Mrs. Miniver (character) the influence of the American Office of War Information, the film attempted to undermine Hollywood's prewar depiction of Britain as a glamorous bastion of social privilege, anachronistic habits and snobbery in favour of more democratic, modern images. To this end, the social status enjoyed by the Miniver family in the print version was downgraded and increased attention was given to the erosion of class barriers under the pressures of wartime. In 1942, the film won an Oscar in the Best Picture category and both Greer Garson and Teresa Wright won an Oscar in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress
Polly Holliday "The Golden Girls", where she played Rose Nylund's blind sister Lily, in a recurring role as Jill Taylor's mother on "Home Improvement", and a regular on "The Client". Holliday's notable roles in films include "All the President's Men", "Mrs. Doubtfire", the 1998 remake of "The Parent Trap" and her role as Mrs. Ruby Deagle in the 1984 box office smash "Gremlins". On the Broadway stage, she has appeared in revivals of "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1986) as Martha Brewster, one of the dotty, homicidal, sweet old aunties; "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1990), for which she was nominated for