Trivia

Writer Muriel Spark considered Geraldine's portrayal of Jean Brodie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978) to be the definitive incarnation of her character.

Husband was the Principal of the Royal Acadamy of Dramatic Art in London.

Directed a production of "As You Like It" for Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company when it was first starting.

She allegedly declined an O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 1986.

She allegedly declined the honour of Dame of the British Empire in 2002.

She was awarded the 1995 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Way of the World.

She was awarded the 1983 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Rivals.

She got the part in The Magdalene Sisters (2002) after Vanessa Redgrave dropped out due to her mother's ill health.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for Eugène Ionesco's "The Chairs."

Her father was a Labour Party activist and McEwan remained a socialist all her life.

Became an Associate Member of RADA.

Mother, with Hugh Cruttwell, of son Greg Cruttwell.

Despite her Scottish sounding name her family came from Northern Ireland and she grew up in Windsor.

In both Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and Titus (1999), her character is killed by being stabbed in the stomach.

She was married to Hugh Crutwell who was he principal of The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

She joined the Brownies and was given a poem to read at a concert and imeadiately felt at home on the stage.

She became an assistant stage manager at 16, then started getting small parts, the first was as a maid in Spring Meeting.

When she was 9 or 10 her mother started taking her to the theatre,.

She took elocution lessons to get rid of her Irish accent and was give a speech from Macbeth to help which she still knew years later.

Her father was in the army during the war and a POW.

In 1981 she premiered her one woman show on Jane Austen which she toured England and abroad.

She directed the Renaisance Theatre production of As You Like It,Treats and Waiting for Sir Larry which received a Fringe First Awad at the Edinburgh Festival.

She won the 1984 Evening Standsard award as Best Actress for her performance as Mrs Malaprop in The Rivals.

She acted in several repertory companies and spent 5 years at Stratford Upon Avon to film such as Tom Jones, Henry V and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for television.

She appeared on Broadway in The School For Scandal and The Private Ear and the Public Eye and was in the original London production of Joe Orton's Loot.

She had two children.

She was a shy child with a sister who was 3 years older.