"radicalism. The film closes poignantly with a shot of Sandy tearfully walking along after graduation, as we hear a voice-over of Miss Brodie saying, ""Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and ""all"" my pupils are the ""creme de la creme"". Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life!"" Miss Brodie is described as a ""born fascist"" by one of her girls. An active teacher while fascism was gaining popularity in Europe, she openly admires Benito Mussolini and praises him to her class. She frequently tours Italy"
"Pamela Franklin Pamela Franklin (born 3 February 1950) is a British actress who appeared in feature films from 1961 until 1976, and on American television throughout the 1970s. She is best known for her role in ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" (1969), for which she won the National Board of Review award for Best Supporting Actress. Franklin, who had three brothers, was born in Yokohama, Japan, and grew up in the Far East, where her father was an importer/exporter. The family lived in Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, and Ceylon before returning to England. At the age of eight she"
"Maggie Smith and Pamela Franklin are both stirring and mesmerizing. ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" is the crème de la crème."" The film was released on DVD in the UK by Acorn Media in July 2010. ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" was adapted by Scottish Television into a seven episode television serial for ITV in 1978 that featured Geraldine McEwan in the lead role. Rather than recapitulate the plot of the novel, the series imagined episodes in the lives of the characters, such as conflict between Jean Brodie and the father of an Italian refugee student, who fled"
"film debut in 1949, and had a regular role as the housekeeper, Aggie McDonald, in the radio and television sitcom ""Life With The Lyons"". During the 1970s and early 1980s she became famous as a writer, with several volumes of best-selling memoirs, notably, ""Shoes Were For Sunday"". She also appeared in a series of television advertisements for ""Flash"" the household cleaning agent. In 1969 she appeared in ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" starring Dame Maggie Smith. She and Helena Gloag played the Kerr sisters, the sewing mistresses of Marcia Blaine School for Girls. In 1970 Weir and Gloag reprised"
"Jean (song) ""Jean"" is a popular song from the 1969 movie ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"". It was written by the American poet and composer Rod McKuen, who also recorded a version of the song. The song was the theme to the 1969 film adaptation of Dame Muriel Spark's ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"", which starred noted British film actress Maggie Smith. Smith won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the lead character in the film, Jean Brodie. The song was performed by songwriter McKuen, who was nominated for an Academy Award in the"
"actor Harvey Jason on the set of ""Necromancy"". Although the film was not released until 1972, the couple married in 1970 and settled near Hollywood and had two sons. Her husband, along with one of their sons, Louis, co-owns the bookstore Mystery Pier Books, Inc in West Hollywood. Pamela Franklin Pamela Franklin (born 3 February 1950) is a British actress who appeared in feature films from 1961 until 1976, and on American television throughout the 1970s. She is best known for her role in ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" (1969), for which she won the National Board of Review"
"a writer. Spark, like Sandy, converted to Roman Catholicism. The novel has been adapted for stage, film and television. The original 1966 London stage version starred Vanessa Redgrave and a young Olivia Hussey. Redgrave turned down the Broadway production in 1968 which starred Zoe Caldwell who would go on to win the Tony Award. Redgrave also turned down the film role. In 1969 the film ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" was released. It starred Maggie Smith, and she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. In 1978 Scottish Television produced the seven part serial ""The Prime"
"premieres of made-for-TV films; (c) TV pilot episodes for projected series; or (d) pre-empted for CBS news, sports, or variety specials. When compared with the total of 52 theatrical-film premieres that the network aired during the 1966-67 season, one can observe that the number of available films for first-time broadcast had dropped by well over 50 percent. However, CBS did schedule four additional new titles to fill its roster during the summer of 1974. These included the June 6 TV premiere of ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" (1969), featuring Maggie Smith's Academy Award-winning performance as an unorthodox teacher in"
"Jean Brodie Jean Brodie is a fictional character in the Muriel Spark novel ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" (1961); and in the play and 1969 film of the same name—both by Jay Presson Allen—which were based on the novel, but radically depart from it in the interest of theatre and poetic licence. Miss Brodie is a highly idealistic character with an exaggerated romantic view of the world; many of her catchphrases have become clichés in the English language. The character takes her name from the historical Jean Brodie (aka Jean Watt), common law wife or mistress of Willie Brodie,"
"of Miss Jean Brodie"". It starred Geraldine McEwan. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel by Muriel Spark, the best known of her works. It first saw publication in ""The New Yorker"" magazine and was published as a book by Macmillan in 1961. The character of Miss Jean Brodie brought Spark international fame and brought her into the first rank of contemporary Scottish literature. In 2005, the novel was chosen by ""Time"" magazine as one of the one hundred best English-language novels from 1923 to present. In 1998, the Modern Library"
"Plessey, an electronics firm. Steadman was educated at Childwall Valley High School for Girls, a state grammar school in the Liverpool suburb of Childwall, followed by East 15 Acting School, to which she secured a place in the autumn of 1966 and where she met Mike Leigh during her second year. Having left the East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex, Steadman worked in various regional repertory theatres, starting at Lincoln in 1968, where her first role was that of the seductive schoolgirl Sandy in ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"". She created the role of the monstrous Beverly in"
"Brodie by another character in the book itself (though sharing none of Brodie's attraction to fascism) and the comparison was taken up by critics. McCall Smith also cites the book as one of his favourite humorous books. Jean Brodie Jean Brodie is a fictional character in the Muriel Spark novel ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" (1961); and in the play and 1969 film of the same name—both by Jay Presson Allen—which were based on the novel, but radically depart from it in the interest of theatre and poetic licence. Miss Brodie is a highly idealistic character with an exaggerated"
"appears to be out of place in her surroundings. In 1930, she declares that her prime has begun and sets out to make sure her class gets the full benefit of her Prime by making sure they are aware of drama, art and fascist beliefs. Out of her class she selects her favourite girls and attempts to mould them into the ""crème de la crème."" In the novel, these are Sandy, Monica, Jenny, Eunice, Rose, and Mary MacGregor. There is also a tomboy, Joyce Emily, who attempts to force her way into the Brodie set, but she is summarily dismissed"
"developed the screenwriting talent she would use the rest of her career. Allen wrote that she never felt discriminated against. While being one of the rare female screenwriters in Hollywood in the 1960s, she said ""almost all of the men I worked with were supportive. If I was getting a bum rap somewhere, I didn't know it."" ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"", about an iconoclast Scottish girls' school teacher, did not premiere on the London stage until after ""Marnie""'s completion. Produced by Donald Albery, it premiered at the Wyndham's Theatre in May 1966 with Vanessa Redgrave and ran hundreds"
"2008. Cast in J.C. Williamson productions in the early 1960s, Maughan spent 1963–66 working in the UK, where she appeared in various West End productions – including stepping in for Moira Lister when the latter was sick. Maughan appeared in at least 7 plays in her first year back in Australia, most of them lead roles, and throughout the late sixties was hailed for her stage performances, such at the title role in ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" (1968), directed by MTC founder, John Sumner (theatre director) (1924-2013). In 1971, she won the Melbourne Theatre Award for Best Actress"
"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel by Muriel Spark, the best known of her works. It first saw publication in ""The New Yorker"" magazine and was published as a book by Macmillan in 1961. The character of Miss Jean Brodie brought Spark international fame and brought her into the first rank of contemporary Scottish literature. In 2005, the novel was chosen by ""Time"" magazine as one of the one hundred best English-language novels from 1923 to present. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" No."
"couples in the cast: Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens, and Gordon Jackson and Rona Anderson. There is a complex relationship between the novel, the play and the film. Although Allen did manage to create a successful play out of what may not have been the easiest of novels to adapt, some have questioned whether it is a particularly faithful adaptation. It turned an experimental work into a realistic one, and removed some theological issues, turning it into a story of failed love (and possibly also failed fascist politics). The play reduced the number of girls in the Brodie Set from"
"New York City on the south side of the famous west side 46th Street Restaurant Row between Eighth and Ninth Avenue, and the other in Ottawa on the corner of Elgin and Cooper The titular character of the novel ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" claims to be descended from Deacon Brodie. His double life serves as a metaphor for her duplicity, as well as her self-imposed demise. The novel has been adapted into a play, film, and television series. The ""Deacon Brodie"" episode of the BBC One television drama anthology ""Screen One"" starred Billy Connolly as Brodie, aired on"
"(1976) and ""Macbeth"" (1978), and West End productions of ""A Delicate Balance"" (1997) and ""The Breath of Life"" (2002). On screen, Smith first drew praise for the crime film ""Nowhere to Go"" (1958), for which she received her first BAFTA Award nomination. She has won two Academy Awards, winning Best Actress for ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" (1969) and Best Supporting Actress for ""California Suite"" (1978). She is one of only six actresses to have won in both categories. She has won a record four BAFTA Awards for Best Actress, including for ""A Private Function"" (1984) and ""The Lonely"
"socialite who enjoyed a life of luxury. However, Rapture's civil war and subsequent societal collapse has left her financially destitute, reducing her to the level of the working class she once looked down upon. Lady Smith is also a prejudiced, self-important elitist who is often heard making bigoted remarks when not bemoaning her fall from grace. She appears in the first two games and is voiced by Susan Blakeslee. The ""Pigskin"" Splicer was a teenage American football player. Despite being forced to kill the player under the command of Andrew Ryan, the Pigskin is vocally reluctant to do so and"
"She graduated from Columbia University in 2011 with a B.A. in comparative literature. After her breakout role as Bernice in the 2004 film ""Spanglish"", Steele continued acting, appearing on an episode of ""Law & Order"" and in the films: ""Mr. Gibb"", which co-stars Hayden Panettiere, Tim Daly and Dan Hedaya; and ""Margaret"", which co-stars Matt Damon, Matthew Broderick, Anna Paquin, Mark Ruffalo, and Allison Janney. Steele appeared in the Off-Broadway production of ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"", which ran in September 2006 to December 2006 at the Acorn Theater. From 2007 to 2008 she appeared in the Off-Broadway play"
"Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Colman was born in Norwich, the daughter of Mary (Leakey), a nurse, and Keith Colman, a chartered surveyor. She was educated at two independent schools, Norwich High School for Girls in Norwich and Gresham's School in Holt. Her first role was Jean Brodie in a school production of ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" at age 16. She then realised acting was what she wanted to do. Colman spent a term studying primary teaching at Homerton College, Cambridge before studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School which she graduated from"
"pictures, including ""The Deer Hunter"", ""The Fabulous Baker Boys"", ""Conspiracy Theory"", ""10 Things I Hate About You"", ""Drop Dead Gorgeous"", ""Bridget Jones's Diary"", and ""Jersey Boys"". In 1969, Crewe collaborated with the singer Oliver, producing his pop hit ""Jean"", a song written by poet Rod McKuen which served as theme to the Oscar-winning film ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"", starring Maggie Smith. Crewe also produced a hit single of Oliver performing the optimistic ""Good Morning Starshine"" from the rock musical ""Hair"". The song reached #3 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening singles surveys. The Crewe record"
"of Miss Jean Brodie"", citing her as ""a woman of noble mien."" In the film ""My Week with Marilyn"", she is played by Judi Dench. She is one of the principal characters in Nicholas de Jongh's play ""Plague Over England"", about John Gielgud's arrest for homosexual acts in 1953. She was played in the premiere by Nichola McAuliffe. In the London production she was played by Celia Imrie. When asked if she ever considered leaving her husband, she answered: ""Divorce, never! Murder, often!"" When Lindsey County Council constructed an east-west dual-carriageway southern relief road in her birthplace of Gainsborough, since"
"Miss Jean Brodie"" (1969), she received the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1958, ""for services to the theatre"", and was raised to Dame Commander (DBE) in 1981. Johnson was married to Peter Fleming from 1935 until Fleming's death from a heart attack in 1971, while on a shooting expedition near Glencoe in Argyll, Scotland. Fleming was the brother of the James Bond creator Ian Fleming. They had three children: Since the late 1990s, the two sisters, Kate Grimond and Lucy Fleming, have"
"Mildred Joanne Smith Mildred Joanne Smith (May 16, 1921 – July 19, 2015) was an American actress, singer, magazine editor and teacher. In her brief acting career, she performed in a number of Broadway shows and in only one film, ""No Way Out"", alongside Sidney Poitier. Raised in Struthers, Ohio, Smith performed in fourteen Broadway theatre productions during the 1940s, including ""Men to the Sea"", ""Mamba's Daughters"", ""Forward the Heart"", and ""A Long Way From Home"". She also played Alfred Drake's love interest in the Broadway production of ""Beggar's Holiday"". All of Smith's 1940s Broadway shows were short-lived, but her"
"(1 episode - 1974) as Mrs Cox. 'Late Night Drama' was another act she was in (1 episode - 1974) as Jane Mackay. 'The Haggard Falcon' (1 episode - 1974) when she played Kristie. In the mid-1970s, Anne was in 'BBC Play Of The Month'( 1 episode - 1975) as Jean. Anne was also in the TV series 'Wings' (1976) as Molly Farmer. 'Crown Court' (3 episodes - 1973 - 1977) as Janet Murie. The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (1 episode - 1978), she played Beryl Craigie. Anne then went back to the set of 'Wings' where she played"
"another play. She drew on her married life and wrote ""The First Wife"", about a suburban working couple. It was made into the film ""Wives and Lovers"" in 1963, starring Janet Leigh and Van Johnson. When Allen read ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"", by Muriel Spark, she instantly saw play potential where no one else did. After undergoing hypnotherapy to alleviate a yearlong bout of writer's block, Allen produced a draft of the play in three days. While ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" was still an unproduced script, Alfred Hitchcock read it and offered Allen the script for"
"to have extended her range. McEwan took the lead role in an adaptation for Scottish Television of Muriel Spark's ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" (1978). She was Spark's favourite in the role and came the closest to the character as Spark had imagined it; Brodie has also been portrayed on stage and screen by Vanessa Redgrave and Maggie Smith. Her other work for television in this period included roles in ""The Barchester Chronicles"" (1982) and ""Mapp and Lucia"" (1985–86) with Prunella Scales as Mapp and McEwan as Lucia. In 1983, McEwan played Mrs Malaprop in a production of Sheridan's"
"role in the film, and DJ Wolfman Jack made a cameo appearance. Known as ""King of the Nudies"" for his work in the sexploitation film genre, Meyer planned nude scenes in this mainstream film. He informed female lead candidates that nudity would integral to their roles, and after casting interviews, considered Marianne McAndrew to be suitable. He subsequently signed her for the lead role of Maggie Russell. McAndrew, previously known for her work as the prim and proper Irene Molloy in ""Hello, Dolly!"", accepted the role based upon her wish to change her own image and in order to gain"
"in 2012. Mia Smith Mia Smith (born 13 May 1994) is an English actress, best known for her role as Chloe Moore in Grange Hill. Smith appeared in a Max Speilman camera advert in 2000. In 2004, Smith appeared in Blue Murder for 2 episodes as Jade. She then went on to play Susie Dane in 1 episode of The Courtroom. Smith then went on to play the regular role of school bully Chloe Moore in the teen drama, Grange Hill from 2005 to 2008. Smith played Katy Black in an episode of Accused. Smith played Barry's wife in The"
"Lidija Franklin Lidija Franklin (née Kocers; born May 17, 1917) is a dancer and teacher of Latvian descent, originally from the Moscow area. In the United States, she is known primarily for her association with Agnes de Mille. Franklin (née Kocers) performed with the Jooss Ballet until the early 1940s, then relocated to the USA and began working in musical theater. She was the female principal dancer in ""Bloomer Girl"" (1944) and Maggie Anderson in the original ""Brigadoon"" (1947). (Franklin also played Maggie in the 1957 revival.) As a concert dancer, Franklin toured as a principal with the Agnes de"
"death in 2011; the couple had two children, Kate and Michael. Gloria Stroock Gloria Jane Stroock (born July 10, 1924) is an American film, stage, and television actress. The elder sister of actress Geraldine Brooks, Stroock is best known for her supporting role in the television series ""McMillan & Wife"" as Maggie, the secretary of lead character Stewart McMillan (played by Rock Hudson). She also had supporting roles in films including ""The Competition"" and ""The Day of the Locust"" as well as guest roles in television series such as ""Archie Bunker's Place"", ""Baretta"", ""Martin Kane, Private Eye"", and ""Operation Petticoat""."