Video: Tony Winner Glynis Johns Reflects on Her Career on Her 100th Birthday
Johns is best known for creating the role of Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music on Broadway, for which she won a Tony Award
By: Stephi Wild Oct. 05, 2023
Tony Award winning stage and screen actor Glynis Johns is celebrating her 100th birthday today, October 5. In a new segment on ABC 7 she reflects on her career amidst this important birthday milestone.
"I got applause for that. I loved doing it. I felt it," John said of her Tony-winning role in A Little Night Music.
Watch the interview below!
Glynis Johns (born 5 October 1923) is a retired Welsh stage, television and film actress, dancer, pianist, and singer. She is best known for creating the role of Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music on Broadway, for which she won a Tony Award, and for playing Winifred Banks in Walt Disney's musical motion picture box office smash Mary Poppins. THEATRE. Broadway: 1956 Major Barbara (title role), 1963 Too True to Be Good, 1973 A Little Night Music (Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical), 1989-1990 The Circle.
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