South African papers.

Glynis Johns

Actress. Born Glynis Margaret Payne Johns, she was the daughter of Marvyn Johns (a Welsh Actor) and concert pianist mother Alyce Steele-Wareham. Her career of stage and screen spanned eight decades.
She got her acting start on the theatrical stage in 1935 and later made her film debut in 1938 in "South Riding." Besides "Mary Poppins," she later appeared in such films as "Frieda," "The Sword and the Rose," "Around the World in 80 Days," "Under Milk Wood," "Mrs. Amworth," and "Superstar." In 1952, she made her television debut on the series "Studio One." Among her later television credits included such series as "The Roaring 20s," "Naked City," "Dr. Kildare," "Glynis," "Burke's Law," "Batman," "Cheers," "Murder, She Wrote, "and "Coming of Age." Walt Disney selected her to play the suffragette mother of Jane and Michael in Disney's "Mary Poppins" in 1964. She continued to appear on the theatrical stage during her career. Stephen Sondheim wrote "Send in the Clowns" for her to sing, and she won a Tony Award for her performance of Desiree Armfelt in 1973's "A Little Night Music." She garnered various other awards during her long career, including a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award in 1961 for her performance in the film "The Sundowners."
She became a centenarian on October 5, 2023.

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References

1. Glynis Johns sings "Send in the Clowns" from A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (1973, Broadway) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w7l1U7_m6M