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Glynis Johns


Husky voiced Glynis is the daughter of actor Mervyn Johns. Best known for her light comedy roles and often playful flirtation, Glynis was born in South Africa while her parents were on tour there (her mother was a concert pianist) but was always proud of her Welsh roots and took delight in playing the female lead (opposite Richard Burton) in the classic Under Milk Wood... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (91 titles)
1999 Superstar
Grandma
 
1995 While You Were Sleeping
Elsie
 
1994 ABC Weekend Specials (TV series)
Darjeeling
The Secret Garden (1994) … Darjeeling (voice)
 
1988-1989 Coming of Age (TV series)
Trudie Pepper
Boy Meets Girl (1989) … Trudie Pepper
Pauline et Rouge (1989) … Trudie Pepper
A Wife in the Theatre (1989) … Trudie Pepper
Todd Is My Co-Pilot (1989) … Trudie Pepper
Christmas at the Dunes (1989) … Trudie Pepper
 
1988 Nukie
Sister Anne
 
1988 Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (TV movie)
Ms. Grimwood (voice)
 
1988 Zelly and Me
Co-Co
 
1987 The Cavanaughs (TV series)
Maureen
The Eyes Have Had It (1987) … Maureen
 
1985 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Bridget O'Hara
Sing a Song of Murder (1985) … Bridget O'Hara
 
1985 Murder in the Family (TV mini-series)
 
1984 Spraggue (TV movie)
Aunt Mary
 
1984 The Love Boat (TV series)
Edna Miles
 
1983 Cheers (TV series)
Mrs. Helen Chambers
Someone Single, Someone Blue (1983) … Mrs. Helen Chambers
 
1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last (TV movie)
Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan
 
1977 Three Dangerous Ladies
Mrs. Amworth (segment "Mrs. Amworth")
 
1975 Mrs. Amworth (short)
Mrs. Amworth
 
1974 The Happy Prince (short)
Swallow (voice)
 
1973 The Vault of Horror
Eleanor (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
 
1972 Under Milk Wood
Myfanwy Price
 
1969 Lock Up Your Daughters!
Mrs. Squeezum
 
1968 Don't Just Stand There
Sabine Manning
 
1968 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Lorraine Barrie
Star Quality (1968) … Lorraine Barrie
 
1967 Batman (TV series)
Lady Penelope Peasoup
Surf's Up! Joker's Under! (1967) … Lady Penelope Peasoup (uncredited)
 
1965 Dear Brigitte
Vina Leaf
 
1964 12 O'Clock High (TV series)
Jennifer Heath
The Hours Before Dawn (1964) … Jennifer Heath
 
1964 The Defenders (TV series)
Catherine Collins
The Thief (1964) … Catherine Collins
 
1964 Burke's Law (TV series)
Steffi Bernard
Who Killed Marty Kelso? (1964) … Steffi Bernard
 
1963 Glynis (TV series)
Glynis Granville
Crime After a Fashion (1963) … Glynis Granville
This One Will Kill You (1963) … Glynis Granville
Catsa Nostra (1963) … Glynis Granville
The Body Guards (1963) … Glynis Granville
Two Way Stretch (1963) … Glynis Granville
 
1963 Vacation Playhouse (TV series)
Glynis Granville
Hide and Seek (1963) … Glynis Granville
 
1963 Papa's Delicate Condition
Amberlyn Griffith
 
1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV series)
Leah Marquand
A Game for Alternate Mondays (1963) … Leah Marquand
 
1963 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Emily Foster
Windfall (1963) … Emily Foster
 
1962 Saints and Sinners (TV series)
Lois Hawley
Luscious Lois (1962) … Lois Hawley
 
1962 The Beachcomber (TV series)
Rosalind Metcalf
The Search for Robert Herrick (1962) … Rosalind Metcalf
 
1962 The Chapman Report
Teresa Harnish
 
1962 The Cabinet of Caligari
Jane Lindstrom
 
1962 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Sister Brigid Marie
A Very Present Help (1962) … Sister Brigid Marie
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Rosie Sayer
Safari (1962) … Rosie Sayer
 
1961 Naked City (TV series)
Miss Arlington
The Hot Minerva (1961) … Miss Arlington
 
1961 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Alma
The $200 Parlay (1961) … Alma
 
1961 The Roaring 20's (TV series)
Kitty O'Moyne
Kitty Goes West (1961) … Kitty O'Moyne
 
1961 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
Esther Holmes
Beachhead (1961) … Esther Holmes
 
1961 Kraft Mystery Theater (TV series)
Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
 
1960 The Sundowners
Mrs. Firth
 
1959 Shake Hands with the Devil
Kitty Brady
 
1958 The Frank Sinatra Show (TV series)
Christine Nolan
Face of Fear (1958) … Christine Nolan
 
1958 Another Time, Another Place
Kay Trevor
 
1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
The Dead Are Silent (1957)
 
1957 All Mine to Give
Jo Eunson
 
1956 The Errol Flynn Theatre (TV series)
Lou McNamara / Susan Tracey
The Sealed Room (1956) … Lou McNamara
The Girl in Blue Jeans (1956) … Susan Tracey
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
Sporting Lady's Companion
 
1955 Josephine and Men
Josephine Luton
 
1954 Mad About Men
Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella
 
1954 The Beachcomber
Martha Jones
 
1954 Land of Fury
Marion Southey
 
1954 Young and Willing
Jean Raymond
 
1951 The Magic Box
May Jones
 
1951 Encore
Stella Cotman (segment "Gigolo and Gigolette")
 
1951 Island Rescue
Nicola Fallaize
 
1951 No Highway in the Sky
Marjorie Corder
 
1951 Flesh & Blood
Katherine
 
1950 The Great Manhunt
Lisa Robinson
 
1949 Dear Mr. Prohack
Mimi Warburton
 
1949 Helter Skelter
Miranda Trewella (uncredited)
 
1949 Third Time Lucky
Joan
 
1947 An Ideal Husband
Miss Mabel Chiltern, Sir Robert's sister
 
1946 This Man Is Mine
Millie
 
1945 Vacation from Marriage
Dizzy Clayton
 
1943 The Adventures of Tartu
Paula Palacek
 
1941 49th Parallel
Anna
 
1941 The Prime Minister
Miss Sheridan (uncredited)
 
1940 The Thief of Bagdad
Princess's maid (uncredited)
 
1940 The Briggs Family
Sheila Briggs
 
1940 Under Your Hat
Winnie
 
1939 The Fugitive
Mary Carr
 
1938 Prison Without Bars
Nina
 
1938 Murder in the Family
Marjorie Osborne
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (4 titles)
1985 Great Performances (TV series)
The Best of Broadway (1985) (performer: "Send In The Clowns")
 
1964 Mary Poppins (performer: "Sister Suffragette" 1964 - uncredited, "Let's Go Fly a Kite" 1964 - uncredited)
 
1960 The Sundowners (performer: "Botany Bay" - uncredited)
 
1954 Mad About Men (performer: "I Can't Resist Men")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2008 The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (TV documentary) (grateful thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (20 titles)
2008 The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (TV documentary)
Herself - Interviewee
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
Jean Simmons: Picture Perfect (2001) … Herself
 
2001 Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV series documentary)
Herself
Soundtrack (2001) … Herself
 
1996 Marlene Dietrich: Shadow and Light (TV documentary)
Herself - Co-Star
 
1993 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Herself - Interviewee
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One (1993) … Herself - Interviewee
 
1991 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Herself
David Tomlinson (1991) … Herself
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
Herself
Introduction (1977) … Herself
 
1974 The 28th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 10 May 1973 (1973) … Herself
 
1973 The 27th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Musical
 
1967 Everybody's Talking (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 28 August 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1967 The Heart of Show Business (TV movie)
Herself - Performer
 
1966 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.1 (1966) … Herself
 
1964 That Regis Philbin Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.13 (1964) … Herself
 
1963 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Dancer / Herself - Singer / Sketch Actor
Episode #1.11 (1963) … Herself - Singer/Dancer/Sketch Actor
 
1962 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.18 (1962) … Herself
 
1962 The 34th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Short Subjects Awards
 
???? Last of the Few
Herself/Narrator
 
1953 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
Herself - Guest Performer
Episode #4.18 (1953) … Herself - Guest Performer
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2004 Star Trek: Enterprise (TV series)
 
2001 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
1988 The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (video documentary)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1950) Stage: Appeared in Frederick Lonsdale's "The Way Things Go", at the Phoenix Theatre in London, England, with Ronald Squire, Michael Gough and Kenneth More in the cast. See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on playing a mermaid in Miranda] I was quite an athlete, my muscles were strong from dancing, so the tail was just fine. I swam like a porpoise. See more »

Trivia:

Daughter of actor Mervyn Johns, with whom she appeared in The Halfway House. See more »

Nickname:

The Girl with the Upside-Down Eyes See more »

Star Sign:

Libra