Question: Who played the bird lady in mary poppins?

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context: Jane Darwell (born Patti Woodard; October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. With appearances in more than one hundred major motion pictures spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her poignant portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath", for which she received the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Disney's musical family film "Mary Poppins". She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
question: Who played the bird lady in the Mary Poppins film?
short_answers: Jane Darwell
wikipage: Jane Darwell

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question: Who played the bird lady in the 2004 London Musical version of Mary Poppins?
short_answers: Julia Sutton

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question: Who played the bird lady in the 2006 Broadway version of Mary Poppins?
short_answers: Cass Morgan

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question: Who played the bird lady on the 2009 US tour of Mary Poppins?
short_answers: Mary Van Arsdel

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question: Who played the bird lady on the 2008 UK tour of Mary Poppins?
short_answers: Valda Aviks

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knowledge: content: Jane Darwell (born Patti Woodard; October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American actress of stage, film, and television.[1] With appearances in more than 100 major movies spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her poignant portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Disney's musical family film Mary Poppins. 
wikipage: Jane Darwell

content: In her mid-eighties, Darwell was semi-retired from acting, other than a rare television guest appearance. She had recently moved into the Motion Picture Country Home because of her advanced age and feebleness, when Disney offered her the role of the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins (1964) Darwell declined the role. Walt Disney, still insistent, personally drove to the retirement home to plead with her and she agreed to take the part. It was her last acting role. In this pivotal scene in the movie, the Bird Woman of St Paul's Cathedral Square sells bags of bread crumbs to passers-by to feed the pigeons. The poignant song Feed the Birds is sung by Julie Andrews, impressing the two children to be charitable.
wikipage: Jane Darwell

content: Mary Poppins is a 1964 American musical fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney, with songs written and composed by the Sherman Brothers.
wikipage: Mary Poppins (film)

content: Julia Sutton (born 7 December 1938) is an English actress and singer.

She appeared in the film Half a Sixpence, the second series of Albert and Victoria, Upstairs, Downstairs, Dixon of Dock Green, and Father Brown.[1][2]

Sutton has appeared on stage as Nancy in Oliver!, Mme. Dindon in La Cage aux Folles, Hortense in Martin Guerre (1995), as The Bird Woman in Mary Poppins (2004–05) and as Sister Mary Lazarus in Sister Act the Musical at The London Palladium.[3]
wikipage: Julia Sutton (actress)

content: Mary Poppins is a musical with music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (the Sherman Brothers) and additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, and a script by Julian Fellowes. The musical is based on the similarly titled Mary Poppins children's books by P. L. Travers and the 1964 Disney film, and is a fusion of various elements from the two, including songs from the film.
wikipage: Mary Poppins (musical) London Original Cast 2004 - 2005
long_answer: In the 1964 Disney film Mary Poppins, the Bird Woman of St Paul's Cathedral Square is a character who sells bags of bread crumbs to passers-by to feed the pigeons, and it is played by American actress Jane Darwell. It is a role she had originally turned down, but Walt Disney personally drove to her retirement home and insisted she take the job. In the 2004 London Musical Version of Mary Poppins based on the film, the role was played by English actress and singer Julia Sutton. There were many other actresses who played the role in different versions of Mary Poppins, including Cass Morgan, in the 2006 Broadway version of Mary Poppins, Mary Van Arsdel, in the 2009 US tour of Mary Poppins, and Valda Aviks, in the 2008 UK tour of Mary Poppins.