who were the children in mary poppins

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Nature

The children in the original Mary Poppins film are Jane Banks and Michael Banks, the two young siblings Mary comes to look after in the Banks family home in London.

Character names

  • Jane Banks is the elder sister, portrayed in the 1964 Disney film by Karen Dotrice.
  • Michael Banks is the younger brother, portrayed in the film by Matthew Garber.

In the books

In the original book series by P. L. Travers, the Banks children include Jane and Michael plus younger twins John and Barbara and later a baby sister Annabel. However, only Jane and Michael appear as the children in the classic 1964 movie Mary Poppins.