Glynis Johns, the actress famous for her role as Mrs. Banks in “Mary Poppins,” has died. She was 100.
After a career spanning eight decades, Johns died Thursday of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Hollywood, her manager, Mitch Clem, told the Hollywood Reporter.
Born in South Africa in 1923, Johns had a theatrical family – her father, Mervyn Johns, was a Welsh actor, and her mother, Alyce Steele-Wareham, was an Australian-born concert pianist.
“My father taught me to listen to what the other actors are saying,” she told the New York Times in 1973.
She grew up in England, where she became a dancer, singer, pianist and actress. By 10, she’d won more than 24 gold medals in dance competitions, and earned a degree to teach ballet. 1
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