A progressive-minded teacher in a conservative girls school in early 1930's ... Although Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie could certainly make for a fine play, Jay Presson Allen's ...

She stands at the center of “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” which began life ... when life decisions loom for the girls and Miss Brodie’s style of mentorship becomes increasingly problematic.

A shrill and tragically short-sighted instructor at a school full of impressionable-aged girls, Jean ... “Prime” once they’re older.) Rather, playing the self-righteous Miss Brodie ...

Maggie Smith, 87, appeared in 1969’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ... unrestrained teacher at an all-girls school in Edinburgh. The film presents Jean Brodie as a teacher who encourages ...

I’m so glad, in the case of Smith, to see so many people singling out her Oscar-winning work in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. In the 1969 film, she plays a teacher at a Scottish all-girls ...

“Little girls,” said Miss Brodie, “come and observe this ... “But there was a Miss Jean Brodie in her prime.” She clutched the bars of the grille as if she wanted to escape from ...

Lia Williams takes the title role in 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' at the ... disappointing fates awaiting each of Jean Brodie’s specially chosen girls. Poor Mary’s slowness and tendency ...

While Jean Brodie's adoration ... Among the girls, Betsy Hogg has a disarming sweetness as stuttering Mary MacGregor, foolishly hailed as a heroine by Miss Brodie when Mary blunders to her death ...

Zoe Caldwell acts up a typhoon in the title role of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ... gratifications of Italian holidays. Miss Brodie assures her girls that they are the “crème de la crème ...

Watching the Studio Theatre's revival of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ... at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in 1930s Edinburgh. The role of Miss Brodie has been a gold mine for significant ...

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie stars Maggie Smith in the title role. Smith won an Academy Award for her delicately textured portrayal of an eccentric teacher at an exclusive Scottish girl's school.