Editing Glynis Johns (section)

==Career==
===1923–1939: Career beginnings===
[[File:South Riding 1938 film.jpg|thumb|left|A fight broke out at school between Midge Carne (Glynis Johns, left) and Lydia Holly (Joan Ellum) in the 1938 film ''[[South Riding (film)|South Riding]]'', produced by [[Alexander Korda]] and directed by [[Victor Saville]].]]
Johns made her theatrical debut in October 1923 at just three weeks old, carried onto the London stage by her grandmother, Elizabeth Steele-Payne, a violinist-impresario<ref name="tcm"/> who had inherited the production's company from her father.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Desert Island Discs – Glynis Johns |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p009mt9m |access-date=3 November 2022 |series=Desert Island Discs |first=Roy |last=Plomley |network=BBC |station=BBC Radio 4 |date=24 April 1976 |quote=three-weeks old |language=English}}</ref> She thus became the fourth generation in her mother's family to appear on stage.<ref name="The Voice"/>

In 1931 at the age of eight, Johns was cast as Sonia Kuman in [[Elmer Rice]]'s ''Judgement Day'' at the [[Phoenix Theatre, London|Phoenix Theatre]] in London. She played alongside theatre actors [[Lewis Casson|Sir Lewis Casson]], [[Ronald Adam (actor)|Ronald Adam]], and [[George Woodbridge (actor)|George Woodbridge]], who played Judge Vlora, Judge Tsankov, and Judge Sturdza, respectively.<ref>[https://www.ebay.ie/itm/165544458676?hash=item268b37f9b4:g:36gAAOSwllZis4MR&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA0KjHcsJGJ2RdHxKktdh%2BcAhvwivsqqY0iPWqZ6MlX%2BarnhOY2sVD8xhcylijVkjEfQAmW2Cwn1xyQDh9XpfFQkywNQkgiNUCw0K%2FH1YhoRdpyStgLufLBgquDF29uNuOv39i%2FAPsRC8BeO3muYYE%2FDRMdjRTA1%2Ff1E99f%2BEaDlIUqlCcVgcRDSSqGoDNc8ejbj8YHO9nyqRbyM8gpc6R3XK2g0OBen6LFwdJOosI%2BApIXKhvfO8zeXWX0fpNTE2GZYsC4vGPJD4KxcbA7l8CeK4%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7bY6NiZYQ ''Judgement Day'' programme]</ref> As a child [[ballerina]] in 1935, Johns played Ursula in ''Buckie's Bears'';<ref name="Who's Who"/> this production lasted from 27 December 1935 to 11 January 1936 at the [[Garrick Theatre]].<ref>{{cite book |author-link= |date=15 May 2014 |title=The London Stage 1930–1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2mYAwAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |page=491 |isbn=9780810893030}}</ref> 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 the 1936 short play ''[[St Helena (play)|St Helena]]'' at [[The Old Vic]]; she was in productions of ''[[The Children's Hour (play)|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'',<ref name="The Voice"/> and Esther McCracken's 1938 play ''[[Quiet Wedding (play)|Quiet Wedding]]'', in which she played the [[bridesmaid]] Miranda Bute at [[Wyndham's Theatre]], London.<ref name="Glynis Johns on Theatricalia"/>

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 (novel)|South Riding]]'', in which she played Midge Carne, the daughter of aspiring politician Robert Carne (played by [[Ralph Richardson]]).<ref>{{cite book |last=Monush |first=Barry |date=April 2003 |title=The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the Silent Era to 1965 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NeB-EAAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Applause |page=367 |isbn=9781480329980}}</ref> She had small roles in [[David Evans (writer)|David Evans]]' 1938 crime film ''[[Murder in the Family]]''<ref>{{cite book |last=Gordon |first=Roger L. |date=7 September 2018 |title=Supporting Actors in Motion Pictures Volume II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FFFyDwAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Dorrance Publishing Company |page=30 |isbn=9781480958418}}</ref> and two [[Brian Desmond Hurst]] films - his 1938 black-and-white crime film ''[[Prison Without Bars]]''<ref>{{cite book |last=Weaver |first=John T. |date=1970 |title=Forty Years of Screen Credits 1929-1969 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l-VkAAAAMAAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=738|isbn=9780810802995 }}</ref> and 1939 thriller ''[[On the Night of the Fire]]'' (in which she was again cast alongside Ralph Richardson).<ref>{{cite book |last=Reid |first=John Howard |date=2009 |title=Film Noir, Detective and Mystery Movies on DVD: A Guide to the Best in Suspense |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nBOwAgAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |page=172 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9781435730106}}</ref>

===1940–1949: British film and theatre===
[[File:Glynis Johns - studio portrait (1941).png|thumb|upright|Publicity photo for ''[[49th Parallel (film)|49th Parallel]]'' (1941)]]
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 film|musical]] [[Comedy film|comedy]] [[spy film]].<ref name="tvguide">[https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/glynis-johns/credits/3030011060/ Glynis Johns] on [[TV Guide]]</ref> Johns' scene in the 1941 British [[historical drama]] ''[[The Prime Minister (film)|The Prime Minister]]'' as Miss Sheridan did not make the final cut,<ref name="tvguide"/> though her role in the 1941 British and Canadian [[World War II]] drama film ''[[49th Parallel (film)|49th Parallel]]'', in which she replaced [[Elisabeth Bergner]] as Anna, earned her a [[National Board of Review Awards 1942|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 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 (1945 film)|Perfect Strangers]]'', in which she was part of a very talented cast including [[Roger Moore]], and for which ''[[Radio Times]]' ''[[Robyn Karney]] said she was "excellent".<ref>{{cite news |year=1945 |title=Perfect Strangers Review By Robyn Karney |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-w95zih/perfect-strangers/ |work=Radio Times |location=London |access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> In a starring role, Johns played Millie in the 1946 British comedy film ''[[This Man Is Mine (1946 film)|This Man Is Mine]]'' and war widow Judy in the 1947 British drama film ''[[Frieda (film)|Frieda]]''.<ref name="Life: MEIEAAAAMBAJ&pg">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=8 September 1947 |title=Movie of the Week: Frieda |magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MEIEAAAAMBAJ |via=Google Books |page=67}}</ref> David Parkinson noted that Johns "seemed to epitomise modern British womanhood".<ref name="Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels"/> Conversely, she was cast as Mabel Chiltern in ''[[An Ideal Husband (1947 film)|An Ideal Husband]]'' (1947), [[Alexander Korda]]'s adaptation of the [[An Ideal Husband|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]]).<ref name="Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels"/>
[[File:GLynisJohns51.jpg|Publicity photo of Johns in 1951|thumb|left|upright]]
For her role as playful Cornish mermaid Miranda Trewella in [[Ken Annakin]]'s 1948 black and white comedy film ''[[Miranda (1948 film)|Miranda]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47226671 |title=Glynis Johns has a mermaid tail in "Miranda" |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=15 |issue=6 |date=19 July 1947 |access-date=31 August 2017 |page=36 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> in which she causes havoc in a London household, David L. Vineyard on MysteryFile wrote, "Johns is a revelation: long platinum hair, [[Kyrgyz people|Khirghiz eyes]], and that breathless voice, perfect for this sexy romp,"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=1920 |title=A Movie Review by David L. Vineyard: Mad About Men (1954). |date=24 March 2010 |website=MysteryFile |publisher=Vanillamist |access-date=19 October 2022 |quote=Johns is a revelation: long platinum hair, Khirghiz eyes, and that breathless voice, perfect for this sexy romp}}</ref> and ScreenOnline's Matthew Coniam wrote, "Miranda&nbsp;... is played ideally by Glynis Johns&nbsp;... a strikingly unusual actress facially reminiscent of [[Gloria Grahame]], with a melodic, purring voice."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/487724/index.html |title=Miranda (1948) |year=2014 |website=ScreenOnline |publisher=BFI Screenonline |access-date=19 October 2022 |quote=strikingly unusual actress facially reminiscent of Gloria Grahame}}</ref> As Miranda, Johns wore a tail made specially by [[Dunlop Rubber|The Dunlop Rubber Company]] and commissioned by producer [[Betty Box]]. The cast also included [[Griffith Jones (actor)|Griffith Jones]], [[Googie Withers]], and [[David Tomlinson]], with whom Johns was later reunited in ''[[The Magic Box]]'' (1951) and ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' (1964). Given the weight of her tail, Tomlinson recalled his alarm at having to carry her around.<ref>{{cite book |last=Morley |first=Nathan |author-link=Nathan Morley |date=30 April 2021 |title=Disney's British Gentleman: The Life and Career of David Tomlinson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3KUkEAAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[The History Press]] |isbn=9780750997577}}</ref> The following year, she had a brief cameo in ''[[Helter Skelter (1949 film)|Helter Skelter]]'', a gleefully scattershot comedy in which she again played the flirtatious mermaid Miranda.<ref name="Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels"/>

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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a892403 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911205311/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a892403 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 September 2017 |title=Dear Mr. Prohack (1949) |publisher=British Film Institute |date=16 April 2009 |accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref> In it, Johns plays Mimi Warburton, the private secretary and love interest of Charles Prohack, played by [[Dirk Bogarde]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Dear-Mr-Prohack_1949 |title=Dear Mr Prohack 1949 &#124; Home of British Films |publisher=Britmovie |accessdate=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222134613/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Dear-Mr-Prohack_1949 |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Crowther |first=Bosley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0CEFDA1038E532A25756C1A9619C946192D6CF |title=Movie Review – Dear Mr Prohack – THE SCREEN; Austerity Is Dull |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 July 1950 |accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref> That same year, Bogarde began a relationship with Johns' ex-husband [[Anthony Forwood]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/oct/02/books.film|title=Sexy self-image that revved up Dirk Bogarde|first=John|last=Ezard|date=2 October 2004|work=The Guardian}}</ref> The cast included "a winning gallery of ''femmes fatales''". About Johns playing a character very unlike herself, author John Reid wrote, "Glynis Johns&nbsp;... is so much better at playing a scheming minx than an honest woman."<ref>{{cite book |last=Reid |first=John |date=6 November 2005 |title=These Movies Won No Hollywood Awards |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6U8tBl5mSNoC |via=[[Google Books]] |page=34 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9781411658462}}</ref> In ''[[Third Time Lucky (1949 film)|Third Time Lucky]]'' (1949), she played Joan Burns, a "capable ''[[femme fatale]]''".<ref name="Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels"/> Of this role, Fint on [[Letterboxd]] wrote, "Glynis is as winningly winsome as ever, her husky tones approximating a British [[Jean Arthur]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/third-time-lucky/ |title= Third Time Lucky, 1949, Directed by Gordon Parry |date=13 July 2018 |website=Letterboxd |publisher=Letterboxd Limited |access-date=19 October 2022 |quote=Glynis is as winningly winsome as ever, her husky tones approximating a British Jean Arthur}}</ref>

On stage, Johns reprised her role as Miranda Bute in [[Richard Bird (actor)|Richard Bird]]'s play ''[[Quiet Weekend (play)|Quiet Weekend]]'', which ran from 22 July 1941 to 29 January 1944 at [[Wyndham's Theatre]] in London.<ref name="The Voice"/> During [[the Blitz]], she was recast in ''Judgement Day'', which she played at the [[Phoenix Theatre, London|Phoenix Theatre]] in London despite the dangers posed by German bombers. Following this, she appeared in ''Peter Pan'' at the [[Cambridge Theatre]] in 1943, ''I'll See You Again'' in 1944, and ''Fools Rush In'' in 1946.<ref>{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Amy M. |date=31 January 2014 |title=Handsome Heroes & Vile Villains: Men in Disney's Feature Animation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0OQoCAAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Indiana University Press |page=52 |isbn=9780861969074}}</ref><ref name="The Voice"/>

===1950–1959: Established actor ===
[[File:Glynis Johns with Danny Kaye and Cecil Parker.png|left|upright=.75|200px|Johns with [[Danny Kaye]] and [[Cecil Parker]] in 1955|thumb]]
In the 1950s, Johns enjoyed more film roles than any earlier decade. Her successes in ''Miranda'' (1948), ''Third Time Lucky'' (1949) and in other movies made her a household name, both in Britain and the United States; director Ken Annakin was an early admirer of her work.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 May 1948 |title=Miranda (1947) |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-teqbq7/miranda/ |work=Radio Times |location=Immediate Media Company |access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref>

Johns remained in "noir territory" with [[Sidney Gilliat]]'s 1950 [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] [[thriller film]] ''[[State Secret (1950 film)|State Secret]]'',<ref name="Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels"/> appearing alongside [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]] and [[Jack Hawkins]]; as Lisa Robinson, she was Fairbanks's love interest; the two cause havoc in a fictitious Eastern European country and ultimately flee to the US to start their new life together.<ref>{{cite book |last=Blottner |first=Gene |date=19 March 2015 |title=Columbia Noir: A Complete Filmography, 1940–1962 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l9B7BwAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |page=213 |isbn=9781476617619}}</ref> Johns supported [[Richard Todd]] in ''[[Flesh and Blood (1951 film)|Flesh and Blood]]'' the following year<ref name="America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies">{{cite book |last=Reid |first=John Howard |date=March 2006 |title=America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zCm5aNkafSYC |via=[[Google Books]] |page=99 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9781411678774}}</ref> and having previously declined parts in [[Cinema of the United States|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 a plane's air-worthiness are ignored.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fetrow |first=Alan G. |date=1999 |title=Feature Films, 1950–1959: A United States Filmography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0YpZAAAAMAAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |page=298 |isbn=9780786404278}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref name="Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels"/> Following this, she co-starred with [[David Niven]] in ''[[Appointment with Venus (film)|Appointment with Venus]]'' (1951) for director Ralph Thomas, which recreates a wartime mission to rescue a pedigree cow from the [[Nazi]]-occupied island of Amorel and in which Johns plays [[Channel Islands|Channel-Island]]er Nicola Fallaize.<ref name="David Niven: A Bio-bibliography">{{cite book |last=Fowler |first=Karin J. |date=1995 |title=David Niven: A Bio-bibliography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-goH8EEbKD8C |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |page=116 |isbn=9780313280443}}</ref> She was one of several names in the 1951 [[anthology film]] ''[[Encore (1951 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 [[Technicolor|Technicolour]] [[biographical drama film]] ''[[The Magic Box]]'' of the same year.<ref>{{cite book |last=Slide |first=Anthony |author-link=Anthony Slide |date=18 January 2013 |title=Fifty Classic British Films, 1932–1982: A Pictorial Record |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zu1zw2ugvTsC |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Dover Publications |page=79 |isbn=9780486148519}}</ref> As May, Johns is introduced to cinema pioneer [[Robert Donat]]'s William Friese-Greene by [[Richard Attenborough]]'s Jack Carter.<ref name="Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels"/> In ''[[The Card (1952 film)|The Card]]'' (1952), a "droll" adaptation of [[Arnold Bennett]]'s [[The Card|eponymous novel]],<ref name="Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels"/> she was [[Alec Guinness]]' main love interest, dance teacher Ruth Earp, about which ''[[The New York Times]]' ''[[Bosley Crowther]] wrote, "Miss Johns' self-propelling young lady is a bundle of feminine guile."<ref>{{cite news |date=29 October 1952 |title=Alec Guinness and Glynis Johns Play a Crafty Pair in 'The Promoter' at Fine Arts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/10/29/archives/the-screen-in-review-alec-guinness-and-glynis-johns-play-a-crafty.html |work=The New York Times |location=New York |access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> ['The Blue Lamp' (1950) is included in Glynis Johns' filmography. This is incorrect. She is not listed in the cast, either credited or uncredited.]

Johns made her television debut in 1952 with [[Fletcher Markle]]'s [[Emmy Award]]-winning series ''Little Women''. She appeared in just one episode: season four's "Lilly, the Queen of the Movies" as Lily Snape.<ref>[https://www.movieposterdb.com/studio-one-i40051?v=groups Studio One 1948] Full Cast and Crew</ref> 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 the 1956 episodes "The Sealed Room" as Lou McNamara, and "The Girl in Blue Jeans" as the Girl - Susan Tracey),<ref>[https://watch.plex.tv/person/glynis-johns Glynis Johns] on [[Plex (company)|Plex]]</ref> [[CBS]]'s anthology series ''[[Schlitz Playhouse of Stars]]'' (in the 1957 episode "The Dead Are Silent"),<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1958 |title=Cue: The Weekly Magazine of New York Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6swvAQAAIAAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Cue Publishing Company |page=38}}</ref> and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s variety and drama series ''[[The Frank Sinatra Show (1957 TV series)|The Frank Sinatra Show]]'' (in the 1958 episode "Face of Fear" as Christine Nolan).<ref>{{IMDb name|0424318}}</ref>

Johns was reunited with Richard Todd for two swashbucklers made for [[Walt Disney]]: ''[[The Sword and the Rose]]'' (1953), directed by Ken Annakin, and ''[[Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue]]'' (1953).<ref>{{cite book |last=Lloyd-Jones |first=Robin |author-link=Robin Lloyd-Jones |date=15 August 2013 |title=The Sunlit Summit: The Life of W. H. Murray |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hHf3DwAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Sandstone Press Limited |page=Contents |isbn=9781908737397}}</ref> At the same time, she made ''[[Personal Affair]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Scheuer |first=Steven H. |date=1990 |title=Movies on TV and Videocassette, 1991-1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0UcCmNkNL8kC |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |page= |isbn=9780553288018}}</ref> 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 the Wicked]]'' alongside [[Diana Dors]] and [[Rachel Roberts (actress)|Rachel Roberts]], playing an upper-class prisoner, Jean Raymond, who was framed by her friend and for which Johns was widely praised.<ref name="Films and Filming: Volume 19, Issue 3 ">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1973 |title=Films and Filming: Volume 19, Issue 3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EvsTAQAAMAAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[Hansom Books]] |page=26}}</ref> Johns did another for Annakin, ''[[The Seekers (1954 film)|The Seekers]]'' (1954),<ref>{{cite book |last=Brookes |first=Geoff |date=15 September 2015 |title=Swansea in the 1950s: Ten Years that Changed a City |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=guEgCwAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[Amberley Publishing]] |page=Contents |isbn=9781445639581}}</ref> then co-starred with [[Robert Newton]] in ''[[The Beachcomber (1954 film)|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 the Welcome Islands.<ref name="Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels"/> For both, she was paid £12,500 a picture.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217259234 |title=Croaky-voiced actress in big roles |newspaper=[[Brisbane Telegraph]] |location=Queensland, Australia |date=29 October 1953 |access-date=7 July 2020 |page=23 (LATE CITY) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

In 1954, Johns was one of five judges to oversee the finals 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.<ref>[https://britishpathe.com/video/VLVA55HHPTCW0AVE4HB6OGCXK2NW6-HOYLAKE-GIRL-IS-NATIONAL-BATHING-BEAUTY-GLYNIS-JOHNS-IS-AMONG/query/Glynis Hoylake Girl Is National Bathing Beauty Glynis Johns Is Among Judges In Final Of National Bathing Beauty Contest. 1954] on [[British Pathé]]</ref>
[[File:Glynis Johns with baby on stage.png|right|upright=.75|200px|Johns with baby in ''[[The Court Jester]]'' (1955)|thumb]]
[[Ralph Thomas]]'s 1954 Technicolor comedy film ''[[Mad About Men]]'' starred Johns alongside actors [[Donald Sinden]] and [[Anne Crawford]] in this sequel to ''Miranda''.<ref name="Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide">{{cite book |last=Drew |first=Bernard A. |date=4 December 2013 |title=Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8uhJAgAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |page=223 |isbn=9781317928942}}</ref> Johns starred as Jo Luton in [[Roy Boulting]]'s 1955 comedy ''[[Josephine and Men]]'', a [[romantic comedy]] film in which [[Jack Buchanan]]'s Uncle Charles Luton examines his niece's relationships,<ref name="Daily Graphic: Issue 2057, May 6, 1957">{{cite book |last=Therson-Cofie |first=M. |date=4 May 1957 |title=Daily Graphic: Issue 2057, May 6 1957 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yt1mAAAAcAAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Graphic Communications |page=6}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/the-court-jester/ |title=The Court Jester 1955 |website=Letterboxd |access-date=19 October 2022 |quote=played with cunning precision by the wonderful Glynis Johns}}</ref> 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 (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Doctor's Orders]]" of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' aired in 2004, Johns made a surprise guest appearance when a clip of ''The Court Jester'' was shown on screen.<ref name="Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels"/>

Annakin used Johns again in ''[[Loser Takes All (film)|Loser Takes All]]'' (1956), in which she plays a newlywed who loses patience with her gambling husband played by [[Rossano Brazzi]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hume |first1=Alan |author-link=Alan Hume |last2=Owen |first2=Alan |date=5 May 2004 |title=A Life Through the Lens: Memoirs of a Film Cameraman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uh6hBAAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers]] |page=196 |isbn=9780786418039}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=25 August 1980 |title=New York Magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uuUCAAAAMBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=New York Media, LLC |page=106}}</ref> She was one of the many actors who made cameos in ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' (1956), appearing alongside [[Hermione Gingold]] in the closing scenes.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schiltz |first=Francoise |date=4 May 2012 |title=The Future Revisited: Jules Verne on Screen in 1950s America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oL61BAAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Andrews UK Limited |page=Contents |isbn=9780957112858}}</ref> Alongside [[Cameron Mitchell (actor)|Cameron Mitchell]], Johns starred in the 1957 Technicolor [[melodrama]] film ''[[All Mine to Give]]'', based on the novel by Dale Eunson and his wife [[Katherine Albert]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Myrtle Tews |last2=Mitchell |first2=Bette |last3=Lind |first3=Marjorie |last4=Scoville |first4=Rogene |date=2004 |title=Roots and Rushes: Town of Nepeuskun and Extras |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U30vAQAAMAAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=EP-DIRECT |page=291}}</ref> Johns returned to Britain to make ''[[Another Time, Another Place (1958 film)|Another Time, Another Place]]'' (1958) with [[Lana Turner]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Juroe |first=Charles |date=19 July 2018 |title=Bond, the Beatles and My Year with Marilyn: 50 Years as a Movie Marketing Man |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S69mDwAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers]] |page=81 |isbn=9781476675107}}</ref> and starred as Kitty Brady in ''[[Shake Hands with the Devil (1959 film)|Shake Hands with the Devil]]'' (1959).

In the [[West End theatre|West End]], Johns starred in two 1950 productions: ''Fools Rush In'' at the [[Fortune Theatre]] and ''The Way Things Go'' at the [[Phoenix Theatre, London|Phoenix Theatre]].<ref name="Glynis Johns on Theatricalia"/> She made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in 1952 when given the title role in five productions of the [[Enid Bagnold]] comedy ''Gertie''.<ref>[https://masterworksbroadway.com/artist/glynis-johns/ Glynis Johns] on [[Masterworks Broadway]]</ref> 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]]''.<ref>[https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/906534e0-4096-0130-ca3d-58d385a7bbd0 Glynis Johns in the 1956 Broadway revival of G. B. Shaw's Major Barbara] on [[New York Public Library|New York Public Library Digital Collections]]</ref>

===1960–1969: ''Mary Poppins'' and other roles ===
[[File:Glynis Johns - still.jpg|Johns in 1953|thumb|left|upright]]
In 1960, Johns starred as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown in [[Godfrey Grayson]]'s mystery film ''[[The Spider's Web (1960 film)|The Spider's Web]]'', a screen adaptation of the [[Spider's Web (play)|eponymous 1954 play]] by [[Agatha Christie]], and for which American author [[Matthew Bunson]] wrote, "Despite its very modest budget, ''The Spider's Web'' was able to attract the considerable talents of Glynis Johns."<ref>{{cite book |last=Bunson |first=Matthew |author-link=Matthew Bunson |date=September 2000 |title=The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R3syC8weGO8C |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[Gallery Books]] |page=309 |isbn=9780671028312}}</ref> Johns had a supporting role in ''The Sundowners'' (1960), for which ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that "Glynis Johns is a vivacious delight",<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=31 December 1959 |title=The Sundowners |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R3syC8weGO8C |work=Variety |location=Variety Media, LLC. |isbn=9780671028312 |access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref> with ''The New York Times''{{'}} [[Bosley Crowther]] adding that her role as the Australian landlady Mrs. Firth (which earned her an Oscar nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]) was "played richly" and with effervescence.<ref>{{cite news |date=9 December 1960 |title=Film on Australians Opens at Music Hall |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/12/09/archives/film-on-australians-opens-at-music-hall.html |work=The New York Times |location=New York |access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> In 1962, Johns starred as a nun on [[Dr. Kildare]], helping a sick roommate decide on surgery while having medical issues herself.    Johns starred in the remake of ''[[The Cabinet of Caligari]]'' (1962) as the easily offended and oft-frightened Jane Lindstrom,<ref name="Psychiatry and the Cinema">{{cite book |last1=Gabbard |first1=Glen O. |author-link1=Glen Gabbard |last2=Gabbard |first2=Krin |date=1999 |title=Psychiatry and the Cinema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D42m3IIrEDoC |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[American Psychiatric Association|American Psychiatric Press]] |page=90|isbn=9780880489645 }}</ref> and she was one of four stars in the 1962 [[Technicolor]] drama film ''[[The Chapman Report]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Vollmar |first=James |date=28 January 2015 |title=Juke Box Karma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tPZMBgAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Troubador Publishing Limited |page=31 |isbn=9781784621100}}</ref> While filming her first scene in the ''Chapman Report'' with director [[George Cukor]], he kicked her in 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 Cukor and she later laughed about it, and he noted she was "wonderful in the picture."<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFr63dHEhkA |title=Glynis Johns, George Cukor--1972 TV Interview, A Little Night Music |date=6 January 2018 |publisher=Alan Eichler |access-date=16 August 2024 |via=YouTube}}</ref> The following year, Johns supported [[Jackie Gleason]] in [[George Marshall (director)|George Marshall]]'s adaptation of the eponymous [[Corinne Griffith]] memoir ''[[Papa's Delicate Condition]]'', a role described by Jeffrey Kauffman as "neatly understated".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/33908 |title=Papa's Delicate Condition |date=1 July 2008 |website=DVD Talk |publisher=DVDTalk |access-date=19 October 2022 |quote=as well as a neatly understated turn by Johns}}</ref>

''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' (1964) is considered Walt Disney's crowning live-action achievement, and is the only one of his films to earn a [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] nomination during his lifetime.<ref>{{cite episode|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/walt-disney/|title=Walt Disney|series=[[American Experience]]|season=27|number=4–5|publisher=[[PBS]]|date=September 2015|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-date=21 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421164454/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/walt-disney/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 is completely dedicated.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/saving-mr-banks.php|title= Saving Mr. Banks True Story|publisher= History vs. Hollywood|access-date= 9 September 2020|archive-date= 19 September 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200919083524/https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/saving-mr-banks.php|url-status= live}}</ref> 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 prosuffrage [[protest song]] [[pastiche]], was written in 1964 with her in mind.<ref>{{cite book|first = David | last = Koenig |date=1997 |title=Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation & Theme Parks |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s7Wc6CVOxgkC |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Bonaventure Press |page=128 |isbn=9780964060500}}</ref> "Johns 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&nbsp;... she comes in strongly as a singing actor."<ref>{{cite news |last=Powers |first=James |date=27 August 1974 |title='Mary Poppins': THR's 1964 Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/mary-poppins-review-1964-movie-1168686/ |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref> The role earned her the [[Laurel Awards|Laurel Award for Best Female Supporting Performance]].

The following year, Johns was cast in Henry Koster's [[DeLuxe Color]] [[Children's film|family]] comedy ''[[Dear Brigitte]]''<ref>{{cite book |last=Rowan |first=Terry |date=30 August 2015 |title=Motion Pictures From the Fabulous 1960's |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XbNkCgAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Lulu.com |page=44 |isbn=9781329436985}}</ref> as the aesthete Vina, wife of [[James Stewart]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Rowan |first=Terry |date=27 March 2017 |title=The Kings & Queens of Hollywood Comedy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wkutDgAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |page=81 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9781365853647}}</ref> with whom she had first acted 14 years earlier in ''No Highway in the Sky''. She appeared in various character roles in the 1968 American comedy film ''[[Don't Just Stand There!]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Willis |first=John |date=1969 |title=Screen World: 1969 · Volume 20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k1LnvFcRzfQC |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[Crown Publishers]] |page=95 |isbn=9780819603104}}</ref> written by [[Charles Williams (American author)|Charles Williams]], and the 1969 British comedy film ''[[Lock Up Your Daughters (1969 film)|Lock Up Your Daughters]]'', directed by [[Peter Coe (director)|Peter Coe]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Gifford |first=Denis |author-link=Denis Gifford |date=April 2016 |title=British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set – The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film · Volume 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1c7eCwAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Taylor & Francis |page=498|isbn=9781317740636}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title =[[Walt's Time: from before to beyond]] | first=Robert B.| last =Sherman| location =Santa Clarita | publisher =Camphor Tree Publishers | date =1998 | page =50}}</ref>

[[File:Mary Poppins10.jpg|thumb|Johns as Winifred Banks in the trailer of ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' (1964)]]

Johns was cast in 1961 in the ABC/[[Warner Bros.]] crime drama ''[[The Roaring 20's (TV series)|The Roaring 20s]]''. She portrayed Kitty O'Moyne, an Irish immigrant who falls overboard into the harbour as she arrives in the United States.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1963 |title=Down Beat: Volume 30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S98JAQAAMAAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Maher Publications |page=45}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |date=2009 |title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2007: A-E |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WhsqAQAAIAAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=McFarland |page=302 |isbn=9780786433056}}</ref> On 5 August 1963, ''[[Vacation Playhouse]]'' premiered the episode "Hide and Seek" as the pilot of her eponymous CBS television series ''[[Glynis (TV series)|Glynis]]''. The original working title for the series was ''The Glynis Johns Show''; in it, Johns played the neophyte mystery writer and amateur sleuth Glynis Granvile.<ref name="Single Season">{{cite book |last=Leszczak |first=Bob |date=2 November 2012 |title=Single Season Sitcoms, 1948–1979: A Complete Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UvE6snvtSesC |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |page=58 |isbn=9780786468126}}</ref> 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 (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' and [[Bill Cullen]]'s ''[[The Price Is Right (1956 American game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' game show on ABC, the programme was cancelled after 13 episodes.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Leszczak|first1=Bob|title=Single Season Sitcoms, 1948–1979: A Complete Guide|date=2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786493050|page=58|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LaUqwWnpHLwC&q=%22Glynis+Johns+Show%22&pg=PA58|access-date=12 August 2017|language=en}}</ref> In 1965, when CBS reran the series as a summer replacement for ''[[The Lucy Show]]'', ''Glynis'' ranked number six in the [[Nielsen ratings]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Brooks|first=Tim |author2=Marsh, Earle F.|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present |publisher=Ballantine Books|date=17 October 2007|edition=9|pages=543|isbn=978-0-345-49773-4}}</ref> Johns remained busy on screen, appearing as Steffi Bernard in the episode "Who Killed Marty Kelso?" of ABC's [[detective fiction|detective]] series ''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]'' opposite [[Gene Barry]].<ref name="Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels"/> In 1967, she appeared in four episodes of the ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' television series as villainess Lady Penelope Peasoup, one-half of the evil duo with [[Rudy Vallée]] as her brother Lord Marmaduke Ffogg.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bickford-Swarthout |first=Doris |date=2008 |title=Rudy Vallee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OtmFDwAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=BearManor Media |page=}}{{page needed|date=January 2024}}</ref>

On stage, Johns played an invalid gentlewoman in Broadway's ''[[Too True to Be Good]]'' in 1963.<ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/Gertie-321154/cast Gertie Broadway Original Cast] at [[BroadwayWorld]]</ref> 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 wrote, "The heavens must have blessed us, for we received 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]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Gordon |first=S. Stanley |date=25 February 2011 |title=My Two Wives and Three Husbands |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hppv3L8EJfIC |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Savant Books and Publications |page=144|isbn=9780982998786 }}</ref> From 1969 and into the 1970s, Johns turned increasingly to stage work, appearing first in ''A Talent to Amuse'' (1969).<ref name="Glynis Johns on Theatricalia"/>

===1970–1979: ''A Little Night Music'' and acclaim ===
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 the early 1970s; from 27 January 1970 to September 1970, she was in ''Come As You Are'' at London's [[New Theatre (London)|New Theatre]] and [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]], and from 6 March 1972 to 12 March 1972, she was in ''Marquise'' at the [[Bristol Hippodrome]] in England.<ref name="Glynis Johns on Theatricalia"/>

In 1972 and 1973, Johns narrated several [[fairy tale]]s and other children's classics for [[Caedmon Records]], the record label imprints of [[HarperCollins Publishers]]. These included [[Peter Pan]] and [[Snow White]].<ref name="Glynis Johns - Discography"/> Some were released years later.<ref>[https://soundcloud.com/hannah-adams-burque/sets/frances Frances Stories by Russell Hoban – read by Glynis Johns] on [[SoundCloud]]</ref>

In 1973, Johns was in the original cast of ''[[A Little Night Music]]'', written by Stephen Sondheim, which premiered on 25 February at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] in New York City. The song "[[Send In the Clowns]]" was written with her in mind.<ref name = Gussow>{{cite news | last = Gussow | first = Mel | title = Send In the Sondheim; City Opera Revives 'Night Music,' as Composer Dotes | work = The New York Times | date = 11 March 2008 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E7D6163EF932A25750C0A9659C8B63 | access-date = 10 June 2008}}</ref> 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 is over, simply because he doesn't want to be away from us. I think he falls in love with his company."<ref name="Johns Hits a High Note"/> 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]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Laufe |first=Abe |date=1977 |title=Broadway's Greatest Musicals |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQ_FT0wabokC |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[Funk & Wagnalls]] |page=417 |isbn=9780308103177}}</ref> Sondheim referred to her vocal qualities as a "rumpled bed";<ref name="tcm"/> as [[Anthony Tommasini]] put it in ''The New York Times'': "Stephen Sondheim composed his most famous song, 'Send In the Clowns,' for an actress with virtually no voice, Glynis Johns, and few genuine singers have performed it as effectively."<ref>{{cite news |date=24 September 1995 |title=How to Succeed in Show Business by Really Singing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/24/theater/recordings-view-how-to-succeed-in-show-business-by-really-singing.html |work=The New York Times |location=New York |access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref>

Following this, Johns starred in [[Joseph Hardy (director)|Joseph Hardy]]'s production of ''[[Ring Round the Moon]]'' at the Center Theatre Group,<ref>{{cite book |last=Willis |first=John A. |author-link=John A. Willis |date=1974 |title=John Willis' Theatre World: Volume 31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pxBlAAAAMAAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[Crown Publishers]] |page=190}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Loynd |first=Roy |date=31 July 1987 |title=RING ROUND MOON' AT COLONY STUDIO |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-31-ca-201-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |location=Los Angeles, United States |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> Los Angeles, from 1 April 1975 to 10 May 1975, with [[Michael York]]. From 17 March 1976, she starred in [[Peter Dews (director)|Peter Dews]]' production of ''[[13 Rue de l'Amour]]'' at the Phoenix Theatre in London with film and stage actor [[Louis Jourdan]]. This production was held at the [[Theatre Royal, Norwich|Theatre Royal]] in Norwich; it closed on 8 May 1976. From 1977 to March 1978, Johns starred as Alma Rattenbury in ''[[Cause Célèbre (play)|Cause Célèbre]]'', touring [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] in London and [[Leicester Haymarket Theatre]] among other locations.<ref name="Glynis Johns on Theatricalia">{{cite web |url=https://theatricalia.com/person/ps6/glynis-johns |title=Glynis Johns Past Productions|date=20 May 1990 |website=Theatricalia |publisher=Matthew Somerville |access-date=19 October 2022 |quote= Alma Rattenbury, Cause Célèbre 1977 – March 1978, Her Majesty's Theatre, London and Haymarket Theatre, Leicester. Leontine, 13 Rue de L'Amour, Forum Theatre Billingham, Paul Elliott Entertainments Ltd, Starchoice Season Ltd, and Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd January – 8th May 1976, Phoenix Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Norwich, and other locations.}}</ref> She was nominated for a [[Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play]] and won a [[Variety, the Children's Charity|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."<ref>[https://therealchrisparkle.com/tag/cause-celebre/ Yet More Theatre Reminiscences – November 1977 to February 1978] (Cause Célèbre – Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 27 February 1978) "I remember this as a riveting play – the first time I had seen a courtroom drama and you should never underestimate how exciting they can be. Glynis Johns was superb as Alma Rattenbury, and Lee Montague and Bernard Archard were fantastic as the opposing barristers."</ref>

Johns' film roles of the 1970s included playing Myfanwy Price in [[Andrew Sinclair]]'s 1972 drama film [[Under Milk Wood (1972 film)|''Under Milk Wood'']] opposite [[Richard Burton]] and [[Elizabeth Taylor]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Mark |last2=Earnshaw |first2=Tony |date= 15 September 2014|title=Under Milk Wood Revisited: The Wales of Dylan Thomas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YKqlBAAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Amberley Publishing |isbn=9781445637389}}</ref> Eleanor Critchit in [[Roy Ward Baker]]'s 1973 horror [[anthology film]] ''[[The Vault of Horror (film)|The Vault of Horror]]'' (in the segment "The Neat Job", a tale of marital discord), Swallow in the 1974 short-film adaptation of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[The Happy Prince (1974 film)|The Happy Prince]]'',<ref name="tvguide"/> and Mrs. Amworth in the 1977 British-Canadian horror anthology film ''Three Dangerous Ladies'', a reprisal of the role.<ref>{{cite book |last=Maxford |first=Howard |date=30 June 2022 |title=TV Gothic: The Golden Age of Small Screen Horror |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnp4EAAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |page=279 |isbn=9781476645537}}</ref> Of her original performance as Mrs. Amworth in the eponymous 1975 short film, Ian Holloway on Wyrd Britain wrote, "the titular lady" is "played with flamboyant aplomb by the fabulous Glynis Johns."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2019/09/mrs-amworth.html |title= Mrs Amworth |last=Johns |first=Ian |date=8 September 2019 |website=Wyrd Britain |access-date=19 October 2022 |quote=the titular lady – played with flamboyant aplomb by the fabulous Glynis Johns}}</ref>

===1980–1999: Final roles ===
[[File:Noel Coward 13 Allan Warren.jpg|left|upright=.75|Playwright [[Noël Coward]], in whose plays Johns frequently starred |thumb]]
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| quote = 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.
| source = — Glynis Johns<ref name="LA Times 1991"/><br />''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', 17 April 1991}}
Johns appeared in Noël Coward's comic play ''[[Hay Fever (play)|Hay Fever]]'' as Judith Bliss from 4 August 1981 to 10 October 1981 at the [[Yvonne Arnaud Theatre]] in [[Guildford]] and the [[Theatre Royal, Nottingham|Theatre Royal]] in [[Nottingham]]. This was her fourth role in a Noël Coward production.<ref name="Glynis Johns on Theatricalia"/> From 20 November 1989 to 20 May 1990, she starred as Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney in [[W Somerset Maugham]]'s Broadway romance ''[[The Circle (play)|The Circle]]'' at the [[Ambassador Theatre (New York City)|Ambassador Theatre]] in New York City.<ref name="Glynis Johns on Theatricalia"/>

Johns' screen work of the 1980s took second place to her work on stage.<ref name="Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels"/> In 1982, she was cast as Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan in the American-British [[Biographical film|biographical]] television film ''[[Little Gloria... Happy at Last]]'' with [[Lucy Gutteridge]] in the leading role of [[Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt]].<ref name="The Girl Who Walked Home Alone: Bette Davis A Personal Biography">{{cite book |last=Chandler |first=Charlotte |author-link=Charlotte Chandler |date=9 December 2008 |title=The Girl Who Walked Home Alone: Bette Davis A Personal Biography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ZuA3i0ICP4C |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |page=Contents |isbn=9781847396983}}</ref> Johns had a starring role in ''[[Nukie]]'' (1987), a [[Cinema of South Africa|South African]] [[science-fiction film]] in which she played the decisive Sister Anne alongside actors [[Anthony Morrison]], [[Steve Railsback]], and Ronald France.<ref name="NUKIE">{{Cite magazine|title=NUKIE|url=https://ew.com/article/1993/12/03/nukie/|access-date=21 May 2021|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|language=en|archive-date=4 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204002504/https://ew.com/article/1993/12/03/nukie/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nukie|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/509168/nukie|access-date=21 May 2021|website=Turner Classic Movies|language=en}}</ref> In 1988, Johns provided 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.<ref name="The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons">{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/321/mode/2up |page=321}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Browning |first1=John Edgar |last2=Picart |first2=Caroline Joan (Kay) |author-link1=John Edgar Browning |author-link2=Caroline Joan S. Picart |date=10 January 2014 |title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32-FBgZ1Ct4C |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |page=155 |isbn=9780786462018}}</ref> 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, the wealthy grandmother of [[protagonist]] Phoebe (played by [[Alexandra Johnes]]) and an egoist with a deeply competitive streak.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/15/movies/review-film-tangled-childhood-in-zelly-and-me.html |title=Review/Film; Tangled Childhood in 'Zelly and Me' |first=Vincent |last=Canby |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 April 1988 |access-date=30 August 2012}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Cheers TV Show: A Comprehensive Reference">{{cite book |last=Bjorklund |first=Dennis |date=September 2014 |title=Cheers TV Show: A Comprehensive Reference |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pEN6sTeG20AC |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Praetorian Publishing |page=294 |isbn=9780967985237}}</ref> In 1985, Johns played Bridget O'Hara in the episode "Sing a Song of Murder" of CBS's crime drama television series ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', working again with [[Angela Lansbury]].<ref name="Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels"/> From 1988 to 1989, she played Trudie Pepper, a senior citizen living in an [[Arizona]] retirement community, in the television sitcom ''[[Coming of Age (1988 TV series)|Coming of Age]]'', also on CBS.<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=203|edition=2nd}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Glynis Johns - Discography">[https://www.discogs.com/artist/913247-Glynis-Johns Glynis Johns – Discography] on [[Discogs]]</ref><ref>[https://openlibrary.org/works/OL9160347W/Bargain_for_Frances_and_Other_Frances_Stories?edition=key%3A/books/OL11334438M Bargain for Frances and Other Frances Stories] at [[Open Library]]</ref>

In 1991, Johns returned to ''A Little Night Music'' aged 68, this time playing Madame Armfeldt, 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 City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/glynis-johns-opens-footes-coffin-in-egypt-at-bay-street-june-17-com-76060|title=Glynis Johns Opens Foote's Coffin in Egypt at Bay Street June 17 – Playbill|website=Playbill|date=17 June 1998}}</ref>

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 Special]]s'' (in the short "The Secret Garden", which aired on 5 November 1994).<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111105/?ref_=tt_ch The Secret Garden, Episode aired Nov 5, 1994 TV-Y 1h 9m] on [[IMDb]]</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Marill |first=Alvin H. |date=2003 |title=More Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television, 1993–2001 · Volume 2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JaQYAQAAIAAJ |location=[[Google Books]] |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |page=499 |isbn=9780810845367}}</ref>

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 (film)|While You Were Sleeping]]''<ref name="tvguide"/> and the waspish Grandma Rose in [[Ted Demme]]'s 1994 [[black comedy film]] ''[[The Ref]]''. Of this role, Caution Spoilers' Sarah noted, "Glynis Johns as the awful Rose is terrific"; her character was often at odds with her son Lloyd Chasseur, played by [[Kevin Spacey]].<ref>{{cite magazine |date=3 December 2016 |title=Review of The Ref |url=https://www.cautionspoilers.com/film-reviews/the-ref/ |magazine=Caution Spoilers |location=Caution Spoilers |publisher=WordPress |access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> In 1998, Johns was named a [[Disney legend]] in the film category.<ref>{{cite web|website=D23|publisher=Disney|url-access=subscription |access-date=26 January 2017|url=https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/Glynis-Johns|title=Glynis Johns}}</ref> Her last film appearance was as the grandmother of [[Molly Shannon]]'s [[Mary Katherine Gallagher|Mary Gallagher]] in the 1999 film ''[[Superstar (1999 film)|Superstar]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Banks |first=Michelle |date=August 2000 |title=Magill's Cinema Annual |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yESJ8VgZZUcC |via=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Cengage Gale |page=480 |isbn=9780787629038}}</ref>