She may be one of cinema’s most famous suffragettes, but is Mary Poppins’ Mrs Banks really the perfect role model? “Good evening, Katie Nanna!” says Mrs Banks as she bursts through the ...
Most of us are introduced to women’s suffrage by Mary Poppins’ Winifred Banks, but how much of her rousing Sister Suffragette song do you actually remember? ‘Tis the season to scoff ...
This is a long way from the cosy, rather comical image of the Suffragette many of us grew up with, what I call the 'Mrs Banks' archetype, after the delightful but ditzy Mary Poppins' character. This ...
When anyone is asked who got women the right to vote in the UK, the response is almost always the suffragettes. So why have we forgotten about the suffragists? It may be because of their publicity ...
British actress Glynis Johns, known for her role as suffragette mother Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins, died in Los Angeles in ...
though it is a shame to see Winifred lose the suffragette zeal of her film counterpart. Pictures: Danny Kaan Cameron Mackintosh and Disney’s co-production of Mary Poppins delights in crowd ...
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 ...