Obit: Glynis Johns, 100, U.K. Actress of Note

Saw her at Citadel in 1978 in a strangely beautiful stage production of the black comedy film Harold and Maude. I daresay she was more sympathetic and classy than Ruth Gordon.
She stopped the production at one point to politely scold kids who were making too much noise. The bad kids shut up after that!
The show was directed by another famous Brit Peter Coe who also invited Peggy Ashcroft earlier to do Beckett’s Happy Days. It ended with large balloons being released. Quite a different take from the Hal Ashby movie!
Of course, before that, I remember her from the old Disney movies she made. She made quite the impression on me in the ’50s violent I.R.A. movie opposite James Cagney as his fellow-rebel love interest.
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