The cast included Glynis Johns ( Desiree Armfeldt ), Len Cariou ( Fredrik Egerman ), Hermione Gingold ( Madame Armfeldt ), Victoria Mallory, Judith Kahan, Mark Lambert, Laurence Guittard, Patricia Elliott, George Lee Andrews, and D. Jamin Bartlett.

When he discovered that the original Desiree, Glynis Johns, was able to sing ( she had a " small, silvery voice ") but could not " sustain a phrase ", he devised the song " Send in the Clowns " for her in a way that would work around her vocal weakness, e. g., by ending lines with consonants that made for a short cut-off.

" It is written in short phrases in order to be acted rather than sung ... tailor-made for Glynis Johns, who lacks the vocal power to sustain long phrases.

These greetings were written by: Sheila Hancock, Julia McKenzie, Milton Babbitt, Judi Dench, and Glynis Johns.

Sondheim wrote the song specifically for the actress Glynis Johns, who created the role of Desirée on Broadway.

Sondheim wrote the lyrics and music over a two-day period during rehearsals for the play's Broadway debut, specifically for the actress Glynis Johns, who created the role of Desirée.

The differences are illustrated and may be compared in the performances of Glynis Johns and Judi Dench with those of Judy Collins and Frank Sinatra.

* Glynis Johns personifies Desirée: She created the character on Broadway, and her interpretation highlights Desirée's regret and anger, for example, when she sings, " Isn't it rich?

" As Glynis Johns did in the U. S., Jean Simmons created Desirée for the U. K. stage in 1975 to similar effect.

** Glynis Johns, British actress

Another fictionalized version of Mary's marital adventures is portrayed in the 1953 Walt Disney film The Sword and the Rose starring Richard Todd and Glynis Johns.

The movie stars Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Ustinov, with a supporting cast including Glynis Johns, Dina Merrill, Michael Anderson, Jr., and Chips Rafferty.

The Sundowners was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role ( Deborah Kerr ), Best Actress in a Supporting Role ( Glynis Johns ), Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

* Glynis Johns as Mrs. Firth

Nineteen actors appearing in Zinnemann's films received Academy Award nominations for their performances: among that number are Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Glynis Johns, Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Wendy Hiller, Jason Robards, Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, Gary Cooper and Maximilian Schell.

The Sundowners ( 1960 ), starring Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr as an Australian outback husband and wife, led to more Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress ( Kerr ) and Best Supporting Actress ( Glynis Johns ), but won none.

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Glynis Leanne Nunn, OAM ( born 4 December 1960 ) is a former Australian heptathlete, the first Olympic champion in the event.

* Glynis Nunn ( born 1960 ), former Australian heptathlete

* Glynis Barber ( born 1955 ), British actress

Glynis Barber ( born 25 October 1955 ) is a South African actress of Afrikaner descent, born and brought up in South Africa.

She was born Glynis van der Riet.

Dame Glynis Marie Breakwell, DBE ( born 26 July 1952 ) is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath in Bath, England.

* October 25 – Glynis Barber, English actor

It stars Sandra Bullock as Lucy, a Chicago Transit Authority token collector and Bill Pullman as Jack, the brother of a man whose life she saves, along with Peter Gallagher as Peter, the man who is saved, and Peter Boyle, Glynis Johns, and Jack Warden as members of Peter's family.

The Court Jester is a 1956 musical-comedy film starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, and Angela Lansbury.

Disguised as an old man, he travels with Maid Jean ( Glynis Johns ), one of the Fox's lieutenants posing as his granddaughter, with whom he is in love and who has also fallen for him.

A light comedy, the film is about a beautiful and playful mermaid played by Glynis Johns and her effect on Griffith Jones.

Teasdale and flight attendant Marjorie Corder ( Glynis Johns ) both take a liking for Honey and Elspeth, who is lonely and isolated from her schoolmates.

After a long run of small roles in the B-pictures, his 1955 portrayal of the registrar in Roy Boulting's comedy Josephine and Men, " jerked him out of the rut ", according to Philip Oakes ; he appeared opposite Glynis Johns, Jack Buchanan, Donald Sinden and Peter Finch in the film.

She pursued her favorite subject-the female experience-in a number of films, including Street Corner ( 1953 ) about women police officers, Somerset Maugham's The Beachcomber ( 1954 ), with Glynis Johns as a resourceful missionary, and a series of comedies about the battle of the sexes, including The Passionate Stranger ( 1957 ), The Truth About Women ( 1958 ) and her final film, Rattle of a Simple Man ( 1964 ).

In 1969, it was made into a film starring Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, and Glynis Johns, but the songs were deleted.

Her " fairy tale films ", as she called them, started with The Mermaid ( 1911 ), in which she was the first actress to wear a swimmable mermaid costume on film, paving the way for future screen sirens such as Glynis Johns ( Miranda ), Esther Williams and Daryl Hannah ( Splash ).

In 1984, Tim Rutili moved from the suburb of Addison, IL to Chicago in order to attend film school, where he met bassist Glynis Johnson.

* The 1954 film, The Beachcomber, starred Robert Newton as Ginger Ted, Glynis Johns as Miss Jones, Donald Sinden as the Resident, and Paul Rogers as Reverend Jones.