103-404: Glynis Margaret Payne Johns (5 October 1923 – 4 January 2024) was a British actress. In a career spanning eight decades on stage and screen, Johns appeared in more than 60 films and 30 plays . She received various accolades throughout her career, including a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award , a Golden Globe Award and a Laurence Olivier Award . She
206-540: A Laurel Award for Best Female Supporting Performance , and " Send In the Clowns ", composed by Stephen Sondheim for Broadway 's A Little Night Music (1973), in which she originated the role of Desiree Armfeldt and for which she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical . Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music ( RAM ) in London , England ,
309-485: A romantic comedy film in which Jack Buchanan 's Uncle Charles Luton examines his niece's relationships, and supported Danny Kaye in the musical-comedy medieval romance costume drama film The Court Jester of the same year, playing Jean with "cunning precision". Despite having the highest budget of any comedy made at the time, The Court Jester was badly received at the box-office. When the episode " Doctor's Orders " of Star Trek: Enterprise aired in 2004, Johns made
412-412: A 1973 interview with Robert Berkvist, Johns described – in her experience – the compatibility of theatre and marriage: "Acting is my highest form of intelligence, the time when I use the best part of my brain. I was always told, by my married friends, for example, that I could apply that intelligence to something else, some other aspect of living, but I can't. I don't have the same flair in other things." On
515-417: A London household, David L. Vineyard on MysteryFile writes that "Johns is a revelation: long platinum hair, Khirghiz eyes , and that breathless voice, perfect for this sexy romp," with ScreenOnline's Matthew Coniam relating that "Miranda ... is played ideally by Glynis Johns ... a strikingly unusual actress facially reminiscent of Gloria Grahame , with a melodic, purring voice." As Miranda, Johns wore
618-694: A chance to star with Laurence Olivier , to say, 'No, she has to go to school'. They had a big decision to make ... I was interested in everything. I wanted to be a scientist. I would've loved to go on and on at university. But you can't do everything in life. Johns was born into a theatrical family. Her mother was Alyce Steele-Wareham, an Australian-born concert pianist who had studied in London and Vienna . Originally of English descent, Alyce's family found fame as performing actors, singers and musicians, touring Australia, New Zealand and South Africa with their musical programmes; her grandmother, Elizabeth Steele-Payne,
721-565: A child ballerina in 1935, Johns played Ursula in Buckie's Bears ; this production lasted from 27 December 1935 to 11 January 1936 at the Garrick Theatre . Her proficiency in dance led her to be cast in several children's plays throughout the 1930s, notably during the Christmas holidays. She was spotted by a manager and subsequently cast in her first major stage production, as Napoleon 's daughter in
824-410: A cost of £51,000 on the site of an orphanage. In 1976 the academy acquired the houses situated on the north side and built between them a new opera theatre donated by the philanthropist Sir Jack Lyons and named after him and two new recital spaces, a recording studio, an electronic music studio, several practice rooms and office space. The academy again expanded its facilities in the late 1990s, with
927-630: A fine collection of lutes and guitars . The academy's museum displays many of these items. The Orchestral Library has approximately 4,500 sets of orchestral parts. Other collections include the libraries of Sir Henry Wood and Otto Klemperer . Soon after violinist Yehudi Menuhin 's death, the Royal Academy of Music acquired his personal archive, which includes sheet music marked up for performance, correspondence, news articles and photographs relating to Menuhin, autograph musical manuscripts, and several portraits of Paganini . Harriet Cohen bequeathed
1030-523: A gleefully scattershot comedy in which she again played the flirtatious mermaid Miranda. Johns starred in two more films that year. She was cast in Thornton Freeland 's comedy Dear Mr. Prohack , a modern version of Arnold Bennett 's 1922 novel, Mr Prohack , as adapted in the play by Edward Knoblock . In it, Johns plays Mimi Warburton, the private secretary and love interest of Charles Prohack, played by Dirk Bogarde . That same year, Bogarde began
1133-414: A large collection of paintings, some photographs and her gold bracelet to the academy, with a request that the room in which the paintings were to be housed was named the "Arnold Bax Room". Noted for her performances of Bach and modern English music, she was a friend and advocate of Arnold Bax and also premièred Vaughan Williams' Piano Concerto—a work dedicated to her—in 1933. In 1886, Franz Liszt performed at
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#17330861431761236-521: A lengthy court proceeding, she was granted a divorce on 25 June 1948 "because of adultery by her husband." Johns began dating producer Antony Darnborough after working together on Encore (1951). He proposed to her at Windsor 's Sunningdale Golf Club in June 1951. The Daily Telegraph later said that "theirs was to have been one of the most glittering show business weddings," but it never took place. Gertie (1951) took her to Broadway and their wedding
1339-506: A plane's air-worthiness are ignored. As unflappable stewardess Marjorie Corder, Johns appeared alongside James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich in this Henry Koster adaptation of the Nevil Shute novel No Highway . Following this, she co-starred with David Niven in Appointment with Venus (1951) for director Ralph Thomas, which recreates a wartime mission to rescue a pedigree cow from
1442-410: A relationship with Johns' ex-husband Anthony Forwood . The cast included "a winning gallery of femmes fatales." Playing a character very unlike herself, Author John Reid wrote that "Glynis Johns ... is so much better at playing a scheming minx than an honest woman." In Third Time Lucky (1949), she played Joan Burns, a "capable femme fatale ." Of this role, Fint on Letterboxd wrote that "Glynis
1545-430: A role described by Jeffrey Kauffman as "neatly understated". Mary Poppins (1964) is considered Walt Disney 's crowning live-action achievement, and is the only one of his films which earned a Best Picture nomination during his lifetime. In the film, Johns plays Winifred Banks, the wife of George Banks, mother of Jane and Michael, and member of Emmeline Pankhurst 's "Votes for Women" suffrage movement, to which she
1648-503: A screen adaptation of the eponymous 1954 play by Agatha Christie , and for which American author Matthew Bunson writes that "Despite its very modest budget, The Spider's Web was able to attract the considerable talents of Glynis Johns." Johns had a supporting role in The Sundowners (1960), for which Variety wrote that "Glynis Johns is a vivacious delight", with The New York Times ' Bosley Crowther adding that her role as
1751-1050: A selection of historical English pianos from 1790 to 1850, from the famous Mobbs Collection, original manuscripts by Purcell, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Brahms, Sullivan and Vaughan Williams, musical memorabilia and other exhibits. Former students include Olga Athaide Craen , John Barbirolli , Judith Bingham , Dennis Brain , Alan Bush , Doreen Carwithen , Rebecca Clarke , Jacob Collier , Clifford Curzon , Louis Dowdeswell , Edward Gardner , Lesley Garrett , David Patrick Gedge Evelyn Glennie , Eleanor Greenwood , Amy Horrocks , Dorothy Howell , Katherine Jenkins , Elton John , Annie Lennox , Kate Loder , Felicity Lott , Moura Lympany , Margot MacGibbon , Vanessa-Mae , Denis Matthews , Michael Nyman , Elsie Southgate , Eva Ruth Spalding , Florence Margaret Spencer Palmer , Ashan Pillai , Simon Rattle , Cecile Stevens , Arthur Sullivan , Eva Turner , Maxim Vengerov , Kate Lucy Ward , E. Florence Whitlock , Margaret Jones Wiles , Carol Anne Williams and Henry Wood . The current principal of
1854-593: A surprise guest appearance when a clip of The Court Jester was shown on screen. Annakin used Johns again in Loser Takes All (1956), in which she plays a newlywed who loses patience with her gambling husband played by Rossano Brazzi , She was one of the many actors who made cameos in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), appearing alongside Hermione Gingold in the closing scenes. Alongside Cameron Mitchell , Johns starred in
1957-532: A tail made specially by The Dunlop Rubber Company and commissioned by producer Betty Box . The cast also included Griffith Jones , Googie Withers , and David Tomlinson , with whom Johns was later reunited in The Magic Box (1951) and Mary Poppins (1964). Given the weight of her tail, Tomlinson recalled his alarm at having to carry her around. The following year, she had a brief cameo in Helter Skelter ,
2060-570: A violinist-impresario who had inherited the production's company from her father. She thus became the fourth generation in her mother's family to appear on stage. In 1931 at the age of 8, Johns was cast as Sonia Kuman in Elmer Rice 's Judgement Day at the Phoenix Theatre in London. She played alongside theatre actors Sir Lewis Casson , Ronald Adam , and George Woodbridge , who played Judge Vlora, Judge Tsankov and Judge Sturdza respectively. As
2163-608: Is a bundle of feminine guile." Johns made her television debut in 1952 with Fletcher Markle 's Emmy Award -winning series Little Women . She appeared in just one episode: season 4's "Lilly, the Queen of the Movies" as Lily Snape. Her television credits of the 1950s include brief appearances in the Hollywood anthology series Lux Video Theatre (in the 1953 episode "Two For Tea"), Errol Flynn 's anthology series The Errol Flynn Theatre (in
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#17330861431762266-624: Is as winningly winsome as ever, her husky tones approximating a British Jean Arthur ." On stage, Johns reprised her role as Miranda Bute in Richard Bird 's play Quiet Weekend , which ran from 22 July 1941 to 29 January 1944 at Wyndham's Theatre in London. During The Blitz , she was recast in Judgement Day , which she played at the Phoenix Theatre in London despite the dangers posed by German bombers. Following this, she appeared in Peter Pan at
2369-471: Is autobiographies, preferably those of celebrities she knows personally. Johns was married four times. She met her first husband, Anthony Forwood , while rehearsing for Quiet Wedding (1941). A year after they met, Forwood asked her on a date and they were married within a month on 29 August 1942 in Westminster , London. The couple's only child, actor Gareth Forwood , was born on 14 October 1945. Following
2472-475: Is completely dedicated. When first approached by Walt Disney, Johns thought it was to play the title role of Mary Poppins (played by Julie Andrews ), not Mrs. Banks. To ensure she accepted, he explained the mishap over lunch and arranged for the Sherman Brothers to write her a musical number: the song " Sister Suffragette ", a pro-suffrage protest song pastiche , was written in 1964 with her in mind. "Johns
2575-666: Is endearing as the mother," wrote The Hollywood Reporter ' s James Powers in 1964, "happy as a lark at getting chained to a lamp post for the cause ... she comes in strongly as a singing actor." The role earned her the Laurel Award for Best Female Supporting Performance . The following year, Johns was cast in Henry Koster's DeLuxe Color family - comedy Dear Brigitte as the aesthete Vina, wife of James Stewart , whom she had first acted with 14 years earlier in No Highway in
2678-454: Is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa . It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of Wellington . The academy provides undergraduate and postgraduate training across instrumental performance, composition, jazz , musical theatre and opera , and recruits musicians from around
2781-485: Is over, simply because he doesn't want to be away from us. I think he falls in love with his company." For her role as Desiree Armfeldt, she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical . Sondheim referred to her vocal qualities as a "rumpled bed"; as Anthony Tommasini put it in The New York Times : "Stephen Sondheim composed his most famous song, 'Send In
2884-451: Is still of great interest to her and is her favourite recreation, coupled with the collecting of good syncopated numbers: Glenn Miller 's In the Mood is her favourite. Her favourite classical composers are Grieg , Mozart and Debussy . Riding, tennis and ice skating are her sports, and her ideal holiday is one spent in a mountain resort where there is plenty of night-life. Her favourite reading
2987-448: Is terrific"; her character was often at odds with her son Lloyd Chasseur, played by Kevin Spacey . In 1998, Johns was named a Disney legend in the film category. Her last film appearance was as the grandmother of Molly Shannon 's Mary Gallagher in the 1999 film Superstar . In September 1946, when she was still fairly new to the profession, Powell and Pressburger hailed Johns "one of
3090-775: The Cambridge Theatre in 1943, I'll See You Again in 1944, and Fools Rush In in 1946. In the 1950s, Johns enjoyed more film roles than any earlier decade. Her successes in Miranda (1948), Third Time Lucky (1949) and in others movies made her a household name, both in Britain and the United States; director Ken Annakin was an early admirer of her work. Johns remained in "noir territory" with Sidney Gilliat 's 1950 drama thriller film State Secret , appearing alongside Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Jack Hawkins ; as Lisa Robinson, she
3193-549: The Nazi -occupied island of Amorel and in which Johns plays Channel-Islander Nicola Fallaize. She was one of several names in the 1951 anthology film Encore , appearing as gambler Stella Cotman, who visits Monte Carlo alongside Terence Morgan 's Syd Cotman in the segment "Gigolo and Gigolette". Now very much in demand, Johns guest starred as May Jones in John Boulting 's Technicolour biographical drama film The Magic Box of
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3296-560: The Phoenix Theatre in London with film and stage actor Louis Jourdan . This production was held at the Theatre Royal in Norwich; it closed on 8 May 1976. From 1977 to March 1978, Johns starred as Alma Rattenbury in Cause Célèbre , touring Her Majesty's Theatre in London and Leicester Haymarket Theatre among other locations. She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of
3399-531: The Phoenix Theatre . She made her Broadway debut in 1952 when given the title role in five productions of the Enid Bagnold comedy Gertie . Johns returned to the United States in 1956 to again play the title role, this time in a Broadway revival production of George Bernard Shaw 's Major Barbara . In 1960, Johns starred as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown in Godfrey Grayson 's mystery film The Spider's Web ,
3502-658: The Royal College of Music in South Kensington . The academy's history took a turn for the better when its recently appointed Principal (and former pupil) William Sterndale Bennett took on the chairmanship of the academy's board of directors and established its finances and reputation on a new footing. The academy's first building was in Tenterden Street, Hanover Square . Arnold Bax recalled it as an architectural rabbit warren. "The three eighteenth-century houses which
3605-726: The SOCRATES student and staff exchange programme. In 1991, the academy introduced a fully accredited degree in performance studies, and in September 1999, it became a full constituent college of the University of London, in both cases becoming the first UK conservatoire to do so. The academy has students from over 50 countries, following diverse programmes including instrumental performance, conducting, composition, jazz, musical theatre, historical performance, and opera. The academy has an established relationship with King's College London , particularly
3708-457: The Sherman Brothers for Disney 's Mary Poppins (1964), in which she played Winifred Banks and for which she received a Laurel Award , and " Send In the Clowns ", composed by Stephen Sondheim for Broadway's A Little Night Music (1973), in which she originated the role of Desiree Armfeldt and for which she received a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award. There were situations that were hard for parents to turn down. It's difficult to turn down
3811-684: The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford and the Theatre Royal in Nottingham . This was her fourth role in a Noël Coward production. From 20 November 1989 to 20 May 1990, she starred as Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney in W Somerset Maugham 's Broadway romance The Circle at the Ambassador Theatre in New York. Johns' screen work of the 1980s took second place to her work on stage. In 1982, she
3914-677: The bridesmaid Miranda Bute at Wyndham's Theatre , London. Johns made her screen debut in 1938 at the age of 15 with Victor Saville 's film adaptation of the Winifred Holtby novel South Riding , in which she played Midge Carne, the daughter of aspiring politician Robert Carne (played by Ralph Richardson ). She had small roles in David Evans ' 1938 crime film Murder in the Family and two Brian Desmond Hurst films: his 1938 black-and-white crime film Prison Without Bars and 1939 thriller On
4017-463: The 1936 short play St Helena at The Old Vic ; she was in productions of The Children's Hour and The Melody That Got Lost the same year. Following this, she was recast as Sonia Kuman in Elmer Rice's 1937 production of Judgement Day (this time at London's Strand Theatre), J. M. Barrie 's 1937 play A Kiss for Cinderella , and Esther McCracken's 1938 play Quiet Wedding , in which she played
4120-634: The 1940s following her role as Anna in the war drama film 49th Parallel (1941), for which she won a National Board of Review Award for Best Acting , and starring roles in Miranda (1948) and Third Time Lucky (1949). Following No Highway in the Sky (1951), a joint British-American production, Johns took on increasingly more roles in America and elsewhere. She made her television and Broadway debuts in 1952 and took on starring roles in such films as The Sword and
4223-440: The 1944 British drama film The Halfway House , and the fun-loving cousin of Deborah Kerr 's Dizzy Clayton in the 1945 British drama film Perfect Strangers , in which she was part of a very talented cast including Deborah Kerr and Roger Moore and for which Radio Times ' Robyn Karney said she was "excellent." In a starring role, Johns played Millie in the 1946 British comedy film This Man Is Mine and war widow Judy in
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4326-726: The 1947 British drama film Frieda . David Parkinson notes that Johns "seemed to epitomise modern British womanhood." Conversely, she was cast as Mabel Chiltern in An Ideal Husband (1947), Alexander Korda 's adaptation of the 1895 play by Oscar Wilde , in which Johns helps Lord Arthur Goring ( Michael Wilding ) prevent Laura Cheveley ( Paulette Goddard ) from destroying the reputation of her politician brother, Sir Robert Chilton ( Hugh Williams ). For her role as playful Cornish mermaid Miranda Trewella in Ken Annakin 's eponymous 1948 black and white comedy film , in which she causes havoc in
4429-485: The 1956 episodes "The Sealed Room" as Lou McNamara and "The Girl in Blue Jeans" as The Girl Susan Tracey), CBS 's anthology series Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (in the 1957 episode "The Dead Are Silent"), and ABC 's variety and drama series The Frank Sinatra Show (in the 1958 episode "Face of Fear" as Christine Nolan). Johns was reunited with Richard Todd for two swashbucklers made for Walt Disney : The Sword and
4532-622: The 1957 Technicolor melodrama film All Mine to Give , based on the novel by Dale Eunson and his wife Katherine Albert . Johns returned to Britain to make Another Time, Another Place (1958) with Lana Turner and starred as Kitty Brady in Shake Hands with the Devil (1959). In the West End , Johns starred in two 1950 productions: Fools Rush In at the Fortune Theatre and The Way Things Go at
4635-466: The 1970s and the 1980s, Johns narrated several fairy tales and other children's classics for Caedmon Records , the record label imprints of HarperCollins Publishers . Renowned for the breathy quality of her husky voice, she sang songs written specifically for her both on screen and stage, most notably " Sister Suffragette ", written by the Sherman Brothers for Disney 's Mary Poppins (1964), in which she played Winifred Banks and for which she won
4738-558: The Amati family; manuscripts by Purcell , Handel and Vaughan Williams ; and a collection of performing materials that belonged to leading performers. It is a constituent college of the University of London and a registered charity under English law. Famous academy alumni include Henry Wood , Simon Rattle , Brian Ferneyhough , Elton John and Annie Lennox . The academy was founded by John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland , in 1822 with
4841-572: The Australian landlady Mrs. Firth (which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress ) was "played richly" and with effervescence. Johns starred in the remake of The Cabinet of Caligari (1962) as the easily offended and oft-frightened Jane Lindstrom, and she was one of four stars in the 1962 Technicolor drama film The Chapman Report . While filming her first scene in the Chapman Report with director George Cukor , he kicked her in
4944-616: The Clowns,' for an actress with virtually no voice, Glynis Johns, and few genuine singers have performed it as effectively." Following this, Johns starred in Joseph Hardy 's production of Ring Round the Moon at the Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles, from 1 April 1975 to 10 May 1975, with Michael York . From 17 March 1976, she starred in Peter Dews ' production of 13 Rue de l'Amour at
5047-603: The Department of Music, whose students receive instrumental tuition at the academy. In return, many students at the academy take a range of humanities choices at King's, and its extended academic musicological curriculum. The Junior Academy, for pupils under the age of 18, meets every Saturday. The academy's library contains over 160,000 items, including significant collections of early printed and manuscript materials and audio facilities. The library also houses archives dedicated to Sir Arthur Sullivan and Sir Henry Wood . Among
5150-659: The Library's most valuable possessions are the autograph manuscripts of Purcell's The Fairy-Queen , Sullivan's The Mikado and The Martyr of Antioch , Vaughan Williams ' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Serenade to Music , and the newly discovered Handel Gloria . A grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund has assisted in the purchase of the Robert Spencer Collection—a set of Early English Song and Lute music, as well as
5253-627: The London Ballet School; by six, she was hailed in Britain as a dancing wonder; by ten, she was working as a Ballet instructor; and by eleven, she had earned a degree to teach. Hoping to study with the Sadler's Wells Ballet at age twelve, she was enrolled instead at Clifton High School in Bristol, balancing academia with the two hours a day she spent at the Cone School of Dancing (which later merged with
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#17330861431765356-552: The Night of the Fire (in which she was again cast alongside Ralph Richardson). Johns averaged one and a half films a year throughout the 1940s, starting in 1940 with Under Your Hat , in which she played Winnie, a supporting character to Jack Hulbert 's Jack Millett and Cicely Courtneidge 's Kay Millett in this musical comedy spy film . Johns' scene in the 1941 British historical drama The Prime Minister as Miss Sheridan did not make
5459-585: The Ripman School to form Tring Park School for the Performing Arts ). As a dance student, Johns amassed some 25 gold medals. Aside from her Clifton education, she also attended South Hampstead High School in London, where she was a contemporary of Angela Lansbury . Johns made her theatrical debut in October 1923 at just three weeks old, carried onto the London stage by her grandmother, Elizabeth Steele-Payne,
5562-569: The Rose (1953), The Weak and the Wicked (1954), Mad About Men (1954), The Court Jester (1955), The Sundowners (1960), The Cabinet of Caligari (1962), The Chapman Report (1962) and Under Milk Wood (1972). On television, she starred in her own sitcom Glynis (1963). Renowned for the breathy quality of her husky voice, Johns sang songs written specifically for her both on screen and stage, most notably " Sister Suffragette ", written by
5665-406: The Rose (1953), The Weak and the Wicked (1954), Mad About Men (1954), The Court Jester (1955), The Sundowners (1960), The Cabinet of Caligari (1962), The Chapman Report (1962), and Under Milk Wood (1972). On CBS , she starred in her own sitcom Glynis (1963) as the neophyte mystery writer Glynis Granvile with Keith Andes playing Glynis' husband Keith Granville. In
5768-470: The Rose (1953), directed by Ken Annakin, and Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953). At the same time, she made Personal Affair , a British drama film starring Gene Tierney and directed by Anthony Pelissier , in which Johns plays teenager Barbara Vining who pursues her Latin teacher, Leo Genn 's Kay Barlow. The following year, Johns had the starring role in J. Lee Thompson's drama film The Weak and
5871-534: The Royal Academy of Music perform in other venues around London including Kings Place , St Marylebone Parish Church and the South Bank Centre . The academy's public museum is situated in the York Gate building, which is connected to the academy's building via a basement link. The museum houses the academy's collections, including a major collection of Cremonese stringed instruments dated between 1650 and 1740,
5974-577: The Royal Academy of Music, Hon ARAM). Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon FRAM) is awarded by the Governing Body of the academy. As a full member of the University of London , the academy can nominate people to the University of London honorary doctorate (Hon DMus). The Royal Academy of Music manages the Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize (sponsored by the Kohn Foundation ),
6077-462: The Sky . She appeared in various character roles in the 1968 American comedy film Don't Just Stand There! , written by Charles Williams , and the 1969 British comedy film Lock Up Your Daughters , directed by Peter Coe . Johns was cast in 1961 in the ABC / Warner Bros. crime drama The Roaring 20s . She portrayed Kitty O'Moyne, an Irish immigrant who falls overboard into the harbour as she arrives in
6180-425: The United States. Johns guest-starred in the CBS anthology series The Lloyd Bridges Show in the episode "A Game for Alternate Mondays" of the 1962–63 television season, playing widow Leah Marquand, with Leslye Hunter as her daughter Isabella. On 5 August 1963, Vacation Playhouse premiered the episode "Hide and Seek" as the pilot of her eponymous CBS television series Glynis . The original working title for
6283-569: The Welcome Islands. For both, she was paid £12,500 a picture. In 1954, Johns was one of five judges to oversee the final of the National Bathing Beauty Contest in Morecambe , England, where Pat Butler was declared the winner. Sitting beside newspaper editor Charles Eade , Johns was the youngest and only woman judge. Ralph Thomas 's 1954 Technicolor comedy film Mad About Men starred Johns alongside actors Donald Sinden and Anne Crawford in this sequel to Miranda . Johns starred as Jo Luton in Roy Boulting 's 1955 comedy Josephine and Men ,
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#17330861431766386-546: The Wicked alongside Diana Dors and Rachel Roberts , playing an upper-class prisoner, Jean Raymond, who was framed by her friend and for which Johns was widely praised. Johns did another for Annakin, The Seekers (1954), then co-starred with Robert Newton in The Beachcomber (1954). She played the Christian missionary in both films, appearing respectively as Marion Southey, the fiancé to Jack Hawkins ' Philip Wayne who seeks to establish Christianity in 19th century New Zealand, and Martha Jones, who seeks to introduce it to
6489-550: The Year in a New Play and won a Variety Club Award for Best Actress in recognition; it was described as a "riveting play", due in part to its cast: "Glynis Johns was superb as Alma Rattenbury, and Lee Montague and Bernard Archard were fantastic as the opposing barristers." Johns' film roles of the 1970s included playing Myfanwy Price in Andrew Sinclair 's 1972 drama film Under Milk Wood opposite Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor , Eleanor Critchit in Roy Ward Baker 's 1973 anthology horror film The Vault of Horror (in
6592-423: The academy and New York's Juilliard School at the Proms and at New York's Lincoln Center. Conductors who have recently worked with the orchestras include Semyon Bychkov , Daniel Barenboim , Sir Simon Rattle , Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Christian Thielemann . Famous people who have conducted the academy's orchestra also include Carl Maria von Weber in 1826 and Richard Strauss in 1926. For many years,
6695-558: The academy celebrated the work of a living composer with a festival in the presence of the composer. Previous composer festivals at the academy have been devoted to the work of Witold Lutosławski , Michael Tippett , Krzysztof Penderecki , Olivier Messiaen , Hans Werner Henze , Luciano Berio , Elliott Carter , Stavros Papanikolaou , as well as academy graduates, Alfred Schnittke , György Ligeti , Franco Donatoni , Galina Ustvolskaya , Arvo Pärt , György Kurtág and Mauricio Kagel . In February–March 2006, an academy festival celebrated
6798-458: The academy is Jonathan Freeman-Attwood , appointed in July 2008. The Patron was Queen Elizabeth II and the president is the Duchess of Gloucester . Diana, Princess of Wales , was the president of the academy from 1985 until 1997. The Royal Academy of Music publishes every year a list of persons who have been selected to be awarded one of the Royal Academy's honorary awards. These awards are for alumni who have distinguished themselves within
6901-486: The academy to celebrate the creation of the Franz Liszt Scholarship and in 1843 Mendelssohn was made an honorary member of the academy. Academy students perform regularly in the academy's concert venues, and also nationally and internationally under conductors such as the late Sir Colin Davis , Yan Pascal Tortelier , Christoph von Dohnányi , the late Sir Charles Mackerras and Trevor Pinnock . In summer 2012, John Adams conducted an orchestra which combined students from
7004-571: The addition of 1–5 York Gate, designed by John Nash in 1822, to house the new museum , a musical theatre studio and several teaching and practice rooms. To link the main building and 1–5 York Gate a new underground passage and the underground barrel-vaulted 150-seat David Josefowitz recital hall were built on the courtyard between the mentioned structures. The academy's current facilities are situated on Marylebone Road in central London adjacent to Regent's Park . The Royal Academy of Music offers training from infant level (Junior Academy), with
7107-435: The charge. Johns married Cecil Henderson, a businessman, on 10 October 1960 in Westminster, London. They divorced on 21 June 1962. He cited adultery and she did not contest the charge. Johns' fourth and last husband was the writer and United States Air Force captain Elliott Arnold . They announced their engagement on 25 June 1964 and were married on 1 October in Los Angeles, California. They divorced on 4 January 1973. In
7210-501: The early 1970s: from 27 January 1970 to September 1970, she was in Come As You Are at London's New Theatre and Strand Theatre , and from 6 March 1972 to 12 March 1972, she was in Marquise at the Bristol Hippodrome in England. Between 1972 and 1973, Johns narrated several fairy tales and other children's classics for Caedmon Records , the record label imprints of HarperCollins Publishers . These included Peter Pan and Snow White . Some were released years later. In 1973, Johns
7313-586: The episode "Sing a Song of Murder" of CBS 's crime drama television series Murder, She Wrote , working again with Angela Lansbury . From 1988 to 1989, she played Trudie Pepper, a senior citizen living in an Arizona retirement community, in the television sitcom Coming of Age , also on CBS. Following earlier work in the 1970s, Johns narrated two more albums for Caedmon Records : The Light Princess in 1981 and Bargain for Frances and Other Frances Stories in 1984. In 1991, Johns returned to A Little Night Music aged 68, this time playing Madame Armfeldt,
7416-571: The evil duo with Rudy Vallée as her brother Lord Marmaduke Ffogg. On stage, Johns played the invalided gentlewoman in Broadway's Too True to Be Good in 1963. She returned to London's West End in 1966 to star alongside Keith Michell in The King's Mare at the Garrick Theatre , in which she played Anne of Cleves and Michell King Henry VIII . Commenting on the production, S. Stanley Gordon writes that "The heavens must have blessed us, for we received
7519-578: The fabulous Glynis Johns." In classical theatre in Europe, everybody plays all kinds of parts. Juliets go on to play the Nurses; they don't want to play Juliet again. I think we've got to remember to grab onto our perks, whatever is the good thing about each age. Each stage of life should be a progression. Johns appeared in Noël Coward's comic play Hay Fever as Judith Bliss from 4 August 1981 to 10 October 1981 at
7622-467: The final cut, though her role in the 1941 British and Canadian World War II drama film 49th Parallel , in which she replaced Elisabeth Bergner as Anna, earned her a National Board of Review Award for Best Acting and international acclaim. She continued with supporting roles as Romanian resistance fighter Paula Palacek in the 1943 British spy film The Adventures of Tartu , supernatural innkeeper Gwyneth (alongside her father Mervyn Johns ' Rhys) in
7725-458: The help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas Bochsa . The academy was granted a royal charter by King George IV in 1830. The founding of the academy was greatly supported by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington . He was a keen violinist himself and was determined to make the academy a success. The academy faced closure in 1866; this was part of the reason for the founding of
7828-431: The institution comprised were departitioned, one conjectured, with fearsome violence. Wherefore else the need for those torturous tunnellings, that labyrinthine intricacy of passages, the cul-de-sacs, and follies? It took the average new student about a month to get his or her bearings." In 1911 the institution moved to the current premises, designed by Sir Ernest George (which include the 450-seat Duke's Hall), built at
7931-490: The majority of her television credits were American, including her eponymous 1963 sitcom Glynis , though her film and theatre credits (with several notable exceptions) were British. In Finishing the Hat (2010), Stephen Sondheim wrote that Johns was "perhaps the only major British stage actress not associated with Shakespeare". Glynis has light brown hair, blue eyes, and is five feet four inches [163 cm] in height. Dancing
8034-538: The most sought-after of all young British stars". She was voted by British exhibitors as the 10th most popular box-office star in 1951 and 1952. By the time of Loser Takes All (1956), Johns was a top box-office draw. A devotee of British cinema , Johns said in 1946, "I would sooner play in a good British picture than in the majority of American pictures I have seen," She found her stardom in 1940s Britain (wherein her "glistening blue eyes and perfect comic timing made her British cinema's most sought-after female lead") and
8137-757: The mother of her original character Desiree, with Gordon Davidson directing at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre in Los Angeles. Following this, she starred as Myrtle Bledsoe in the premiere of Horton Foote 's A Coffin in Egypt from June to July 1998 at the Bay Street Theatre in New York. On screen, Johns had the main part of Darjeeling alongside Honor Blackman and Derek Jacobi on the American children's television anthology series ABC Weekend Specials (in
8240-399: The music profession (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, FRAM), distinguished musicians who are not alumni (Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music, Hon RAM), alumni who have made a significant contribution to the music profession (Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, ARAM) and to people who are not alumni but have offered important services to the institution (Honorary Associate of
8343-399: The same year. As May, Johns is introduced to cinema pioneer Robert Donat 's William Friese-Greene by Richard Attenborough 's Jack Carter. In The Card (1952), a "droll" adaptation of Arnold Bennett 's eponymous novel , she was Alec Guinness ' main love interest, dance teacher Ruth Earp, about which The New York Times ' Bosley Crowther wrote that "Miss Johns' self-propelling young lady
8446-432: The segment The Neat Job , a tale of marital discord), Swallow in the 1974 short film adaptation of Oscar Wilde 's The Happy Prince and Mrs. Amworth in the 1977 British-Canadian horror anthology film Three Dangerous Ladies , a reprisal of the role. Of her original performance as Mrs. Amworth in the eponymous 1975 short film, Ian Holloway on Wyrd Britain writes that "the titular lady" is "played with flamboyant aplomb by
8549-722: The senior Academy awarding the LRAM diploma, BMus and higher degrees to PhD / DMus. The former degree GRSM , equivalent to a university honours degree and taken by some students, was phased out in the 1990s. All undergraduates now take the University of London degree of BMus. Most academy students are classical performers: strings, piano, vocal studies including opera, brass, woodwind, conducting and choral conducting, composition, percussion, harp, organ, accordion, guitar. There are also departments for historical performance, musical theatre performance and jazz. The academy collaborates with other conservatoires worldwide, including participating in
8652-401: The series was The Glynis Johns Show ; in it, Johns played the neophyte mystery writer and amateur sleuth Glynis Granvile. In the autumn of that year, Glynis officially premiered, starring Johns and Keith Andes as her husband, Keith Granville, a criminal defence attorney. Due to pressure from NBC 's The Virginian and Bill Cullen 's The Price Is Right game show on ABC , the programme
8755-494: The shin. Though a "subtle kick", it was described as an "unprovoked attack" and by Johns as "so unexpected that I did a terrible sort of double take." On the set, tensions were high, though she and Cukor later laughed about it and he noted she was "wonderful in the picture." The following year, Johns supported Jackie Gleason in George Marshall 's adaptation of the eponymous Corinne Griffith memoir Papa's Delicate Condition ,
8858-460: The short The Secret Garden , which aired on 5 November 1994). Johns appeared in just three films in the 1990s, as the grandmother in each. She played the camera-toting grandmother in the 1995 Sandra Bullock hit While You Were Sleeping and the waspish Grandma Rose in Ted Demme 's 1994 black comedy film The Ref . Of this role, Caution Spoilers' Sarah notes that "Glynis Johns as the awful Rose
8961-577: The subject of a fifth marriage, she reflected that "I'd tread very softly in that area. Very softly. I certainly wouldn't rush into anything again, and I'd have to have an awful lot in common with anyone I'd consider marrying next time. Why so many marriages? It was absolute conservatism on my part. I was brought up to feel that if you wanted to have an affair with a man, well, you married him. I have friends who, if they'd followed that rule, would have collected an awful lot of pieces of paper by now." Glynis Johns filmography and discography Glynis Johns
9064-414: The violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini , who first visited London 175 years earlier in 1831. The festival included a recital by academy professor Maxim Vengerov , who performed on Il Cannone Guarnerius , Paganini's favourite violin. Academy instrumentalists and musical theatre students have also performed in a series of concerts with the academy alumnus Sir Elton John . The students and ensembles of
9167-605: The voice for Miss Grimwood, proprietor of Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls, in Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School . The plot follows the characters as Miss Grimwood hires them as her gym teachers; once there, however, they find it is actually a school for the daughters of paranormal beings. The same year, Johns starred in Zelly and Me , an American drama film written, directed and produced by Tina Rathborne . In it, Johns plays Co-Co,
9270-457: The war drama film 49th Parallel (1941), for which she won a National Board of Review Award for Best Acting , and starring roles in Miranda (1948) and Third Time Lucky (1949). Following No Highway in the Sky (1951), a joint British-American production, Johns took on increasingly more roles in the United States and elsewhere. She made her television and Broadway debuts in 1952 and took on starring roles in such films as The Sword and
9373-482: The wealthy grandmother of protagonist Phoebe (played by Alexandra Johnes ) and an egoist with a deeply competitive streak. During the first season of NBC 's hit sitcom Cheers , Johns guest-starred as Diane Chambers' mother, Helen Chambers, an eccentric dowager who, due to a stipulation in Diane's late father's will, will lose all her money unless Diane is married by the next day. In 1985, Johns played Bridget O'Hara in
9476-479: The wonderful news that... London theatre's favourite daughter, Glynis Johns, had agreed to come to London to star in our play." The play was written by screenwriter novelists Jean Canolle and Anita Loos . From 1969 and into the 1970s, Johns turned increasingly to stage work, appearing first in A Talent to Amuse (1969). In the 1970s, Johns' career focus was on the stage. Following her appearance in earlier Cowardian productions, Johns starred in two more Coward plays in
9579-472: The world, with a student community representing more than 50 nationalities. It is committed to lifelong learning, from Junior Academy, which trains musicians up to the age of 18, through Open Academy community music projects, to performances and educational events for all ages. The academy's museum houses one of the world's most significant collections of musical instruments and artefacts, including stringed instruments by Stradivari , Guarneri , and members of
9682-656: Was Fairbanks's love interest; the two cause havoc in a fictitious East-European country and ultimately flee to the US to start their new life together. Johns supported Richard Todd in Flesh and Blood the following year and having previously declined parts in Hollywood productions, because of her loving devotion to British cinema , appeared in the Hollywood-financed No Highway in the Sky , in which an expert's misgivings about
9785-432: Was a South African-born British actress who appeared in 58 feature films, 3 short films, 32 television shows, and more than 30 plays across eight decades on screen and stage. Johns began her career performing as a child on stage. She was typecast as a stage dancer from early adolescence, making her screen debut in 1938 with the film adaptation of Winifred Holtby 's posthumous novel South Riding . She rose to prominence in
9888-510: Was already a star by the time she was in No Highway in the Sky , a joint British and American production produced in 1951, and her first role in American cinema . Johns became an indelible part of the cinema histories of both Britain and America, maintaining her British and American careers simultaneously. Following No Highway in the Sky , she took on increasingly more roles in America and elsewhere:
9991-519: Was born on 5 October 1923, while her parents were touring Pretoria , capital of the then Union of South Africa (a dominion of the British Empire and later the British Commonwealth of Nations ). She was named "Margaret" "Payne" after her grandmothers Margaret Anne Samuel and Elizabeth Steele-Payne. The family returned to England just a few months after she was born. Aged five, she joined
10094-561: Was cancelled after thirteen episodes. In 1965, when CBS reran the series as a summer replacement for The Lucy Show , Glynis ranked No. 6 in the Nielsen ratings . Johns remained busy on screen, appearing as Steffi Bernard in the episode "Who Killed Marty Kelso?" of ABC 's detective series Burke's Law opposite Gene Barry . In 1967, she appeared in four episodes of the Batman television series as villainess Lady Penelope Peasoup, one half of
10197-537: Was cast as Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan in the American-British biographical television film Little Gloria... Happy at Last with Lucy Gutteridge in the leading role of Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt . Johns had a starring role in Nukie (1987), a South African science-fiction film in which she played the decisive Sister Anne alongside actors Anthony Morrison , Steve Railsback , and Ronald France. In 1988, Johns provided
10300-546: Was in the original cast of A Little Night Music , written by Stephen Sondheim, which premiered at 18:30 on 25 February at the Shubert Theatre in New York. The song " Send In the Clowns " was written with her in mind. Commenting on director Harold Prince in a 1973 interview, she says he "has eyes in the back of his head and a real driving force, a life force. And with it goes a great deal of loge. He calls us 'crew' and himself 'captain,' and he's heartbroken when opening night
10403-663: Was one of the first accomplished women violinists of her time. Johns' father was Welsh actor Mervyn Johns , who became a star of British films during the Second World War and worked regularly at Ealing Studios . Through him, she was a cousin of British judge John Geoffrey Jones . Alyce and Mervyn met while studying in London, he at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and she at the Royal Academy of Music . They married on 17 November 1922 in St Giles , London, and began touring with her family's theatre company. Glynis Margaret Payne Johns
10506-574: Was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood and classical years of British cinema . Johns was born in Pretoria , South Africa, the daughter of Welsh actor Mervyn Johns . She appeared on stage from a young age and was typecast as a stage dancer from early adolescence, making her screen debut in South Riding (1938). She rose to prominence in the 1940s following her role as Anna in
10609-505: Was postponed; in December 1951, it was called off. The former couple remained "good friends" and she appeared in his 1953 television drama Personal Affair . On 1 February 1952 in Manhattan , New York, Johns married David Foster , a Royal Navy officer and later president of Colgate-Palmolive . They divorced on 17 May 1956 on the ground of his adultery with an unnamed woman. He did not contest
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