"Relatives cannot help you in the studios. You stand or fall by your own efforts. My father and I have only ever worked in one picture together – that was Halfway House – and the producer was casting a father and daughter. Perhaps it was natural that he chose us, but my father did not get me that job, neither did I get him his."
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As quoted in Picturegoer (28 September 1946)
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Glynis Johns
Glynis Margaret Payne Johns (5 October 1923 – 4 January 2024) was a British actress working in film, stage, and television whose career spanned eight decades. At the time of her death, she was one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood and classical years of British cinema.
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