Robert Stevenson (director)
| Robert Stevenson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 March 1905 Buxton, Derbyshire, England |
| Died | 30 April 1986 (aged 81) Santa Barbara, California, U.S |
| Spouse | Cecilie (?–1934) (divorced) Anna Lee (1934–1944) (divorced) Ursula Henderson (?–1986) (his death) |
| Children | Venetia Stevenson, Caroline 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.[1]
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.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Happy Ever After | |
| 1933 | Falling For You | |
| 1934 | The Camels Are Coming | (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Tudor Rose | |
| The Man Who Changed His Mind | ||
| Jack of All Trades | ||
| 1937 | King Solomon's Mines | |
| Non-Stop New York | ||
| 1938 | Owd Bob | |
| The Ware Case | ||
| 1939 | Young Man's Fancy | |
| 1940 | Return to Yesterday | |
| Tom Brown's School Days | ||
| 1941 | Back Street | |
| 1942 | Joan of Paris | |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | |
| 1944 | Jane Eyre | |
| Know Your Ally: Britain | Documentary Short (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | American Creed | Short |
| 1947 | Dishonored Lady | |
| 1948 | To the Ends of the Earth | |
| 1949 | I Married a Communist (aka, The Woman on Pier 13 | |
| 1950 | Walk Softly, Stranger | |
| 1951 | My Forbidden Past | |
| 1952 | The Las Vegas Story | |
| Macao | (uncredited) | |
| The Ford Television Theatre | TV series (3 episodes: 1952-1953) | |
| 1953 | Calvacade of America | TV series (8 episodes: 1953-1955) |
| General Electric Theater | TV series (2 episodes: 1953-1956) | |
| 1955 | Atomic Energy as a Force for Good | (short) |
| The Star and the Story | TV series (3 episodes: 1955-1956) | |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | TV series (2 episodes: 1955-1956) | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | TV series (7 episodes: 1955-1959) | |
| Gun Law | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| 1957 | The Christophers | TV series (1 episode: "Sentence Deferred") |
| Johnny Tremain | ||
| Old Yeller | ||
| Disneyland | TV series (26 episodes: 1957-1982) | |
| Zorro | TV series (3 episodes) | |
| 1959 | Darby O'Gill and the Little People | |
| 1960 | Kidnapped | |
| 1961 | The Absent-Minded Professor | Nominated - DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures |
| 1962 | In Search of the Castaways | |
| 1963 | Son of Flubber | |
| 1964 | The Misadventures of Merlin Jones | |
| Mary Poppins | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Director Blue Ribbon Award - Best Foreign Film Nominated - DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures |
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| 1965 | The Monkey's Uncle | |
| That Darn Cat! | ||
| 1967 | The Gnome-Mobile | |
| 1968 | Blackbeard's Ghost | |
| The Love Bug | ||
| 1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Sant Jordi - Best Children's Film |
| 1974 | Herbie Rides Again | |
| The Island at the Top of the World | ||
| 1975 | One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing | |
| 1976 | The Shaggy D.A. | |
| 1985 | The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue | (video short) (archive footage) |
[edit] References
- ^ John Wakeman, World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, (1987), pp1057-1063.
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