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Glynis Johns filmography

Publicity photo of Johns in 1951
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Glynis Johns was a South African-born British actress who appeared in 58 feature films, 3 short films, 32 television shows, and more than 30 plays across eight decades on screen and stage.

Overview

Johns began her career performing as a child on stage. She was typecast as a stage dancer from early adolescence, making her screen debut in 1938 with the film adaptation of Winifred Holtby's posthumous novel South Riding. She rose to prominence in the 1940s following her role as Anna in the war drama film 49th Parallel (1941), for which she won a National Board of Review Award for Best Acting, and starring roles in Miranda (1948) and Third Time Lucky (1949).

Following No Highway in the Sky (1951), a joint British-American production, Johns took on increasingly more roles in America and elsewhere. She made her television and Broadway debuts in 1952 and took on starring roles in such films as The Sword and the Rose (1953), The Weak and the Wicked (1954), Mad About Men (1954), The Court Jester (1955), The Sundowners (1960), The Cabinet of Caligari (1962), The Chapman Report (1962), and Under Milk Wood (1972). On CBS, she starred in her own sitcom Glynis (1963) as the neophyte mystery writer Glynis Granvile with Keith Andes playing Glynis' husband Keith Granville.

In the 1970s and the 1980s, Johns narrated several fairy tales and other children's classics for Caedmon Records, the record label imprints of HarperCollins Publishers. Renowned for the breathy quality of her husky voice, she sang songs written specifically for her both on screen and stage, most notably "Sister Suffragette", written by the Sherman Brothers for Disney's Mary Poppins (1964), in which she played Winifred Banks and for which she won a Laurel Award for Best Female Supporting Performance, and "Send In the Clowns", composed by Stephen Sondheim for Broadway's A Little Night Music (1973), in which she originated the role of Desiree Armfeldt and for which she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.

Filmography

Features

Short subjects

Television

Stage appearances

Radio appearances

Discography

References

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3. ^ Glynis Johns - Discography on Discogs
4. Frances Stories by Russell Hoban - read by Glynis Johns on SoundCloud
5. Bargain for Frances and Other Frances Stories at Open Library
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7. ^ Glynis Johns at the National Portrait Gallery, London
8. Gordon, Roger L. (7 September 2018). Supporting Actors in Motion Pictures Volume II. Google Books: Dorrance Publishing Company. p. 30. ISBN 9781480958418.
9. ^ Glynis Johns on TV Guide
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13. "Movie of the Week: Frieda". Life. 8 September 1947. p. 67 – via Google Books.
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20. Films and Filming: Volume 19, Issue 3. Google Books: Hansom Books. 1973. p. 26.
21. Harper, Sue (June 2000). Women in British Cinema: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know. Google Books: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 294. ISBN 9781441134981.
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24. Fanthorpe, Patricia (9 April 2005). Mysteries and Secrets of the Templars: The Story Behind the Da Vinci Code. Google Books: Dundurn Press. p. 87. ISBN 9781459720589.
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31. Davis, Mark; Earnshaw, Tony (15 September 2014). Under Milk Wood Revisited: The Wales of Dylan Thomas. Google Books: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445637389.
32. "NUKIE". EW.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
33. Maxford, Howard (30 June 2022). TV Gothic: The Golden Age of Small Screen Horror. Google Books: McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 279. ISBN 9781476645537.
34. Studio One 1948 Full Cast and Crew
35. ^ Glynis Johns on Plex
36. Leichter, Jerry, ed. (15 July 1957). "ROSS REPORTS – TELEVISION INDEX" (PDF). Retrieved 15 April 2023.
37. Cue: The Weekly Magazine of New York Life. Google Books: Cue Publishing Company. 1958. p. 38.
38. The Hollywood Reporter: Volume 165. Google Books: Wilkerson Daily Corporation. 1961. p. 4.
39. "The Roaring 20's: Kitty Goes West - Season 2 Episode 2". Video Detective. 14 October 1961. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
40. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2007: A-E. Google Books: McFarland. p. 302. ISBN 9780786433056.
41. Vincent, Terrace (5 September 2019). Encyclopedia of Television Pilots: 2,470 Films Broadcast 1937-2019, 2d Ed. Google Books: McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 213. ISBN 9781476678740.
42. TV Guide: Volume 27. Google Books: Triangle Publications. 1979. p. 90.
43. McCarty, John (21 April 2016). The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of: The Cinema of John Huston. Google Books: Crossroad Press. p. Contents.
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45. ^ Burke's Law on Golden Globes "Glynis Johns"
46. Glynis Johns on Cinema Clock
47. The Longbowman: Appreciation and Admiration of actor, archer and historian 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐲 "Featuring Glynis Johns"
48. Chandler, Charlotte (9 December 2008). The Girl Who Walked Home Alone: Bette Davis A Personal Biography. Google Books: Simon & Schuster. p. Contents. ISBN 9781847396983.
49. Bjorklund, Dennis (September 2014). Cheers TV Show: A Comprehensive Reference. Google Books: Praetorian Publishing. p. 294. ISBN 9780967985237.
50. Glynis Johns on Rotten Tomatoes
51. TV Guide. Google Books: Triangle Publications. 1987. p. 100.
52. Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (Kay) (10 January 2014). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. Google Books: McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 155. ISBN 9780786462018.
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54. "Judgement Day programme". ebay.ie. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
55. Wearing, J. P. (15 May 2014). The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Google Books: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 491. ISBN 9780810893047.
56. "UoB Calmview5: Search results | 'Buckie's Bears' by Erica Fay and Harry Buffkins ( i.e. Dr Marie Stopes (Mrs H. V. Roe) and son (Harry Roe))". calmview.bham.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
57. ^ "Glynis Johns Past Productions". Theatricalia. Matthew Somerville. 20 May 1990. Retrieved 19 October 2022. Alma Rattenbury, Cause Célèbre 1977 – March 1978, Her Majesty's Theatre, London and Haymarket Theatre, Leicester. Leontine, 13 Rue de L'Amour, Forum Theatre Billingham, Paul Elliott Entertainments Ltd, Starchoice Season Ltd, and Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd January – 8th May 1976, Phoenix Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Norwich, and other locations.
58. "The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman on stage in London | 1936: London Premiere (Private Member's Performance)". thisistheatre.com. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
59. Abell, Kjeld (1939). The Melody that Got Lost. Google Books: Allen & Unwin. p. 7. ISBN 9788700375819.
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61. Current Biography Yearbook: Volume 34. H. W. Wilson Company. 1973. p. 13.
62. 24 Dec 1937, A Kiss For Cinderella at Great War Theatre
63. Davis, Amy M. (31 January 2014). Handsome Heroes & Vile Villains: Men in Disney's Feature Animation. Google Books: Indiana University Press. p. 52. ISBN 9780861969074.
64. "100 Years of Peter Pan - Norman F. Moore Collection | 1943-44, Cambridge Theatre, London. Glynis Johns and Baliol Holloway". normanmoore.com. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
65. "Other". The Tatler. British Newspaper Archive. 1 January 1947. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
66. Gertie Broadway Original Cast at BroadwayWorld
67. Major Barbara - Cast (Original) at Playbill
68. Too True to Be Good - Current Cast at Playbill
69. "Glynis Johns as Queen Elizabeth I in Come As You Are four short plays by John Mortimer | Sommerlad, Gilbert | V&A Explore The Collections". collections.vam.ac.uk. 7 November 1969. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
70. "Marquise always seems much better when Glynis Johns is says critic Urjo Kareda – All Items – Digital Archive : Toronto Public Library". digitalarchive.tpl.ca. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
71. Sondheim: A Musical Tribute at Sondheim.com
72. Loynd, Roy (31 July 1987). "RING ROUND MOON' AT COLONY STUDIO". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, United States. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
73. "A Little Night Music (Los Angeles Revival, 1991)". ovrtur.com. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
74. Klein, Alvin (28 June 1998). "THEATER; A Play? Maybe Not, but What a Story". The New York Times. New York, United States. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
75. Simonson, Robert (17 June 1998). "Glynis Johns Opens Foote's Coffin in Egypt at Bay Street June 17". Playbill. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
76. Glynis Johns interview on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs, 24 April 1976
77. Glynis Johns - Discography on 45cat
78. ^ Glynis Johns music on Rate Your Music
79. Glynis Johns Setlist on Setlist
80. ^ Glynis Johns filmography and discography at IMDb

External links

• Glynis Johns at IMDb
• Glynis Johns discography at Discogs

• Actress filmographies
• British filmographies
• Discographies of British artists
• Discographies of South African artists