Robert Stevenson
Robert Stevenson (31 March 1905, Buxton, Derbyshire – 30 April 1986) was an English film writer and director. He was educated at Cambridge University where he became the president of both the Liberal Club and the Cambridge Union Society. He moved to California in the 1940s and ended up directing 19 films for The Walt Disney Company in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, Stevenson is best remembered for directing the Julie Andrews musical Mary Poppins, for which Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Stevenson received a nomination for Best Director Oscar. Stevenson divorced his first wife Cecilie and married actress Anna Lee in 1934. They lived on London's Bankside for five years, moving to Hollywood in 1939, where he remained for many years. They had two daughters, Venetia and Caroline, before divorcing in March 1944. He married Frances Holyoke Howard on October 8, 1944; they later divorced. They had one son, Hugh Howard Stevenson. Robert Stevenson's widow, Ursula Henderson, appeared as herself in the documentary Locked in the Tower: The Men behind Jane Eyre in 2007. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Stevenson (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
DirectingBirthday
March 31, 1905Deathday
April 30, 1986Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
68Place of birth
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UKAlso known as
Robert Edward StevensonCast credits
Crew credits
Mary Poppins
DirectorThe Case of the Frightened Lady
ScreenplayHerbie Rides Again
DirectorThe Man Who Changed His Mind
DirectorThat Darn Cat!
DirectorOld Yeller
DirectorJane Eyre
Director, ScreenplayThe Gnome-Mobile
DirectorBedknobs and Broomsticks
DirectorThe Las Vegas Story
DirectorDishonored Lady
DirectorIn Search of the Castaways
DirectorThe Woman on Pier 13
DirectorThe Love Bug
DirectorThe Island at the Top of the World
DirectorKidnapped
Director, WriterThe Shaggy D.A.
DirectorForever and a Day
DirectorThe Misadventures of Merlin Jones
DirectorTom Brown's School Days
Additional Dialogue, DirectorKing Solomon's Mines
Director