Mary Poppins (character) better people, but is ultimately driven to alcoholism. Natalie Schafer (as Lovey Howell) plays a "Mary Poppins"-like character named Mary Poppedin in a dream sequence of the "Gilligan's Island" episode "And Then There Were None". Michael Rooker as Yondu in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (2017) shouts, "I'm Mary Poppins, y'all!" Mary Poppins (character) Mary Poppins is a fictional character and the eponymous protagonist of P. L. Travers's "Mary Poppins" books and all of their adaptations. A magical English nanny, she blows in on the East Wind and arrives at the Banks home at Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane,
Mary Poppins a neighbour of the Banks family who fires his cannon to mark the time; this version of the Admiral is far less salty and more of a proper, "Shipshape and Bristol fashion" kind of sailor, insistent on order and punctuality. In the original film he is portrayed by Reginald Owen; in the 2018 sequel, he is portrayed by David Warner". In the books, the Banks have three domestic workers in addition to Mary Poppins: Ellen, Mrs. Brill, and Robertson Ay. Ellen is the maid and although she loves the children, she hates having to look after them when there is