Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver was a fictional English housewife created by Jan Struther in 1937 for a series of newspaper columns for The Times, later adapted into a movie.

Awards and nominations

The film won six Oscars:

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• Academy Award for Best Picture - Sidney Franklin, producer
• Academy Award for Best Actress - Greer Garson
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress - Teresa Wright
• Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White - Joseph Ruttenberg
• Academy Award for Directing - William Wyler
• Academy Award for Writing, Screenplay - George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, Arthur Wimperis

It was nominated for another six Oscars:

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• Academy Award for Best Actor - Walter Pidgeon
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Henry Travers
• Academy Award for Best Actress - Dame May Whitty
• Best Effects, Special Effects - A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic), Warren Newcombe (photographic), Douglas Shearer (sound)
• Best Film Editing - Harold F. Kress
• Best Sound, Recording - Douglas Shearer