Sixty years ago, Mary Poppins flew from the skies above London into the lives of the Banks children, creating a classic family film. The film was an instant sensation upon release, and became an essential part of the Disney back catalog in the intervening decades. In the years that followed, Mary Poppins has inspired sequels, knock-offs, and even a parody episode The Simpsons.

But how much do you actually know about the people behind the iconic film? Read on to see how everyone’s lives turned out after the credits rolled – and which cast members are still with us.

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Mary Poppins was not only Julie Andrews’ first major film role, it is also the only film to earn Andrews an Oscar for Best Actress. Although already known as a live theater powerhouse, Poppins turned Andrews into a star who could also bring musicals to life on the big screen – a reputation that grew exponentially the following year, when she appeared as Maria in The sound of music.

She followed it up with a starring role in 1967 Thoroughly modern Milliebut throughout the 1970s, none of Andrews’ roles struck with the same force. She remedied that in 1982 with Victor/Victoriaa musical about an aging diva who performs a gender-bending cabaret act in 1930s Paris. The film, directed by Andrews’ husband Blake Edwards, was a hit and earned her her first Oscar nomination for Best Actress since the ’60s.

Although a botched voice operation left Andrews unable to sing in public in the late 1990s, she connected with a new generation of fans through her role in The princess diaries films, and appears today as a voice actor Bridgerton.

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Mary Poppins is the absolutely rare film from the 60s where both iconic leads are still with us! Before he played chimney sweep Bert, Van Dyke was already known as the star of The Dick Van Dyke Show. In the years that followed he played in 1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bangas well as some less successful comedies, and appeared as a regular cast member in The Carol Burnett Show.

After spending much of the ’80s as a popular guest star on TV dramas, he got his own crime procedural. Diagnosis: murderwhich ran from 1993 to 2001. In the 2000s he returned to the big screen, most notably in the film Night at the Museum movies; and in 2018 he played Mr. Dawes Jr Mary Poppins returns. Despite being almost 100 years old, Van Dyke continues to try new things – in 2023, at the age of 97, he became the oldest person to ever compete The Masked Singer and in 2024, the oldest person to win an Emmy at the age of 98. He will soon celebrate his 99th birthday on December 13.

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The daughter of two actors, Dotrice was drafted into the family business at the age of four and made her film debut in 1963 in The Three lives of Thomasinanext to her Mary Poppins brother Matthew Garber. After playing Jane Banks, she and Garber teamed up again for 1967 The Gnome Mobile. Later, ohShe appeared on her own in a number of British television programs in the 1970s. Her last film role was in 1978 The thirty-nine stepsa remake of the 1935 Hitchcock film.

Dotrice generally retired from acting in the 1980s, later saying this was because she was asked to do nude scenes when she felt she was too young; She has also since said that she regrets being a child actor, and that she would take back those experiences and have a normal childhood if she could. She made a cameo Mary Poppins returnsand she has done some voice acting for Disney spoken word adaptations. She now lives in California.

Of course, many cast members didn’t make it to the film’s 60th anniversary.

Tomlinson, who plays the irritable, yet secretly sweet Mr. Banks died on June 24, 2000 at the age of 83. Tomlinson became an icon of Disney’s live-action film, appearing in The love bug in 1969 and Bedknobs and broomsticks in 1971. In 1980, he retired from acting to spend more time with his family.

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Johns, who plays the volatile suffragette Mrs. Banks died in January 2024, at the age of 100 (!). Born in South Africa, Johns started out as a child actor, appearing on stage in a play in London at the age of 8. After appearing in numerous British comedies and thrillers in the 1940s, she headed to the United States, where she appeared in films such as the 1958 Lana Turner vehicle Another time, another place, and briefly starred in her own TV show, Glynis.

Mary PoppinHowever, this was not her last achievement: she played the role of Desiree in the Broadway musical A little night music. The song “Send in the Clowns” was written for her to sing, and she delivered – the role earned her a Tony for Best Actress. In the ’80s she focused on theater work, but made a memorable cameo as Diane’s mother Cheers. In the 1990s she appeared as a crazy grandmother in several films, the most memorable of which was in While you slept. Her last role was as a grandmother in the 1999 SNL-related film Superstar.

Hermoine Baddeley (died 1986)

Before she played Ellen, the Banks family’s maid, Baddeley had already been nominated for an Oscar – for the 1959 film Room at the top. But her biggest role might have arrived a decade later Maria Poppins. Baddeley won a Golden Globe in 1975 for her role in the film Maudwhere she played another girl (!). Her last film role was as the voice of Aunt Shrew in the 1982 cartoon The secrets of NIMH. She died in 1986, at the age of 79.

Matthew Garber (died 1977)

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Garber started acting after his real-life girlfriend Karen Doltrice’s father referred him to Disney’s talent department. He appeared in three films, each a Disney film in which he co-starred with Doltrice: 1963’s The three lives of Thomasina; Mary Poppinswhere he played the young Michael Banks; and a 1967 called The Gnome-Mobile. In 1976, Garber contracted hepatitis during a trip to India with his father. The disease spread throughout his body and he died in 1977, at the age of 21, of hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis.