21 Celebs You Didn’t Know Were From Africa
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20. GLYNIS JOHNS
The British theatre and film actress is probably best known as Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music, a popular Broadway show for which she won a Tony. She is also noted for her role of Winifred Banks in Disney’s mega hit Mary Poppins.
Both of the roles featured songs written specifically for her, in whose writing she participated, and which are big hits even today, most notably “Sister Suffragette” and “Send in the Clowns.” Most people think that Johns is a British actress, and while it is true that she is of British origin, she was actually born in Africa, more precisely in Pretoria, South Africa. Johns’ parents were performers – her mother was a pianist and her father was a singer and an actor.
Johns was born while her parents were touring in South Africa but she didn’t spend much time there. Johns made a number of movies both in the UK and in Hollywood. The last movie she appeared in was Superstar in 1999, in which she played Molly Shannon’s character’s grandmother.
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