Bert: Male, Age: 30s. The narrator of the story, is a good friend to Mary Poppins. An everyman, Bert has many occupations, including hurdy-gurdy player, sidewalk artist and chimney sweep. Bert watches over the children as well as the goings on in Cherry Tree Lane.
The film's songwriter, Disney Legend Robert B. Sherman, who co-wrote the songs for the film told us, “Originally Walt wanted to cast Bette Davis for the part of Mary Poppins. Davis was (Mary Poppins books author) Pamela Travers' first choice, too.
JANE BANKS – Pretty and attractive, exuberant, but willful and occasionally inclined to snobbishness. Maximum height 60” – 11 years old. ROBERTSON AY – Clumsy but good-hearted footman of the Banks household, he has problems following directions and is a knock-about comic character.
Mrs Banks is married to George Banks and is the mother of Jane, Michael, John, Barbara, and Annabel Banks. Her first name is never revealed in the books, but was given as Winifred in the film and the stage musical.
Winifred Banks is played by Glynis Johns in the Mary Poppins Disney film. In 1889 or 1890, Winifred Banks is wife to Mr. Banks and mother to Jane and Michael. She is very active in protesting for the Women's Votes suffragette movement and carries blue and white Women's Votes sashes with her which she hides from Mr.
Is There a Love Connection between Mary Poppins and Bert the Match-Man? The 1964 Disney movie Mary Poppins certainly suggests such an interpretation. However, Mary Poppins's author P.L. Travers had a different opinion and denied any romantic relationship between these two fictional characters.
It was in 1924, while Travers worked as a journalist at a London newspaper, that she came up with the idea for a novel about a whimsical-yet-stern nanny called Mary Poppins. The name, Travers told the BBC, came from the inscription "M. Poppins" written in the flyleaf of one of her favorite books as a child.
Where is Cherry Tree Lane? In the Mary Poppins books and films, the Banks family home is at number 17 Cherry Tree Lane. There is no Cherry Tree Lane in central London, but there are plenty of streets of Georgian houses which look like the Banks' – particularly in the affluent areas of Chelsea and Kensington.
Bert is a jack-of-all-trades with a Cockney accent. He never stays with one trade too long and adapts to current conditions. He is a long time friend of Mary Poppins, though their relationship is noted to be strictly platonic (but there are hints to suggest a more romantic interest between them).
Dawes Sr. is the main antagonist of the 1964 Disney film Mary Poppins and the overarching antagonist of its 2018 sequel Mary Poppins Returns. He was the former director of Fiduciary Fidelity Bank who served as George Banks's former boss until his death.
Mary Poppins and Bert were once husband and wife, before her tragic death. Obviously throughout the movie there is a semi-romantic relationship between Bert and Mary, albeit subtle.
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Jack, with a chorus of lamplighters, in Mary Poppins Returns. 4. Jack the Lamplighter and Bert the Chimney Sweep are connected in the great circle of Disney. Bert the Chimney Sweep, played by Dick Van Dyke in the original, does not appear in Mary Poppins Returns — he's out traveling the world.
They Are Both "Blue Bloods:" There is also a lyric from the song Jolly Holiday that Mary sings which goes, "Though you're just a diamond/ In the rough, Bert/ Underneath your blood is blue!" The term 'blue blood', as defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary, is "membership in a royal or socially important family."
Angela Lansbury as the Balloon Lady, a kindly old woman who sells balloons at the park. The part was written to be a cameo role for Julie Andrews who portrayed Mary Poppins in the original film, but she turned the role down as she felt her presence would unfairly take attention away from Emily Blunt.
Mary Poppins was a triumph at the 1965 Oscars, winning five awards and being nominated for eight others. So enduring is the film's legacy that it inspired a hit stage production that opened in 2004.
And finally, Walt Disney originally considered Angela Lansbury for the role of Mary Poppins before Julie Andrews was cast. Angela Lansbury recently appeared in Mary Poppins Returns.
James Banks, a CSGO commentator, has received some tragic news. His wife died while Banks was working at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, he announced on Twitter.
