Glynis Johns Glynis Johns (05 de outubro de 1923) é uma atriz, dançarina, cantora e pianista gaulesa nascida na África do Sul. Celebre por sua interpretação no filme musical Mary Poppins de Walt Disney, escrito pelo Irmãos Sherman. |
Glynis Johns, nasceu em 5 de outubro de 1923, Pretória, África do Sul, é atriz, dançarina, pianista e cantora e é considerada uma das artistas mais completas. Filha do ator galés Mervyn Johns (1899-1992) e de Alys Steele, uma grande pianista, filha do ator britânico Gareth Forwood. |
Fez seu primeiro filme em 1938 em "South Riding", depois apareceu em "Halfway House" (1944), "The Court Jester" (1956), "Mary Poppins" (1964), entre outros. Também trabalhou em teatros e na televisão participou na série Batman interpretando a Lady Penelope Peasoup. Casou-se quatro vezes, inclusive com Anthony Forwood com tem um filho, Gareth. Ela também foi casada com David Foster, que na ocasião era o presidente da Colgate Palmolive Internacional. |
filmografia Murder in the Family (1938) South Riding (1938) Prison Without Bars (1938) On the Night of the Fire (1939) Under Your Hat (1940) The Briggs Family (1940) The Thief of Bagdad (1940) (uncredited) The Prime Minister (1941) (uncredited) 49th Parallel (1941) The Adventures of Tartu (1943) The Halfway House (1944) Perfect Strangers (1945) This Man Is Mine (1946) Frieda (1947) An Ideal Husband (1947) Third Time Lucky (1948) Miranda (1948) Dear Mr. Prohack (1949) The Blue Lamp (1950) (uncredited) State Secret (1950) Flesh & Blood (1951) No Highway, released in the U.S. as No Highway in the Sky (1951) The Magic Box (1951) Appointment with Venus (1951) Encore (1951) The Card (1952) The Sword and the Rose (1953) Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953) Personal Affair (1953) The Weak and the Wicked (1954) The Seekers (1954) The Beachcomber (1954) Mad About Men (1954) Josephine and Men (1955) The Court Jester (1956) Loser Takes All (1956) | Around the World in 80 Days (1956) as a Sporting Lady All Mine to Give (1957) Another Time, Another Place (1958) Last of the Few (1959) Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) The Spider's Web (1960) The Sundowners (1960) Adventures in Paradise (TV) (1 episode, 1961) ? Esther Holmes The Cabinet of Caligari (1962) The Chapman Report (1962) Papa's Delicate Condition (1963) Mary Poppins (1964) 12 o'clock High (1964) (TV) ? Jennifer Heath Dear Brigitte (1965) Batman (TV) (1967) Don't Just Stand There! (1968) Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969) Under Milk Wood (1972) The Vault of Horror (1973) The Happy Prince (1974) (voice) Mrs. Amworth (1975, short) Three Dangerous Ladies (1977) Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) (TV) Cheers (1983) (TV) Season One ? Mrs. Helen Chambers Murder, She Wrote (1985) (TV) Murder in the Family (1985) (Miniseries) Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988) (TV) (voice) Zelly and Me (1988) Nukie (1988) The Ref (1994) While You Were Sleeping (1995) Superstar (1999) |
Theatre (selected) 1936?36 St Helena, Old Vic 1937 Judgement Day, Embassy and Strand 1938 Quiet Wedding, Wyndham's 1941 Quiet Weekend, Wyndham's 1943 Peter Pan (Peter), Cambridge Theatre 1950 Fools Rush In, Fortune 1950 The Way Things Go, Ph?nix 1952 Gertie (title role), Broadway 1956 Major Barbara (title role), Broadway 1963 Too True to Be Good, Broadway 1966 The King's Mare, Garrick 1969?70 A Talent to Amuse, Phoenix Theatre 1969?70 Come As You Are, New Theatre 1971?72 Marquise, The Hippodrome, Bristol 1973 A Little Night Music (Tony Award for best musical actress), Broadway 1975 Ring Round the Moon, Los Angeles 1976 13 Rue de l'Amour, Ph?nix 1978 Cause Celebre (Best Actress Award, Variety Club), Her Majesty's Theatre 1980?81 Hay Fever, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford 1980?90 The Boy Friend, Toronto 1989?90 The Circle, Broadway 1998 A Coffin in Egypt, Bay Street Theatre |