Here is a snippet of Greer Garson’s record-setting 5:30 speech at the Oscars in 1943, when she won Best Actress for “Mrs. Miniver” (1942). Adrien Brody cleared. #adrienbrody #oscars2025 #oscars #greergarson #movies #oldhollywood #gr8erdays | Gr8erdays

Mrs. Miniver is a 1942 American romantic war drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Inspired by the 1940 novel Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther, It shows how the life of an unassuming British housewife in rural England is affected by World War II. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, its supporting cast includes Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Henry Travers, Richard Ney and Henry Wilcoxon. It was a critical and a commercial succ