Miss Marple is a fictional character in Agatha Christie's crime novels and short stories. Jane Marple is an elderly spinster who lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective. She is one of the best known of Christie's characters and has been portrayed numerous times on screen. Her first appearance was in a short story published in The Royal Magazine in December 1927, "The Tuesday Night Club", which later became the first chapter of The Thirteen Problems (1932). Her first appearance in a full-length novel was in The Murder at the Vicarage in 1930.
Sir Robert Graham Stephens was a leading English actor in the early years of Britain's Royal National Theatre. He was one of the most respected actors of his generation and was at one time regarded as the natural successor to Laurence Olivier.
William Brodie, often known by his title of Deacon Brodie, was a Scottish cabinet-maker, deacon of a trades guild, and Edinburgh city councillor, who maintained a secret life as a housebreaker, partly for the thrill, and partly to fund his gambling.
Gordon Cameron Jackson, was a Scottish actor best remembered for his roles as the butler Angus Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs and as George Cowley, the head of CI5, in The Professionals. He also portrayed Flt. Lt. Andrew MacDonald, "Intelligence", in The Great Escape.
Mary Weir, known as Molly Weir, was a Scottish actress, most notable for her role as the long-running (1977–1984) character Hazel the McWitch in the BBC TV series Rentaghost.
Rona Anderson was a Scottish stage, film, and television actress. She appeared in TV series and on the stage and films throughout the 1950s. She appeared in the films Scrooge and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and on TV in Dr Finlay's Casebook and Dixon of Dock Green.
Pamela Franklin is a British actress who appeared in feature films from 1961 until 1976, and on American television throughout the 1970s. She is best known for her role in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), for which she won the National Board of Review award for Best Supporting Actress.
Camilla Joy Cynthia Power is an Irish-born English actress. As a child, she portrayed Jill Pole in the BBC's television adaptation of the book The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis, and in adult life she played teacher Lorna Dickey in the BBC One serial Waterloo Road.
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.
John Castle is an English retired actor. He is best known for playing Bill in Blowup (1966) and Geoffrey in The Lion in Winter (1968). His other notable credits include Man of La Mancha (1972) and RoboCop 3 (1993).
Zoe Caldwell, OBE is an Australian actress. She is a four-time Tony Award winner, winning Best Featured Actress in a Play for Slapstick Tragedy (1966), and Best Actress in a Play for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1968), Medea (1982), and Master Class (1996). Her film appearances include The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Birth (2004), and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011). She is also the voice of the Grand Councilwoman in the Lilo & Stitch franchise.
The 41st National Board of Review Awards were announced on January 1, 1970.
Jameson Clark was a Scottish character actor who appeared in 22 films and made many appearances on television.
The 23rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1970, honoured the best films of 1969.
"Jean" is a popular song from the 1969 movie The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. It was written by the American poet and composer Rod McKuen, who also recorded a version of the song.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a 1969 British drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Muriel Spark. Directed by Ronald Neame, it stars Maggie Smith in the title role as an unrestrained teacher at a girls' school in 1930s Edinburgh.
Ann Way was an English character actress in film and television. Born in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, she began her career in repertory in Dundee in the 1960s.
Shirley Steedman is a Scottish actress, best known as Monica in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969). She also played Princess Alice in Edward the Seventh (1975), and her mother Queen Victoria in a 1976 television adaptation of East Lynne.
Christina Kay, born in Edinburgh and died in Midhope, West Lothian, was a Scottish school teacher and served as an inspiration for Miss Jean Brodie, the lead character of the famous 20th century novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark.
