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Glynis Johns, the actress, who has died aged 100, rose to fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s in a series of film comedies; she became best-known for playing the suffragette mother Mrs Banks in the Walt Disney classic Mary Poppins, while on stage her distinctive, husky voice – described by one critic as sounding like “a princess who is turning into a frog” – was perfect for Send in the Clowns in A Little Night Music, the Broadway hit for which she won a Best Musical Actress Tony award. ....
Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend! Based on Anita Loos’s 1925 bestseller of the same title and later adapted to the legendary Marilyn Monroe film, this iconic musical follows the glamorous and diamond-digging Lorelei Lee, a blonde from Little Rock, Arkansas, who sails to Paris with her fun-lovin' best friend Dorothy Shaw. En route, the girls meet a number of accommodating gentlemen, one who loses his diamond Tiara to Lorelei, and another who loses his heart to Dorothy. ....
Cari Beauchamp, who traced the powerful women of early Hollywood, dies at 74 washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.