Actress Glynis Johns, known for her role as Mrs. Winifred Banks in the 1964 film Mary Poppins, died on Thursday, January 4. She was 100 years old. Her manager told The Associated Press that she died at her Los Angeles home of natural causes.
Glynis Johns became a movie star in the late 1940s playing a mermaid, Miranda, before playing the suffragette mother in the Disney musical Mary Poppins. Also for Disney, she starred in The Sword and the Rose. She was named a Disney legend in 1998. Glynis Johns was also the oldest living Oscar nominee.
Singer and songwriter
In addition, Glynis Johns was also a singer and songwriter. In 1973 she won a Tony Award for the musical A Little Night Music, in which she performed Stephen Sondheim's famous song, Send in the Clowns.
Glynis Johns has appeared in nearly sixty films, television series, and theatrical productions. His last roles were in While You Were Sleeping and Superstar.