Mary Poppins star Glynis dies at 100

ACTRESS Glynis Johns has died aged 100, it was announced last night.

- Christopher Bucktin

The Mary Poppins star's manager Mitch Clem said she died of natural causes at a care home in Los Angeles.

He said: "Today's a sad day for Hollywood. She is the last of the last of old Hollywood." Asked what it was like to turn 100. Glynis replied: "It doesn't make any difference to me. I've looked good at every age." The British actress was singing Suffragette Mrs Winifred Banks in the hit 1964 film Mary Poppins that starred Julie Andrews in the title role.

Perfectionist

But Glynis' greatest triumph was playing Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music, for which she won a Tony in 1973. Stephen Sondheim wrote the show's hit song Send In The Clowns to suit her distinctive husky voice - but she lost the part in the 1977 film version to Elizabeth Taylor.