Mrs. Miniver Supporting Actress (Teresa Wright). In 1950, a film sequel "The Miniver Story" was made with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon reprising their roles. In 2006, the film was ranked number 40 on the American Film Institute's list celebrating the most inspirational films of all time. In 2009, the film was named to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically" significant, and will be preserved for all time. Kay Miniver (Greer Garson) and her family live a comfortable life at a house called "Starlings" in Belham, a fictional village outside London. The house
Mrs. Miniver expectations, grossing $5,358,000 in the US and Canada (the highest for any MGM film at the time) and $3,520,000 abroad. In the United Kingdom, it was named the top box office attraction of 1942. The initial theatrical release made MGM a profit of $4,831,000, their most profitable film of the year. Of the 592 film critics polled by American magazine "Film Daily", 555 named it the best film of 1942. "Mrs. Miniver" won six Academy Awards in 1943. Notes The fifth episode of season 1 of "Downton Abbey" copies the scene of Lady Beldon giving her award away at a