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Warning: light spoilers for Mary Poppins Returns ahead.

Mary Poppins Returns [2] is full of hidden references to the original film, but some of the sweetest nods to Mary Poppins [3] are appearances from the original cast. While Dick Van Dyke makes a memorable cameo as Mr. Dawes Jr. [4], the son of bank director Mr. Dawes from the original film, there is also a very quick cameo from the original Jane Banks, played by actress Karen Dotrice.

On set with the original Jane Banks, Karen Dotrice, watch for her surprise cameo...#MaryPoppinsDay [5] pic.twitter.com/1CP5GuiYhw [6]

— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) December 19, 2018 [7]

The cameo happens about halfway through the film, when Jane (Emily Mortimer) and Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda) are chatting outside the Banks home. As they awkwardly flirt with each other, a woman (Dotrice) approaches them and asks for directions to 19 Cherry Tree Lane. When they simultaneously tell her it's two doors down, she politely replies, "Many thanks, sincerely," giving a nod to the song "The Perfect Nanny" from the first film where Jane and Michael sign off their letter for a new nanny with, "Many thanks, sincerely, Jane and Michael Banks."

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Dotrice was only 9 years old when she played Jane in Mary Poppins in 1964 [9]. Though she went on to star in other films and movies, she has mostly retired from acting. However, she has attended a few Mary Poppins-related events over the years. In 2004, she was inducted as a Disney Legend, and in 2013, she attended the premiere of Saving Mr. Banks alongside Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews. Most recently she attended the premiere of Mary Poppins Returns.