We can’t get enough Maggie Smith! Take a look back at her Oscar-winning breakthrough role in the 1969 film, “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.”

Maggie Smith in her Prime, long before Downton Abbey

Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: The forthcoming release of Ethan Hawke’s Seymour: An Introduction—and the recent release of the excellent Approaching The Elephant—has us thinking back on other movies about teaching.

The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

Is there an actor today with more longevity than Maggie Smith? While she may or may not be parting from Downton Abbey, at the age of 80, she still does not appear to be slowing down. Smith is now iconic after such memorable roles as Charlotte in A Room With A View and Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter movies, to say nothing of The First Wives Club, the Best Exotic Marigold Hotels, an Oscar for California Suite, even Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood. But even Maggie Smith had to start somewhere, and the 1969 film The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie was her Oscar-winning breakthrough role.

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