# Glynis Johns

**Glynis Johns** (wobadwa pa 5 Oktoba 1923) ndi wotchuka wotchedwa Welsh, wailesi yakanema ndi filimu, wothamanga, woimba piyano, ndi woimba. Atabadwira ku Pretoria , South Africa pamene makolo ake ali paulendo, amadziwika bwino chifukwa chopanga Desiree Armfeldt mu *A Little Night Music* pa Broadway , yomwe adapambana ndi Tony Award , komanso akusewera Winifred Banks ku Walt Disney nyimbo zojambula nyimbo zojambula nyimbo za smash *Mary Poppins .* Pa maudindo awiriwa, iye anaimba nyimbo zolembedwera mwachindunji, kuphatikizapo " Tumizani ku Clowns ", lolembedwa ndi Stephen Sondheim , ndi " Mlongo Suffragette ", lolembedwa ndi Sherman Brothers . Anasankhidwa kuti apange Oscar chifukwa cha ntchito yake mu filimu ya 1960 *The Sundowners* . Iye ndi wolemekezeka chifukwa cha khalidwe lachisamaliro cha mau ake a husky ndi moyo wake wosatha.

## Zithunzi

### Moyo wakuubwana

Johns anabadwira ku Pretoria , South Africa , mwana wamkazi wa Alice Maude Steele ( née Wareham; 1901-1970), woimba piyano, ndi Mervyn Johns (1899-1992), woyang'anira filimu ku Britain. Mizu yake ili ku West Wales , ndipo anabadwira ku Pretoria pamene makolo ake anali kuyendera kumeneko. Anapita ku Clifton High School ku Bristol kwa kanthaŵi kochepa. makolo ake kumbali Johns analembedwa monga wamoyo pa famu Glanmorlais Uchaf, Trimsaran, Carmarthenshire mu 1701.

### Ntchito yoyambirira

Johns anapanga siteji yake yoyamba kuonekera ku Bears monga mwana ballerina ku Garrick Theatre mu 1935. (Patapita nthawi anakhala mphunzitsi waluso woyenera). Ankawoneka akuvina mu masewera a ana pa mapwando a Khirisimasi ndikuponyera muyeso yake yoyamba, *St Helena* ku Old Vic mu 1936. Chaka chomwecho iye adawonetsanso za *The Children's Hour* ndi *The Melody That Lost* . Anatsatira izi ndi *Tsiku la Chiweruzo* (1937), ndipo adakhala nyenyezi yapamwamba ku *A Kiss kwa Cinderella* (1937).

### Nyenyezi yowunikira

Johns anapanga sewero lake poyamba mu 1938 mu filimuyi ya buku la Winifred Holtby *South Riding* . Iye anali ndi maudindo ang'onoang'ono mu *Kuphedwa mu Banja* (1938), *Prison Without Bars* (1939), *Pa Usiku wa Moto* (1940), *Under Your Hat* (1940) ndi *The Briggs Family* (1940). Pa sukulu iye adali mu *ukwati wamtendere* (1939).

Zochitika za Johns ku *Pulezidenti* (1941) sizinapangitse omaliza komaliza koma adali ndi gawo lalikulu mu *49th Parallel* (1941), m'malo mwa Elisabeth Bergner pamapeto pake. Iye anali mu *Quiet Weekend* (1941-43) pa siteji, kugunda kwakukulu komwe kunathamangira kwa zaka ziwiri.

Johns anali ndi maudindo abwino mu *The Adventures of Tartu* (1943) ndi *The Halfway House* (1944). Pa siteji anaonekera ku *Peter Pan* (1943), *Ndikukuwonaninso* (1944) ndi *Opusa Akukhamukira Mu* 1946.

Johns analandira ndemanga zabwino za ntchito yake monga mnzake wapamtima wa Deborah Kerr ku *Perfect Strangers* (1945). Anapitiriza kuthandizira maudindo awa: *Munthu Uyu Ndi Wanga* (1946), *Frieda* (1947) ndi *An Ideal Husband* (1947).

### Ndemanga yafilimu

Johns anakhala nyenyezi yomwe ikuyimba pamutu ku *Miranda* (1948), chipwirikiti chomwe chimayambitsa chisokonezo m'banja la London. Yotsogoleredwa ndi Ken Annakin filimuyi inali yamphamvu kwambiri komanso yakhazikitsidwa ndi Johns monga dzina la mafilimu.

Iye anali ndi maudindo otsogolera kwa *Third Time Lucky* (1949), *Wokondedwa Bambo Prohack* (1949) ndi *Secret Secret* (1950). Pa sukulu Johns anali *muzipusa kuthamanga Mu* *Njira Zomwe Amayendera* .

Johns adamuthandiza Richard Todd mu *Thupi ndi Magazi* (1951) ndipo adawombera kachitatu ku Hollywood-ndalama zowonjezereka *ku Sky* (1951). Anayanjana ndi David Niven mu *Appointment ndi Venus* (1951) kwa mtsogoleri Ralph Thomas ndipo anali mmodzi wa mayina angapo mu *Encore* (1951) ndi *The Magic Box* (1951).

Johns anali mmodzi wa Alec Guinness 'chikondi chake mu *The Card* (1952). Pa Broadway iye adagwira ntchito ya maudindo ku *Gertie* . Iye anavoteredwa ndi owonetsa a ku British nyenyezi khumi yotchuka kwambiri m'deralo mu ofesi ya bokosi mu 1951 ndi 1952.

Anagwirizananso ndi Richard Todd kwa anthu awiri omwe amawapanga Walt Disney : *Sword ndi Rose* (1953) (motsogoleredwa ndi Annakin) ndi *Rob Roy, Highland Rogue* (1953). Pakati pa iye anapanga *Personal Affair* (1953) akuthandiza Gene Tierney .

Johns anali ndi gawo loyang'anitsitsa mu *Ofooka ndi Oipa* (1954), za amayi omwe ali m'ndende, ndi kugunda kwakukulu. Anachitanso china kwa Annakin, *The Seekers* (1954) ndi Jack Hawkins , kenaka anagwirizana ndi Robert Newton ku *The Beachcomber* (1954). *Mad About Men* (1954) anali mzere wa *Miranda* , wotsogozedwa ndi Thomas.

Johns anali mkulu wa apamwamba *Josephine ndi Men* (1955), ndipo adamuthandiza Danny Kaye ku *Khoti Jester* (1956). Annakin anamugwiritsanso ntchito ku *Loser Takes All* (1956) ndipo anali mmodzi mwa nyenyezi zambiri zomwe zinapanga *maiko a padziko lonse m'masiku 80* (1956).

Anabwerera ku Broadway kuti adzatengere dzina la *Major Barbara* (1956). Johns adakhala ku America kuti apange nyimbo *zanga zonse kuti ndizipereke* (1957).

### Khalidwe katswiri

Anabwerera ku Britain kuti apange nthawi *ina, malo ena* (1958) ndipo anali *kugwedeza manja ndi satana* (1959). Johns anali wokwera pamwamba *pa Webusaiti ya The Spider's* (1960) ndipo anali ndi gawo lothandizira mu *Sundowners* (1960) zomwe zinamupangitsa kusankha Oscar.

Johns analipira pamwamba pamtundu wa *Cabinet of Caligari* (1962) ndi imodzi mwa nyenyezi zingapo mu *Chapman Report* (1962). Anathandizira Jackie Gleason mu *Dipatimenti ya Delicate* (1962) ya *Papa* ndipo anali mu *Too Good kuti akhale oona* pa Broadway mu 1963.

Anaponyedwa mu 1961 mu sewero lachiwawa la ABC / Warner Brothers *The Roaring '20s* . Anajambula Kitty O'Moyne, wochokera ku Ireland amene akugwera m'mphepete mwa doko pamene akufika ku United States. Mu 1962-63 nyengo ya televizioni, mlendo wa Johns anayang'anizana mu mndandanda wa CBS anthology *The Lloyd Bridges Show* . Kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 1963, iye ndi Keith Andes anayambanso kukhala okwatirana m'mabuku ake a TV a CBS omwe *sanadziŵike kuti anali Glynis* , omwe analemba mlembi komanso Andes woimira milandu woweruza milandu. Pulogalamuyo inaletsedwa pambuyo pa magawo khumi ndi atatu.

Johns adagonjetsedwa kwambiri mu *Mary Poppins* (1964) ndipo adaseka mkazi wa James Stewart ku *Dear Brigitte* (1965). Iye anali mu *The King's Mare* ku Garrick Theatre mu 1966.

Iye anawonekera mu maudindo osiyanasiyana mu *Osati Ingoyima Apo!* (1968) ndi *kutseka ana anu aakazi* (1969), koma anagwira ntchito kwambiri pa siteji: *Talente ya Amuse* (1969), *Come As You Are* (1969-70) ndi *Marquise* (1971-72).

Johns adali ndi kupambana kwakukulu kuoneka mu *A Little Night Music* (1973). Nyimbo " Kutumiza ku Clowns " inalembedwa ndi iye m'malingaliro. Mu 1973, adagonjetsa mphoto ya Tony chifukwa chochita nawo nyimbo.

### Ntchito yotsatira

Pambuyo pake, mafilimu ake anali a *Vault of Horror* (1973) ndi *The Happy Prince* (1974), koma ankaika patsogolo pake: *Ring Round the Moon* (1975), *13 Rue de l'Amour* (1976), *Chifukwa Célèbre* (1978) *Nthenda yamoto* (1980-81) ndi *Circle* (1989-90). Johns adawoneka ngati Myrtle Bledsoe pachiyambi cha *Bokosi* la Horton Foote *ku Egypt* mu 1998 ku Bay Street Theatre.

Panthawi yoyamba ya NBC ya *Cheers* , Johns adayang'anitsitsa amayi ake a Diane Chambers, Helen Chambers, yemwe anali wolemera kwambiri, ndipo chifukwa cha zomwe bambo ake adakondwera nazo, adzalandira ndalama zake pokhapokha Diane atakwatira tsiku lotsatira . Kuchokera mu 1988-89, iye adayimba Trudie Pepper, nzika yambiri akukhala ku Arizona, pantchito ya TV yomwe *ikubwera* ku CBS.

Johns adasewera kamera akugwedeza agogo aakazi m'chaka cha 1995 Sandra Bullock anagunda *Pamene Mukugona* . Chithunzi chake chomaliza cha filimu mpaka lero chinali monga agogo a Molly Shannon mu *Superstar* ya 1999.

## Moyo waumwini

Johns wakhala wokwatira kangapo. Mwamuna wake woyamba anali Anthony Forwood (m. 1942-48), yemwe anali ndi mwana wake yekhayo, Gareth Forwood (1945-2007).

## Filmography

* *South Riding* (1938) as Midge Carne
* *Murder in the Family* (1938) as Marjorie Osborne
* *Prison Without Bars* (1938) as Nina
* *On the Night of the Fire* (1939) as Mary Carr
* *Under Your Hat* (1940) as Winnie
* *The Briggs Family* (1940) as Sheila Briggs
* *The Thief of Bagdad* (1940) as Princess' Maid (uncredited)
* *The Prime Minister* (1941) as Miss Sheridan (uncredited)
* *49th Parallel* (1941) as Anna
* *The Adventures of Tartu* (1943), U.S. title *Sabotage Agent*, as Paula Palacek
* *The Halfway House* (1944) as Gwyneth
* *Perfect Strangers* (1945), U.S. title *Vacation from Marriage*, as Dizzy Clayton
* *This Man Is Mine* (1946) as Millie
* *Frieda* (1947) as Judy
* *An Ideal Husband* (1947) as Miss Mabel Chiltern
* *Miranda* (1948) as Miranda Trewella
* *Third Time Lucky* (1949) as Joan Burns
* *Helter Skelter* (1949) as Miranda Trewella (uncredited)
* *Dear Mr. Prohack* (1949) as Mimi Warburton
* *State Secret* (1950), U.S. title *The Great Manhunt*, as Lisa Robinson
* *Flesh & Blood* (1951) as Katherine
* *No Highway* (1951), U.S. title *No Highway in the Sky*, as Marjorie Corder
* *Appointment with Venus* (1951), U.S. title *Island Rescue*, as Nicola Fallaize
* *Encore* (1951) as Stella Cotman (segment "Gigolo and Gigolette")
* *The Magic Box* (1951) as May Jones
* *The Card* (1952), U.S. title *The Promoter*, as Ruth Earp
* *The Sword and the Rose* (1953) as Princess Mary Tudor
* *Personal Affair* (1953) as Barbara Vining
* *Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue* (1953) as Helen Mary MacPherson MacGregor
* *The Weak and the Wicked* (1954), U.S. title *Young and Willing*, as Jean Raymond
* *The Seekers* (1954), U.S. title *Land of Fury*, as Marion Southey
* *The Beachcomber* (1954) as Martha Jones
* *Mad About Men* (1954) as Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella
* *Josephine and Men* (1955) as Josephine Luton
* *The Court Jester* (1955) as Maid Jean
* *Loser Takes All* (1956) as Cary
* *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956) as Sporting Lady's Companion
* *All Mine to Give* (1957) as Jo Eunson
* *Another Time, Another Place* (1958) as Kay Trevor
* *Shake Hands with the Devil* (1959) as Kitty Brady
* *Last of the Few* (1960) as narrator
* *The Spider's Web* (1960) as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
* *The Sundowners* (1960) as Mrs. Firth
* *The Cabinet of Caligari* (1962) as Jane Lindstrom
* *The Chapman Report* (1962) as Teresa Harnish
* *Papa's Delicate Condition* (1963) as Amberlyn Griffith
* *Mary Poppins* (1964) as Winifred Banks
* *Dear Brigitte* (1965) as Vina Leaf
* *Don't Just Stand There!* (1968) as Sabine Manning
* *Lock Up Your Daughters!* (1969) as Mrs. Squeezum
* *Under Milk Wood* (1972) as Myfanwy Price
* *The Vault of Horror* (1973) as Eleanor (segment "The Neat Job")
* *The Happy Prince* (1974, short) as Swallow (voice)
* *Mrs. Amworth* (1975 short) as Mrs. Amworth
* *Three Dangerous Ladies* (1977) as Mrs. Amworth (segment "Mrs. Amworth")
* *Little Gloria... Happy at Last* (1982 TV movie) as Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan
* *Nukie* (1987) as Sister Anne
* *Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School* (1988 TV movie) as Ms. Grimwood (voice)
* *Zelly and Me* (1988) as Co-Co
* *The Ref* (1994) as Rose
* *While You Were Sleeping* (1995) as Elsie
* *Superstar* (1999) as Grandma (final film role)

## Zikondwerero za pa televizioni zosiyana

* *Adventures mu Paradaiso* (1961) monga Esther Holmes
* *Mzinda Wamtambo* (1961) monga Miss Arlington, woyang'anira magetsi
* *12 O'clock High* (1964) monga Jennifer Heath
* *Batman* (1967) monga Lady Penelope Peasoup
* *Cheers* (1983) monga Akazi Helen Chambers
* *Kupha, Analemba* (1985) monga Bridget O'Hara

## Theatre (selected)

* 1936–36 *St Helena*, Old Vic
* 1937 *Judgement Day*, Embassy and Strand
* 1938 *Quiet Wedding*, Wyndham's
* 1941 *Quiet Weekend*, Wyndham's
* 1943 *Peter Pan* (Peter), Cambridge Theatre
* 1950 *Fools Rush In*, Fortune
* 1950 *The Way Things Go*, Phœnix
* 1952 *Gertie* (title role), Broadway
* 1956 *Major Barbara* (title role), Broadway
* 1963 *Too True to Be Good*, Broadway
* 1966 *The King's Mare*, Garrick
* 1969–70 *A Talent to Amuse*, Phoenix Theatre
* 1969–70 *Come As You Are*, New Theatre
* 1971–72 *Marquise*, The Hippodrome, Bristol
* 1973 *A Little Night Music* (Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical), Broadway
* 1975 *Ring Round the Moon*, Los Angeles
* 1976 *13 Rue de l'Amour*, Phœnix
* 1978 *Cause Celebre* (Best Actress Award, Variety Club), Her Majesty's Theatre
* 1980–81 *Hay Fever*, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
* 1980–90 *The Boy Friend*, Toronto
* 1989–90 *The Circle*, Broadway
* 1998 *A Coffin in Egypt*, Bay Street Theatre

## Zolemba

## Zogwirizana zakunja

* Zithunzi za Glynis Johns
* Glynis Johns pa webusaiti ya Disney Legends