Mad about Miss Johns

Today, 91 years ago the simply divine Welsh actress Glynis Johns was born - and, thankfully, she's still going strong.

Here's an extract from one of her campest moments on screen - as a mermaid (and in this clip, her "cousin" too)! To my eternal shame, I've never seen Mad About Men (nor the film to which it was a sequel, Miranda); and with a cast that features some sadly missed stalwarts of British film including Irene Handl, Deryck Guyler, (Sir) Donald Sinden, Dora Bryan and Dame Margaret Rutherford, I really think that I should get round to it one day...

Enjoy the fun:

Glynis Johns, Margaret Rutherford, Donald Sinden in Miranda

Happy birthday!

Glynis Johns (born 5th October 1923)

Altogether, three hundred and sixty years!

Eminent actor Sir Donald Sinden CBE (born 9th October 1923)



Much-impersonated motor racing commentator Murray Walker OBE (born 10th October 1923)



TV favourite Nicholas Parsons OBE (born 10th October 1923)

Three British "national treasures" who all coincidentally turned 90 years old this week. As they all seem to be in rude good health, I can't help but wonder what was in the water when they were born...

To serenade the partying granddads, here's a lady - also thankfully still with us - who is older than all of them (by just one week), the lovely Miss Glynis Johns and the original version of Send in the Clowns (which Sondheim wrote specifically for her):

Glynis Johns - Send In The Clowns

And here she is again as a young woman, playing a mermaid called Miranda alongside Margaret Rutherford and the aforementioned Mr Sinden - a clip notable for the rather camp ditty Mad About Men:

Glynis Johns, Margaret Rutherford, Donald Sinden in Miranda

Glynis Johns (born 5th October 1923)

Many happy returns, one and all!