Promotion for Mary Poppins Returns is currently underway, with stars Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda lighting up late-night talk shows with talk of the long-anticipated follow-up to the 1964 Disney classic. All of the hype for new Mary Poppins has us thinking a lot about pop culture nannies, from the whimsical umbrella-flying types to the in-way-over-their-head kind. Nannies are a special kind of character, adding delight and wonder to the lives of the children they care for. In honor of Mary Poppins Returns, we’ve assembled a list of some of our favorite movie nannies—the kinds of characters we wish had watched over us when we were young.

Mary Poppins from Mary Poppins

Aibileen Clark from The Help

Maria from The Sound of Music

Julie Andrews makes the list again as the iconic governess Maria from this 1965 musical classic. Maria is a formative influence on the young Von Trapp children, teaching them to sing and delight in the world around them. She’s also that rare nanny who later becomes their mother when she falls in love and marries Captain Von Trapp.

Shane Wolfe from The Pacifier

Vin Diesel is always wonderful, but we have a real soft spot for him in this 2005 comedy. As an undercover Navy Seal, Shane makes for an unlikely childhood companion, but he is soon won over by the Plummer children, learning valuable life lessons about love along the way.

Jane Eyre from Jane Eyre

This one’s a bit darker than anything else on the list, but the classic tale of a hard-willed English governess is an important inclusion. There are a number of film versions to pick from here, but we’re soft for the 1943 Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles version, which depicts Jane’s time at Thornfield Hall, and her relationship with Edward Rochester.Those are some of our favorite movie nannies. What are yours? Let us know below!

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