I found a recent photo of the beautiful Glynis Johns. With all of the talk of the Mary Poppins sequel I was curious about how she is doing. She'll be 95 in a few weeks!
Seems to me that she's doing well and still has that same spark in her eyes. She continued working until around 10 years ago, I believe. Who knows? Maybe we'll see her again.
That photo is from 2013... it was part of a series of photos published as a 2014 calendar for the retirement village she lives in, as the photographer notes in this post:
sbflyfan said: "That photo is from 2013... it was part of a series of photos published as a 2014 calendar for the retirement village she lives in"
Oh wow I had no idea. I just googled Glynis Johns 2018 and the page that came up had no date! Thank you for letting me know! Either way wether she's 90 or 95 in the photo, she looks great!
"She's one of my favorites. Try to track down her films "Miranda" and its sequel "Mad About Men." I highly recommend them. And of course we can't forget her iconic performance in "A Little Night Music":
Thank you for the recommendations, I will definitely check them out! And yes her performance in ALNM is legendary and brings such joy to this day!
sbflyfan said: "That photo is from 2013... it was part of a series of photos published as a 2014 calendar for the retirement village she lives in, as the photographer notes in this post:
I loved her two Miranda mermaid movies as a kid. There was a NY TV station that use to show them on afternoon television a lot. She was especially attractive in "Mad About Men."
I saw Ms. Johns 11 times in A Little Night Music and saw the show 12 times. The first time I saw it was in previews and she was out for health reasons. Barbara Lang played Desiree. I remember there was this flurry of guesses of what was going to happen if Ms. Johns couldn't come back. I also remember the creative crew rushing in Tammy Grimes to see the show for a possible replacement. Well, Ms. Johns was rumored to say at the time, "nobody else is going to sing my songs". She came back for the opening and played it for a year and a half! Happy Birthday!
"And of course we can't forget her iconic performance in "A Little Night Music":...
For sure, as i was lucky enough to see Glynis Johns in the original production in the Summer of 1973, of this most wonderful musical...the show was magical to me and to this day i say it is Sondheim's most complete musical...the book and the score work so well...not a moment nor a note is wasted
She played the entire "Night Music" run. I saw her at the Shubert in the summer of 1973, and it's a night that hasn't been duplicated with any other iteration/cast. I've always found her "Clowns" definitive. And we have the same birthday.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
The very first thing I saw Glynis Johns in was the movie "The Court Jester" with Danny Kaye and Angela Lansbury. Then "Mary Poppins", "The Sundowners", "The Chapman Report" and "Papa's Delicate Condition". I always loved her speaking voice and those enormous twinkly blue eyes of hers.
My earliest exposure to her was the Mary Poppins film, followed by (in re-runs) her guest spot on Batman, where she played a British villain named Penelope Peasoup. I am sad I never saw her onstage.
Only saw her on stage once, and that was in London in 1977 in a play called Cause Celebre. Both she and the play - an enveloping courtroom drama - were excellent.