Connections

I like it when I can make an obscure connection.

Like this weekend. We decided to watch the movie Mary Poppins on Sunday afternoon, probably because we were playing the Disney version of Trivial Pursuit that my brother gave us for Christmas this year.

Anyway... when we were playing the game, one of the questions asked for the first name of Jane and Micael Banks' mother in the move Mary Poppins. Do you know the answer? Well, think about it for a minute while I continue.

As we watched the movie, I kept listening to Mrs. Banks' voice. It sounded familiar. VERY familiar. But I couldn't quite place it. About halfway through Mrs. Banks' second scene, I made the connection. It was the same voice as Maid Jean in The Court Jester! I quickly went online to IMDB (of course) and looked it up.

Glynis Johns played both Maid Jean in The Court Jester in 1955, and Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins in 1964. Her unique voice helped me figure out this connection.

So, do you know the answer to the question yet? Did you cheat? Did you look it up on IMDB, even though I purposefully didn't link to it?

Well, I lied. I'm not going to tell you!

I'm kidding. It's Winnifred. Mrs. Winnifred Banks.

And no, I'm not going to connect Glynis Johns to Kevin Bacon.