Glynis Johns (Johns) was a film and a stage actor. She is best known for creating the role of Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music on Broadway, for which she won a Tony Award. Johns's other movies are The Court Jester, Mad About Men, Glynis Johns was a film and stage actor. In both roles, she originated songs written specifically for her, including "Send in the Clowns", composed by Stephen Sondheim, and "Sister Suffragette", written by the Sherman Brothers.