The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Overview:

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Ronald Neame and produced by James Cresson and Robert Fryer.

The film was based on the novel of the same name and also The New Yorker Short Story; & Play written by Muriel Spark published in 1961 (novel); year n/a (magazine); Jan 16, 1968 - Dec 14, 1968 (play performed at Helen Hayes Theatre, NY).

Academy Awards 1969 --- Ceremony Number 42 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best ActressMaggie SmithWon
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ( 1978 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Mar 11, 2022 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

In the winter of 1978, Scottish Television, a branch of ITV, released The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, a seven-part miniseries based on Muriel Spark's 1961 novella of the same name. The story centers on the life of Miss Jean Brodie ( Geraldine McEwan ), a Scottish schoolteacher, focusing primarily on ... Read full article


The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

By Beatrice on Mar 30, 2020 From Flickers in Time

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Directed by Ronald Neame Written by Jay Presson Allen from a novel by Muriel Sparks 1969/US IMDb link Repeat viewing/YouTube This study of delusion and comeuppance has held up very well over the years. The action takes place over several years in the mid-1930s. ?Miss ... Read full article


The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ( 1969 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 8, 2016 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders and all of my girls are the cr?me de la cr?me" Miss Jean Brodie ( Maggie Smith ) has dedicated her life, the prime of her life, to her gairls, a class of impressionable students at Marcia Blain's School for Girls in Edinburgh. Forsooth, t... Read full article


The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ( 1969 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 8, 2016 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders and all of my girls are the cr?me de la cr?me" Miss Jean Brodie ( Maggie Smith ) has dedicated her life, the prime of her life, to her gairls, a class of impressionable students at Marcia Blain's School for Girls in Edinburgh. Forsooth, t... Read full article


The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ( 1969 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 8, 2016 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders and all of my girls are the cr?me de la cr?me" Miss Jean Brodie ( Maggie Smith ) has dedicated her life, the prime of her life, to her gairls, a class of impressionable students at Marcia Blain's School for Girls in Edinburgh. Forsooth, t... Read full article


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Quotes from

Teddy Lloyd: My church understands human imperfection and forgives it. Why can't you?
Jean Brodie: I am not interested in human imperfection! I am interested in beauty, in art, in truth!


Teddy Lloyd: [to Sandy] You're a clever little cat, aren't you?


Jean Brodie: P-E-T-R-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. Petrification! I do not intend to devote my prime to petrification.


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The school desks had to be raised so that some of the girls wouldn't look as grown up as they really were. In fact, one of the girls was a twenty year old mother.
Director Ronald Neame never read the novel from which this film is adapted.
According to director Ronald Neame, his own grandson posed on the potty as the baby for Teddy's family portrait.
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