The Lady in the Van The Lady in the Van The Lady in the Van is a 2015 British comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner, and starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings, based on the novel of the same name created by Alan Bennett. It was written by Alan Bennett, and it tells the (mostly) true story of his interactions with Mary Shepherd, an elderly woman who lived in a dilapidated van on his driveway in London for 15 years. He had previously published the story as a 1989 essay, 1990 book, 1999 stage play, and 2009 radio play on BBC Radio 4. Smith had
The Lady in Red (Allie Wrubel song) in 1949's "The Windblown Hare." The Lady in Red (Allie Wrubel song) "The Lady in Red" is a 1935 song with lyrics by Mort Dixon and music by Allie Wrubel. Its title makes reference to the then well-known nickname of Ana Cumpănaș, the notorious "lady in red" who was believed to have betrayed gangster John Dillinger to the FBI in July of the previous year. The song is written in a quasi-Latin rhumba style. "The Lady in Red" is featured in the soundtrack of the 1935 film "In Caliente". In the film, the song is the subject of an elaborate