On January 5th, a few days ago, there was sad news from foreign media, in the golden age of Hollywood film, the once shining actress Glenys Johns passed away peacefully at the age of 100 in a nursing home in West Hollywood on Thursday, US time. Known as one of the few surviving stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, she is also a well-known Disney actress, who has participated in a series of classic films such as "Mary Poppins", and her acting career has lasted for 60 years, becoming the longest-lived representative of the Oscar Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actor and Actress nominees.
Gleneth was born into a family of acting people, and her father was a brilliant actor. She spent the months of her birth in Plitolia, South Africa, before the family returned to the UK. She stepped onto the big screen when she was a teenager and has accumulated a wealth of experience in stage performances. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film "Sunset," and her role as Mrs. Banksy in "Mary Poppins" became her most recognizable role.
Although Mrs. Banks was a housewife, she was full of feminist ideas and was never willing to be a vassal of her husband. In the movie, the children are carefully taught by Julie Andrews, the "fairy nanny". This blockbuster classic produced by Disney, although Julie Andrews won the Oscar for Best Actress for this film and became a big winner, but Gleneth is also loved by the audience.
Gleneth Johns's emotional journey is like a delicate drama that continues her long life journey. Four marriages, each of which is a unique landscape in her life, exudes charming colors. The first marriage was with Anthony Forwood, a gentleman who came out of nowhere during the rehearsals for "The Quiet Wedding". They were married in Westminster, London, in 1942, but the marriage ended in her divorce on June 25, 1948, due to "her husband's cheating".
Subsequently, Gleneth had a new encounter with producer Anthony Darnborough in "Encore". In June 1951, he proposed to her at the Sunningdale Golf Club in Windsor, which seemed to be the prelude to one of the most glamorous weddings in the entertainment industry. However, in the end, this tortuous relationship did not usher in the wedding bell, but the two still maintained a deep friendship, and she also appeared in his 1953 TV series "Private Matters".
The third husband was David Foster, an officer in the British Royal Navy and later president of Colgate's Palmolive. On February 1, 1952, they were married in Manhattan, New York. However, the marriage ended on May 17, 1956.
On October 10, 1960, Gleneth was married to businessman Cecil Henderson in Westminster, London. They ended their marriage on June 21, 1962, because Henderson filed for divorce on the grounds that the woman had cheated, and she chose to remain silent.
The last marriage was to Elliot Arnold, a writer and captain in the United States Air Force. They announced their engagement on June 25, 1964, and tied the knot in Los Angeles, California, on October 1. However, the marriage ended in 1973.
It is reported that all four of Johns's husbands died before her. Her third husband, Cecil Henderson, died in 1978, her fourth husband Elliot Arnold in 1980, Anthony Forwood in 1988, and her second husband, David Foster, died in 2010 in good health.
In the blink of an eye, in 2024, Gleneth passed away, and her death made fans feel sorry, and her acting skills and characters have always been unique in American cinema and have become one of the classic characters. May the light she left in film history shine forever. Hopefully, her family can draw strength from her rich acting career and keep the spirit of the legendary actress alive.