Robert Stevenson
Directing
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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movieThe Shaggy D.A.
1976
Director
movieHerbie Rides Again
1974
Director
movieMy Dog, the Thief
1969
Director
movieThe Love Bug
1968
Director
movieBlackbeard's Ghost
1968
Director
movieThe Gnome-Mobile
1967
Director
movieThat Darn Cat!
1965
Director
movieThe Monkey's Uncle
1965
Director
movieMary Poppins
1964
Director
movieSon of Flubber
1963
Director
movieKidnapped
1960
Director
movieOld Yeller
1957
Director
tvZorro
1957
Director
movieJohnny Tremain
1957
Director
movieThe Liberty Story
1957
Director
On Trial
1956
Director
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Director
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Director
tvGunsmoke
1955
Director
tvThe Star and the Story
1955
Director
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Director
tvCavalcade of America
1952
Director
movieMacao
1952
Co-Director
movieThe Las Vegas Story
1952
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movieMy Forbidden Past
1951
Director
movieWalk Softly, Stranger
1950
Director
movieThe Woman on Pier 13
1950
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movieDishonored Lady
1947
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movieKnow Your Ally: Britain
1944
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movieJane Eyre
1943
Director
movieForever and a Day
1943
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movieJoan of Paris
1942
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movieBack Street
1941
Director
movieTom Brown's School Days
1940
Director
movieReturn to Yesterday
1940
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movieYoung Man's Fancy
1939
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movieThe Ware Case
1938
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movieOwd Bob
1938
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movieNon-Stop New York
1937
Director
movieKing Solomon's Mines
1937
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movieTudor Rose
1936
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movieThe Camels Are Coming
1934
Director
movieThe Only Girl
1933
Assistant Director
movieFalling for You
1933
Director
Writing20
movieKidnapped
1960
Writer
movieJane Eyre
1943
Screenplay
movieThe Case of the Frightened Lady
1940
Screenplay
movieReturn to Yesterday
1940
Screenplay
movieThe Ware Case
1938
Scenario Writer
movieTudor Rose
1936
Writer
movieThe Battle
1934
Writer
movieFalling for You
1933
Screenplay
movieLove on Wheels
1932
Screenplay
movieThe Faithful Heart
1932
Scenario Writer
movieLord Babs
1932
Writer
movieSunshine Susie
1931
Scenario Writer
movieA Night in Montmartre
1931
Scenario Writer
movieGreek Street
1930
Writer
movieBalaclava
1928
Scenario Writer
Acting2
movie'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic
2002
Self (archive footage)
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952
Co-Pilot
Production2
movieLittle Friend
1934
Associate Producer
Early to Bed
1933
Supervising Producer
Crew1
movieTom Brown's School Days
1940
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