Eileen Heckart

Daigle in The Bad Seed. Glynis Johns is regarded as one of the most beautiful women of all time and has been the subject of countless magazine covers and pin-up posters throughout her career. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the 1972 movie, Butterflies are Free and was nominated in 1956 for her performance as the bereaved, besotted Mrs. She has been married four times, including a marriage to Anthony Forwood, father of her son Gareth and the former manager to Sir Dirk Bogarde. Eileen Heckart (March 29, 1919 - December 31, 2001) was an American actress. Able to undertake any role and with a career spanning seven decades, Glynis Johns is often cited as the "complete actress". She also is a trained pianist and singer.

Glynis Johns is an accomplished dancer, and was actually qualified to teach ballet at the age of ten. The song, "Send in the Clowns", was written with her in mind, and in 1973 she won a Tony award for her role in the musical. She has also appeared on television and on stage, most memorably in Stephen Sondheim's musical, A Little Night Music. Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins.

Another of her best known film roles was that of Mrs. She successfully made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in The Court Jester (1956) as Danny Kaye's love interest. In 1944 she appeared opposite her father in Halfway House, and in 1948 starred as a mermaid in Miranda (film). She made her film debut in 1938, in the movie version of Winifred Holtby's novel, South Riding.

Her mother, Alys Steele, was a concert pianist and her son, Gareth Forwood, is an actor. She is the daughter of the actor, Mervyn Johns, and her roots are in west Wales, although she happened to be born in Pretoria, South Africa, while her parents were on tour there. Glynis Johns (born October 5, 1923) is a British stage and film actress and dancer.