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Andrews also provided the voice in two other sections of the film: During "[[A Spoonful of Sugar]]", she provided the whistling harmony for the robin, and she was also one of the [[Pearly Kings and Queens|Pearly]] singers during "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". [[David Tomlinson]], besides playing Mr. Banks, provided the voices of Mary's talking umbrella, Admiral Boom's first mate, and numerous other voice-over parts. During the "Jolly Holiday" sequence, the three singing Cockney geese were all voiced by [[Marni Nixon]], who regularly sang for actresses with substandard singing voices. (Nixon later provided the singing voice for Hepburn in ''My Fair Lady,'' and played one of Andrews' fellow nuns in ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]''.) Andrews later beat Hepburn for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Best Actress Award]] at the [[Golden Globes]] for their respective roles. Andrews also won the [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for Best Actress for her role (Hepburn was not nominated for it). Richard Sherman, one of the songwriters, also voiced a penguin, and one of the Pearlies.<ref>DVD extra</ref> Robert Sherman provided the speaking voice of Jane Darwell because Darwell's voice was too soft to be heard in the soundtrack. He is heard saying the only line: "Feed the birds, tuppence a bag."<ref>Source: Commentary on Mary Poppins on DVD</ref>
Disney cast [[Dick Van Dyke]] in the main supporting role of Bert after seeing his work on ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]''. After winning the role, Van Dyke lobbied to also play the senior Mr. Dawes. Disney felt he was too young for the part, but Van Dyke won him over after a screen test.<ref>{{cite web|last=Elisberg|first=Robert J.|title=Super-Cali-Fragilistic-Expial-Atrocious|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/super-cali-fragilistic-ex_b_440054.html|website=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=March 30, 2010|access-date=March 26, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402202923/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/super-cali-fragilistic-ex_b_440054.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Van Dyke had trouble with Bert's Cockney accent. English character actor [[J. Pat O'Malley]] provided some coaching;<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/10/julie-andrews-home-work-memoir-mary-poppins|title=Julie Andrews Remembers Becoming Mary Poppins|date=October 7, 2019|magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref> but although Van Dyke is fondly remembered for the film, his [[English-language accents in film#Cockney|attempt at a Cockney accent]] is considered one of the poorer accents in film history.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7509572.stm|title=How not to do an American accent|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=July 21, 2008|access-date=February 14, 2015|archive-date=September 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921073046/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7509572.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> (It was #2 in a 2003 poll by ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine of the worst film accents.<ref>{{cite news | title=Connery 'has worst film accent' | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3032052.stm | publisher=BBC News | date=June 30, 2003 | access-date=July 6, 2008 | archive-date=August 24, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824041828/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3032052.stm | url-status=live}}</ref>) Van Dyke claimed that O'Malley "didn't do an accent any better than I did".<ref name="NPR Wait Wait">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130739954|title=Dick Van Dyke Plays Not My Job|work=[[Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!]]|date=October 23, 2010|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-date=April 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417022932/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130739954|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Van Dyke received an award for television excellence from the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] (BAFTA), at which time he said, "I appreciate this opportunity to apologise to the members of BAFTA for inflicting on them the most atrocious cockney accent in the history of cinema." A chief executive of BAFTA responded, "We look forward to his acceptance speech in whatever accent he chooses on the night. We have no doubt it will be '[[supercalifragilisticexpialidocious]]'."<ref name="apology">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/21/dick-van-dyke-sorry-for-cockney-accent-mary-poppins-disney|title=Dick Van Dyke sorry for 'atrocious cockney accent' in Mary Poppins|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|last=Khomami|first=Nadia|date=July 21, 2017|access-date=January 1, 2019|archive-date=January 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102201727/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/21/dick-van-dyke-sorry-for-cockney-accent-mary-poppins-disney|url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2013 interview, Van Dyke would later stated that Travers hated him and Andrews, she didn't think they were right.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9779018/Dick-Van-Dyke-Id-go-to-work-with-terrible-hangovers.-Which-if-youre-dancing-is-hard.html</ref>
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