She was Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins and sang Send in the Clowns on Broadway: Glynis Johns dead at 100

Glynis Johns, the husky-voiced British actress most widely known for her role as a suffragette who reconnects with her children thanks to a magical nanny in the blockbuster 1964 movie musical Mary Poppins, has died at the age of 100.

She was Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins and sang Send in the Clowns on Broadway: Glynis Johns dead at 100
Actor Glynis Johns is seen in a file photo dating back to September 1982.

Glynis Johns, the husky-voiced British actress most widely known for her role as a suffragette who reconnects with her children thanks to a magical nanny in the blockbuster 1964 movie musical Mary Poppins, has died at the age of 100.