Tony winner Glynis Johns turns 99 today

[David10086]

Tony winner Glynis Johns turns 99 today#1

Posted: 10/5/22 at 4:00pm

Actress Glynis Johns,  best known to generations of movie goers as 'Winifred Banks' in the `1964 musical 'Mary Poppins' and best known to theater goers as 'Desiree Armfeldt' in the Sondheim 1973 musical ' A Little Night Music' turns 99 years old today.  (She is the oldest living Oscar-nominated actress since Olivia de Haviland died at the age of 104 in 2020.)  Johns won a Tony for her performance in 'ALNM' , in which creator Stephen Sondheim once said he had written ' Send in the Clowns' with Johns in mind. 

[Globefan]

Tony winner Glynis Johns turns 99 today#2

Posted: 10/5/22 at 4:36pm

Happy Birthday Sister Suffragette 

[joevitus]

Tony winner Glynis Johns turns 99 today#3

Posted: 10/5/22 at 5:26pm

To paraphrase a lyric, the woman is perfection. Happy Birthday!

[BCfitasafiddle]

Tony winner Glynis Johns turns 99 today#4

Posted: 10/5/22 at 5:54pm

Happy Birthday, wonderful woman!

[David10086]

Tony winner Glynis Johns turns 99 today#5

Posted: 10/6/22 at 12:16am

Is she the oldest living Tony winner?