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Glynis Johns, most famous for her role as the suffragette mother Mrs Winifred Banks in Disney’s Mary Poppins (1964), passed away last week at the age of 100.
Line illustrations by Mary Shepard © The Shepard Trust. Reproduced with permission from Curtis Brown Group Limited on behalf of The Shepard Trust
Born Christmas day, 1909, Mary Shepard greatly helped shape the image of Mary Poppins that carries through to today.
Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins Returns.
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The famous British nanny is already a hit in China – an official release of the sequel would be perfect.
Lin-Manuel Miranda plays Jack, a lamplighter, in the sequel to the original 1964 film.
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The lamps that once lit London’s streets have come to symbolize a certain time and place in British history.
Lin-Manuel Miranda (centre), Emily Blunt, Julie Walters, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, and Joel Dawson in Mary Poppins Returns (2018).
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Disney’s 1964 classic film had a suffragette theme, but it remains to be seen if the new version will celebrate votes for women.