Overview
A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with her over-romanticized worldview.
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DirectorRonald Neame
WriterJay Presson Allen
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Maggie Smith
Jean Brodie
Robert Stephens
Teddy Lloyd
Pamela Franklin
Sandy
Celia Johnson
Miss Mackay
Gordon Jackson
Gordon Lowther
Diane Grayson
Jenny
Jane Carr
Mary McGregor
Shirley Steedman
Monica
Ann Way
Miss Gaunt
Heather Seymour
Clara
Margo Cunningham
Miss Campbell
Lavinia Lang
Emily Carstairs
Isla Cameron
Miss McKenzie
Antoinette Biggerstaff
Helen McPhee
Molly Weir
Miss Allison Kerr
Rona Anderson
Miss Lockhart
Helena Gloag
Miss Kerr
Roberta Tovey
Schoolgirl
Candace Glendenning
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
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Keywords
based on novel or booklove trianglescotlandfascismedinburgh, scotlandcoming of ageteachereccentricschoololder man younger woman relationshipteacher student relationshipteacher herospinsternude modelingpainter as artistart teacherfemale teacherromantic trianglehopeless romanticsexual curiosity
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 3, 2026