Robert Stevenson

About

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...

Known for

Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952ZorroSeries • 1957Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955GunsmokeSeries • 1955The 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1961Mary PoppinsMovie • 1964Cavalcade of AmericaSeries • 1952The Love BugMovie • 1968Bedknobs and BroomsticksMovie • 1971Darby O'Gill and the Little PeopleMovie • 1959Old YellerMovie • 1957Herbie Rides AgainMovie • 1974The Absent-Minded ProfessorMovie • 1961Blackbeard's GhostMovie • 1968That Darn Cat!Movie • 1965Jane EyreMovie • 1943The Gnome-MobileMovie • 1967The Shaggy D.A.Movie • 1976The Island at the Top of the WorldMovie • 1974The Monkey's UncleMovie • 1965MacaoMovie • 1952KidnappedMovie • 1960The Man Who Changed His MindMovie • 1936