“Hold up your books,” said Miss Brodie quite often ... “But there was a Miss Jean Brodie in her prime.” She clutched the bars of the grille as if she wanted to escape from the dim ...

Scottish author Muriel Spark published The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to critical acclaim in ... Barrington Stoke books are designed to be accessible to all readers and are dyslexia-friendly.

She stands at the center of “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” which began life as a 1961 Muriel Spark novel before Jay Presson Allen adapted it for the stage, then the screen, Maggie Smith ...

Maggie Smith, 87, appeared in 1969’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. The Downton Abbey star looked unrecognisable as she sported a retro ...

While many remember her for “Downton” and “Harry Potter,” don’t forget her mesmerizing, Oscar-winning work in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” Senior Editor, Obsessed To be a master ...

Early in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, the 1969 film starring Maggie Smith in an Oscar-winning performance, Smith stands in front of a classroom of young teenage girls and informs them that they ...

Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. She introduces priviledge to her girls at the Marcia Blaine Academy where she creates the 'creme de la creme' who become known as the ...

Zoe Caldwell acts up a typhoon in the title role of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, but is nonetheless unable to conceal that she is one character in pressing search of a play. A clumsy Broadway ...

Lia Williams takes the title role in 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' at the Donmar Warehouse ... as he did for the iconic 1969 film adaptation of the book that earned Maggie Smith her first ...

Based on the novel by Muriel Spark, 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 ...