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In the childhood memories of more than one generation, Glynis Johns, who has died aged 100, will be best remembered as the Edwardian materfamilias of the hugely popular Walt Disney musical Mary Poppins (1964). Winifred Banks, married to David Tomlinson’s George W Banks, is the mother of Jane and Michael, the children in the care of the magical nanny played by Julie Andrews. A protester for the right to vote, Winifred delivers a spirited rendition of the song Sister Suffragette – “Our daughters’ daughters will adore us.…

By Mark Kennedy | Associated Press NEW YORK — Glynis 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. She was 100. Mitch Clem, her manager, said she died Thursday at an assisted living home in Los Angeles of natural causes. “Today’s a sad day for Hollywood,” Clem said. “She is the last of the last of old Hollywood.” Johns was known…

Glynis Johns, the Tony Award-winning actor who was best known for her iconic Mary Poppins role, has died aged 100, her manager confirmed on Thursday, 4 January.Starring in the Oscar-winning 1964 Disney musical, Johns played Winifred Banks, the suffragette mother of the children in need of a nanny.Several legendary scenes in the film featured the antics she was getting up to as she campaigned for women’s rights to vote in the UK - including her protest song pastiche “Sister Suffragette” which mentions Emmeline Pankhurst.…

New York, Jan 5 (AP) Glynis 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. She was 100. HT Image Mitch Clem, her manager, said she died Thursday at an assisted living home in Los Angeles of natural causes. “Today's a sad day for Hollywood,” Clem said. “She is the last of the last of old Hollywood.” Wrap up the year…

British actress Glynis Johns, who was best known for her role as Winifred Banks in `Mary Poppins,` died on Thursday at the age of 100, as reported by Variety. Johns`s manager, Mitch Clem, highlighted that Johns died at an assisted living home in Los Angeles. Moreover, her publicist said that she died of natural causes, as reported by ABC News. Johns made her film debut in 1938 when she was a teen, but she didn`t break through until 10 years later when she played a mermaid in `Miranda.` She had been an actor in England…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGlynis Johns fans on social media have reacted to the actor’s death aged 100 by paying tribute to the impact her performance of a feminist anthem had on their political awakenings.“Sister Suffragette” was composed by songwriters The Sherman Brothers for Johns to perform in character as Mrs Banks in Disney’s 1964 musical Mary Poppins.In their autobiography Walt’s Time, the brothers…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGlynis Johns, the star of stage and screen best known for playing Mrs Banks in Mary Poppins, has died aged 100.The Tony Award-winning British actor died “peacefully” at an assisted living home in Los Angeles on Thursday (4 January), her manager Mitch Clem confirmed. No cause of death was given.In a statement to the PA news agency, Clem said his heart was “heavy” to lose the “beloved”…

Glynis Johns, the Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins, has died aged 100.She died Thursday at an assisted living home in Los Angeles of natural causes, according to her mananger.Johns also introduced the world to the bittersweet Send in the Clowns by the American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the song for her role as Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music on Broadway, for which she won a Tony in 1973. Sondheim wrote the show’s hit song…