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unusual facts about The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie



Aleksey Mikhaylovich Mikhalyov

Mikhalyov had also translated William Faulkner, John Steinbeck's East of Eden, Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, J. M. Coetzee and other authors.

Carrie Barton

At age 19 at the Annie Russell Theatre she played an 11-year-old stuttering Scottish girl, Mary Macgregor in Jay Presson Allen's popular play, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for which she won Best Supporting Actress.

Jean Brodie

Jean Brodie is a fictional character in the Muriel Spark novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961); and in the play and 1969 film of the same name—both by Jay Presson Allen—which were based on the novel, but radically depart from it in the interest of theatre and poetic licence.

Margo Cunningham

Roles include A Taste of Honey and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

Sean O'Kane

After laying down The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie on tape at the request of Tyne Daly, in return she encouraged the young actor to learn more accents to broaden his talents.

Victor Reinganum

Victor Reinganum (1907-1995) was an artist and illustrator, probably best known for his illustrations on book dustjackets, including the first editions of Muriel Spark's The Ballad of Peckham Rye (1960) and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961).


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