Robert Stevenson

Film director

1905 – 1986

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Who was Robert Stevenson?

Robert Stevenson 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.

After directing a number of British films, including King Solomon's Mines, he was given a contract by David O. Selznick and moved to Hollywood in the 1940s. He ended up directing 19 films for the Walt Disney Company in the 1960s and 1970s. Stevenson is best remembered for directing the Julie Andrews musical Mary Poppins, for which Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Stevenson was nominated for Best Director. With Disney, he also directed the first two Herbie films, The Love Bug and Herbie Rides Again, as well as Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Three of his films featured English actor David Tomlinson.

Stevenson divorced his first wife Cecilie and married English 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.

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Born
Mar 31, 1905
Buxton
Also known as
  • Robert Edward Stevenson
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Children
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • University of Cambridge
Died
Apr 30, 1986
Santa Barbara

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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