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   P. L. Travers. Pamela Lyndon Travers OBE ( / ˈtrævərs /; born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996) was an Australian-British writer who spent most of her career in England. [1] . She is best known for the Mary Poppins series of books, [2] which feature the eponymous magical nanny .

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     PL Travers The Real Mary Poppins - Part 1 of 6

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     Was Mary Poppins real? P. L. Travers and the story behind Saving Mr. Banks

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3. www.smithsonianmag.com › smithsonian-institutionHow Did P.L. Travers, the Prickly Author of Mary Poppins ...

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   How Did P.L. Travers, the Prickly Author of Mary Poppins, Really Fare Against Walt Disney? Historian Amy Henderson searches for the spoonfuls of sugar-coated truth in the new film, “Saving...

4. www.britannica.com › biography › P-L-TraversP.L. Travers | British Author & Creator of Mary Poppins

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   2 days ago · P.L. Travers was an Australian English writer known for her Mary Poppins books, about a magical nanny. The books insightfully explored the fraught relationship between children and adults through a combination of mythological allusion and biting social critique.

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5. www.biography.com › authors-writers › pl-traversP.L. Travers - Books, Parents & Mary Poppins - Biography

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   Apr 3, 2014 · Best Known For: Mysterious and prickly, author P.L. Travers created the beloved governess Mary Poppins, further popularized by the Disney film and stage musical of the same name. Industries...

6. www.historyvshollywood.com › saving-mr-banksSaving Mr. Banks True Story - Real P.L. Travers, Walt Disney Feud

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   Dec 19, 2013 · Watch the Saving Mr. Banks movie trailer for the film that tells the story of Walt Disney's struggle to please author P.L. Travers as his company works to adapt her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen. Tom Hanks portrays Walt Disney while actress Emma Thompson fills the role of P.L. Travers.

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   P. L. Travers Biography. British author P. L. Travers (1899–1996), although the author of many writings for children and adults, was best known for her 1934 book Mary Poppins and its sequels. This fantasy, about a nanny with magical powers, became one of the great publishing successes of the twentieth century, enjoying new bursts of ...

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   Does P L Travers sound cordial?

   • Travers seems somewhat cordial during these particular excerpts from her recordings, but her rigidness can still be detected in the tone of her voice. This P.L. Travers recording features the author discussing the Mary Poppins song "Feed the Birds" with Richard and Robert Sherman in 1961.

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   Who is Pamela Lyndon Travers?

   • The Saving Mr. Banks true story reveals that Pamela Lyndon Travers (P. L. Travers) was born Helen Lyndon Goff (known to her family as Lyndon) in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia on August 9, 1899. At the age of seventeen, she was performing on stage in Australia and New Zealand with a Shakespearean touring company.

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   Who is Camillus Travers?

   • P. L. Travers, four diaries, 1948–1953, Camillus Travers is the son of P. L. Travers, author of Mary Poppins. He gave these notebooks to his mother as a boy and they were used by her for recording his schooldays and their holidays spent together, as well as other events over this period, State Library of New South Wales MLMSS 7956

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   What did Miss Travers look like?

   • A gracious observer of the English proprieties who at the same time did not suffer fools gladly, Miss Travers had deep blue eyes, high cheekbones and, as a young woman, a cap of curly dark gold hair. Her likeness appears once, hidden in Mary Shepard's illustrations, in each of the many Mary Poppins books.

   P. L. Travers, Creator of the Magical and Beloved Nanny Mary Poppins

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9. www.nytimes.com › 1996/04/25 › artsP. L. Travers, Creator of the Magical and Beloved Nanny Mary ...

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   Apr 25, 1996 · P. L. Travers, who insisted she had never meant to write for children when the magical nanny Mary Poppins leaped from her pen, died on Tuesday at her home in London. She was 96.