MARY POPPINS Directed by Robert Stevenson Starring Julie

MARY POPPINS Directed by: Robert Stevenson Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyck, David Tomlinson, & Glynis Johns

DIRECTOR: ROBERT STEVENSON • Robert Stevenson (31 March 1905 – 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. • After directing a number of British films, including King Solomon's Mines(1937), he was given a contract by David O. Selznick and moved to Hollywood in the 1940 s. He ended up directing 19 films for the Walt Disney Company in the 1960 s and 1970 s. 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. [1] With Disney, he also directed the first two Herbie films, The Love Bug (1968) and. Herbie Rides Again (1974), as well as Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). Three of his films featured English actor David Tomlinson. • Stevenson divorced his first wife Cecilie and married English actress Anna Leein 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, Venetiaand Caroline, before divorcing in March 1944.

STARRING: JULIE ANDREWS • Julie Andrews is an Oscar-winning actress and singer famous for her roles in 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music. ‘ • Julie Andrews was born on October 1, 1935, in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England. She was a hit on the English stage before duplicating that success on Broadway, where she received Tony Award nominations for her roles in Camelot and My Fair Lady. She won an Academy Award for playing the title role in Mary Poppins and was also nominated for her performance in The Sound of Music. Andrews later worked on a number of acclaimed films with husband Blake Edwards, and was made an English dame in 2000.

STARRING: DICK VAN DYKE • Dick Van Dyke is an American actor and comedian whose career took off after starring in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show. ' Some of his most endearing film roles were in 'Mary Poppins, ' 'Chitty, Bang, ' 'Dick Tracy' and 'Night at the Museum. ‘ • Born in Missouri in 1925, Dick Van Dyke is known for his starring role in the musical Bye Birdie (1963), and for his successful television comedy series The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961– 66). Additionally, he starred in the drama series Diagnosis Murder (1993– 2001), has won several Emmy Awards and has performed in a number of films, including Mary Poppins; Chitty, Bang, Dick Tracy and Night at the Museum.

STARRING: DAVID TOMLINSON • David Cecil Mac. Alister Tomlinson (7 May 1917 – 24 June 2000) was an English film and occasional television actor and comedian. He is primarily remembered for his roles as authority figure George Banks in Mary Poppins, fraudulent magician Professor Emelius Browne in Bedknobs and Broomsticks and as hapless antagonist Peter Thorndyke in The Love Bug. • David Tomlinson was known to generations of children for his role as George Banks, head of the Banks family, in the 1964 Disney film Mary Poppins brought Tomlinson continued work with Disney, asking him to appear in The Love Bug (1968) and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). Throughout the rest of Tomlinson's film career, he never steered far from comedies. His final acting appearance was in The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980), which was also the final film of Peter Sellers, who died shortly prior to its release. Tomlinson retired from acting at age 63 to spend more time with his family, however, the enduring popularity of Mary Poppins ensured that he remained well-known.

STARRING: GLYNIS JOHNS • Glynis Johns (born October 5, 1923) is a retired Welsh stage and film actress, dancer, pianist and singer. She is best known for creating the role of Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music on Broadway, for which she won a. Tony Award, and for playing Winifred Banks in Walt Disney's musical motion picture box office smash Mary Poppins. In both roles, she originated songs written specifically for her, including "Send in the Clowns", composed by Stephen Sondheim, and "Sister Suffragette", written by the Sherman Brothers. • Her last film appearance to date was as Molly Shannon's grandmother in the 1999 film Superstar. • Johns has been married four times. Her first husband was Anthony Forwood (m. 1942– 48), with whom she had her only child, Gareth Forwood (1945– 2007), an actor, who predeceased his mother.

THE KIDS Karen Dotrice Mathew Garber Matthew Garber was born on March 25, 1956 in Stepney, London, England as Matthew Adam Garber. He died on June 13, 1977 in Hampstead, London.