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Maggie Smith as the title character in the film adaptation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Jean Brodie is the name of a fictional character in the Muriel Spark novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), as well as in the play and 1969 film of the same name—both by Jay Presson Allen—which were both based on the novel.
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 fictional Miss Brodie claims she is a direct descendant of Deacon William Brodie, a fashioner of gibbets who was executed on a gibbet that he may have designed himself.
JeanBrodie is the name of a fictional character in the Muriel Spark novel The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie (1961), as well as in the play and 1969 film of...
End debut in The Donmar Warehouse's production of The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie. In September, the Evening Standard named her "one of the Rising Stars...
William Brodie (28 September 1741 – 1 October 1788), often known by his title of Deacon Brodie, was a Scottish cabinet-maker, deacon of a trades guild...
Prime of Miss JeanBrodie can refer to: The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie (novel), a 1961 novel by Muriel Spark The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie, a 1966 stage...
and served as an inspiration for Miss JeanBrodie, the leading character in the novel The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie by Muriel Spark. Kay, an only child...
won her first Academy Award for her performance in The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie (1969). She received her second win for her role as an Oscar loser in...
series Ewan Brodie, in the series Monarch of the Glen JeanBrodie, in the novel The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie and film adaptation J. H. Brodie, in the television...
Best Actress for her performance in the title role of The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie (1969), and she has also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress...
Rachel Cameron Rachel, Rachel 1969 (42nd) Maggie Smith ‡ JeanBrodie The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie Geneviève Bujold Anne Boleyn Anne of the Thousand Days...
the women who played Brodie got whatever prize was going around at that time. Vanessa did, Maggie [Smith] did". After JeanBrodie, Allen had another success...
Prime of Miss JeanBrodie (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...
Donmar Warehoues in David Harrower's rendition of The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie. Beginning in 2019, Saif appeared in seasons three and four of 13 Reasons...
adolescent. She appeared in a 1966 London production of The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie, opposite Vanessa Redgrave; this led to her being scouted for the role...
Bridge Theatre, the Journalist in a production of The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie at Donmar Warehouse, and Malcolm in Macbeth at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse...
included A Taste of Honey (1961), Cleopatra (1963) and The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie (1969) with his then wife Maggie Smith. There was also a minor role as...
Queen Elizabeth I / Mary, Queen of Scots 2018 The Prime of Miss JeanBrodieJeanBrodie 2019 The Night of the Iguana Hannah Jelkes 2022 John Gabriel Borkman...
for her first film role as Mary McGregor in drama The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie (1969) and the voice role of "Pud'n" on the animated The Grim Adventures...
throughout the 1950s. She appeared in the films Scrooge and The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie and on TV in Dr Finlay's Casebook and Dixon of Dock Green. Rona Anderson...
She is best known for her role as Sandy in the film The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie (1969), for which she won a NBR Award and received a BAFTA Award nomination...
becomes aware that she is a character in a novel. The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie (1961) was even more successful. Spark displayed originality of subject...
example, Church Hill in Morningside, was the home of Muriel Spark's Miss JeanBrodie, and Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus lives in Marchmont and works in St...
Slapstick Tragedy (1966), and Best Actress in a Play for The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie (1968), Medea (1982), and Master Class (1996). Her film appearances include...
Rest of Your Life?" from The Happy Ending) Lou Rawls ("Jean" from The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie) The Sandpipers ("Come Saturday Morning" from The Sterile...
Good Person of Sechuan (1989), Hedda Gabler (1991), The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie (1998) and Medea (2000). In 2009, Shaw collaborated with Deborah Warner...
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