Robert Stevenson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 31, 1905
- Died
- April 30, 1986 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Biography
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
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Filmography
Christopher Closeup
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Shaggy D.A.
Movie · Director
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Movie · Director
Herbie Rides Again
Movie · Director
The Island at the Top of the World
Movie · Director
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Movie · Director
My Dog, the Thief
Movie · Director
The Love Bug
Movie · Director
Blackbeard's Ghost
Movie · Director
The Gnome-Mobile
Movie · Director
That Darn Cat!
Movie · Director
The Monkey's Uncle
Movie · Director
Mary Poppins
Movie · Director
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
Movie · Director
Son of Flubber
Movie · Director
In Search of the Castaways
Movie · Director
The Absent-Minded Professor
Movie · Director
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · Director · 2 eps
Kidnapped
Movie · Director
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Movie · Director
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
Movie · Director
Old Yeller
Movie · Director
Johnny Tremain
Movie · Director
The Best Doggoned Dog in the World
Movie · Director
The Liberty Story
Movie · Director
Zorro
TV · Director · 3 eps
On Trial
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Miracle on 34th Street
Movie · Director
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
Movie · Director
Gunsmoke
TV · Director · 6 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · Director · 2 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · Director · 7 eps
The Star and the Story
TV · Director · 1 ep
Heart of Gold
Movie · Director
General Electric Theater
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Las Vegas Story
Movie · Director
Macao
Movie · Co-Director
Cavalcade of America
TV · Director · 19 eps
My Forbidden Past
Movie · Director
The Woman on Pier 13
Movie · Director
Walk Softly, Stranger
Movie · Director
To the Ends of the Earth
Movie · Director
Dishonored Lady
Movie · Director
Know Your Ally: Britain
Movie · Director
Jane Eyre
Movie · Director
Forever and a Day
Movie · Director
Joan of Paris
Movie · Director
Back Street
Movie · Director
Tom Brown's School Days
Movie · Director
Return to Yesterday
Movie · Director
Young Man's Fancy
Movie · Director
Owd Bob
Movie · Director
The Ware Case
Movie · Director
King Solomon's Mines
Movie · Director
Non-Stop New York
Movie · Director
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Movie · Director
Jack of All Trades
Movie · Director
Tudor Rose
Movie · Director
The Camels Are Coming
Movie · Director
Falling for You
Movie · Director
The Only Girl
Movie · Assistant Director
Happy Ever After
Movie · Director