And then there is Miss Jean Brodie, the controversial Scot who is guaranteed to stir up strong emotions. She is the original influencer, and the control she exerts is as powerful today as it was ...

She believes that she can always count on the one hundred percent support of her favorite pupils, but one of them does not feel that Miss Jean Brodie (Dame Maggie Smith) is in her "prime" anymore.

To understand her brilliance, look no further than her complex performance in the 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

Maggie Smith won her one and only Oscar for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Watching the film after her death was a mistake. The Oscar winning performance and the film have aged rather awkwardly.