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TIL actress Glynis Johns originally thought she was being offered the role of Mary Poppins. To soften the blow of telling her she was being cast as Mrs. Banks, Walt Disney announced she'd get her own song, then quickly called the film's songwriters, who adapted a deleted song into Sister Suffragette

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