As far as I know Julie Andrews was the only actress considered. Mary Martin played such diverse roles as Peter Pan ( title character!) South Pacific, and the stage version of The Sound of Music, none of these being Disney productions, though Disney must have done Cartoons on the Peter Pan theme.
Julie Andrews played Mary Poppins in Walt Disney's 1964 motion picture.
mary poppins supported walt disney by buying him his own film studio and buying him a film camera.
The film was released in August 1964.
Mary Poppins (1964) is a Disney film directed by Robert Stevenson, based on the book series by P.L. Travers, and produced by Bill Walsh and Walt Disney.
Walt Disney's choice of musical entertainment has evidently not been recorded in the annuls of history, however a quick web search does show one of his favorite Disney songs was Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins.
I'm not sure what you're asking. Poppins is Mary Poppins last name. She's a Walt Disney character -- a nanny who uses her magical powers to help the family in the story. For more about Mary Poppins go to the related link below.
Mary Poppins and Jiminy Cricket
Mary Poppins (1964) was first released on the Walt Disney Home Video VHS white lable clamshell casing in 1983.
One of the songs that Walt Disney listened to and liked was called Feed the Birds. The song was from the Mary Poppins.
This was Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins", starring Julie Andrews.
When Walt Disney finally got movie rights to Mary Poppins, he took them for the series which included the first three books. Not specifically based on the second book, Mary Poppins Comes Back, it was included in the workup for Mary Poppins (1964).
Yes, there is a relatively new one called "Saving Mr. Banks"