Mary Poppins (character) 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, London, where she is given charge of the Banks children and teaches them valuable lessons with a magical touch. Travers gives Poppins the accent and vocabulary of a real London nanny: cockney base notes overlaid with a strangled gentility. Julie Andrews, who played the character in the 1964 film adaptation, won the
Mary Poppins Returns the air. Luckily, Mary Poppins descends from the clouds with the kite in hand. The kids, along with Mary Poppins, head back to the Banks' house, where Michael and Jane are astonished to see their old nanny. Michael agrees to let Mary Poppins stay at their house. Mary insists that the children should take a bath after playing in the park, and they disappear into the bathtub, exploring an underwater world ("Can You Imagine That?"). While in the nursery, the children come up with an idea to save their home by selling their mother's china bowl. However, an argument ensues