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.
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![Actress Glynis Johns is shown, Sept. 11, 1982. Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie “Mary Poppins” and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be “Send in the Clowns” by Stephen Sondheim, has died, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2023. She was 100. Actor Glynis Johns is seen in a file photo dating back to September 1982.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7074630.1704404606!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/actor-glynis-johns-seen-in-september-1982-photo.jpg)
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.