IT could also be nearly 60 years since he high-kicked throughout the roofs of London to Chim Chim Cher-ee however Mary Poppins star Dick Van Dyke hasn’t forgotten his most iconic function.
The 97-year-old actor – who starred as chimney sweep Bert within the 1964 basic – was noticed this week in a jumper emblazoned with the phrases “Spoonful of Sugar”, in reference to one of many movie’s enduring songs.
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The endearing musical catapulted British actress Julie Andrews to fame and has been watched by generations of kids for nearly six a long time.
However what occurred to the remainder of the solid – from youngsters Michael and Jane to the marvellous Mrs Banks.
Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins
Amazingly, Mary Poppins was Julie’s movie debut, when she was 29 years outdated.
She gained the Greatest Actress Oscar for her function within the movie and went onto star in The Sound of Music the subsequent 12 months.
The completed singer and actress was devastated after a botched throat operation in 1999 left her unable to sing, and he or she later sued the US surgeons for an undisclosed quantity.
Julie turned down a cameo function within the 2018 reboot Mary Poppins Returns, starring Emily Blunt, reported to be value £790,000, telling director Rob Marshall: “That is Emily’s present and I would like her to run with this.”
However she continues to work on new initiatives, together with the hit film Aquaman and Netflix sequence Bridgerton, which she narrates.
She has an estimated web value of £35million and lives in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
Dick Van Dyke – Bert the chimney sweep
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Dick Van Dyke’s well-known ditty Chim Chim Cheer-ee gained the movie an Oscar for Greatest Unique Tune – whereas the function additionally helped him bag an element in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Now 97, the American actor has extra not too long ago starred in Evening At The Museum (2006) and Evening At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb (2014).
He made an emotional cameo in Mary Poppins Returns, switching roles to play Mr Dawes Jr, the son of the crotchety banker from the 1964 film,
Emily Blunt described his look as “completely transferring”and it additionally decreased director Rob to tears.
In 2012, dad-of-four Dick, who has seven grandchildren, married make-up artist Arlene Silver. He was 86 and he or she was 40.
Karen Dotrice – Jane Banks
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Karen Dotrice was simply 9 when she performed daughter Jane within the fashionable Disney film.
She later starred alongside her on-screen brother Michael (Matthew Garber) in The Gnome Cell and the 70s servant drama Upstairs Downstairs.
Now 67, Karen retired from the trade to concentrate on being a mum in 1984.
She has three youngsters from two marriages and made a short comeback with a cameo in Mary Poppins Returns.
David Tomlinson – Mr Banks
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David Tomlinson performed the dad George in Mary Poppins, then went onto star in 1968 movie The Love Bug and Bedknobs and Broomsticks, reverse Angela Landsbury, in 1971 .
The dad-of-four died in 2000, on the age of 83, following a sudden stroke.
He was posthumously named as a Disney Legend in 2002.
Glynis Johns – Mrs Banks
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Glynis Johns performed mum Winifred within the movie, with the Sherman brothers writing the feminist anthem Sister Suffragette particularly for her.
Now 99. the South African movie star, a mum-of-one, retired from showbiz in 1999.
Though she had a few film elements, together with the 1969 comedy Lock Up Your Daughters, most of Glynis’ profession was on the stage. She’s been married 4 occasions.
At nearly a century outdated, Glynis is now the oldest residing Oscar nominee in any class, having been nominated for the 1960 movie The Sundowners.
Matthew Garber – Michael Banks
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Matthew was simply eight when he starred as little Michael within the movie.
He went on to star in The Three Lives of Thomasina and The Gnome Cell, each alongside his on-screen sister Karen.
Tragically Matthew Garber died from hepatitis, which developed into pancreatitis, on the age of 21.
Co-star Karen paid tribute to the kid actor, saying: “He was how he seemed — an imp, and I cherished being his shadow.
“He cherished being naughty, discovering and leaping off of small buildings on the again lot. Whereas I used to be Victorian correct and would not let myself get soiled or muddy, Matthew had a terrific sense of enjoyable and hazard.
“He was a daredevil and will have been a race automotive driver. And he did stay a full life over his 21 years.”
