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 has a large garden, with a private landing stage on the River Thamesat

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• Greer Garson as Kay Miniver
• Walter Pidgeon as Clem Miniver
• Teresa Wright as Carol Beldon

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Screenplay
The film went into pre-production in the autumn of 1940, when the United States was still a neutral country. The script was written over many months, and during that time, the United States moved closer to war. As a result, scenes

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Critical response
In terms of modern film technology directing, acting and esthetics, this was a quintessential Hollywood

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In 1944 American rose grower Jackson & Perkins introduced Rosa 'Mrs. Miniver', a medium-red hybrid tea rose, named after Mr. Ballard's winning rose in the film. Over time the rose was lost to

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The fifth episode of season 1 of Downton Abbey copies the scene of Lady Beldon giving her award away at a flower show, with Maggie Smith's Violet

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• In 1943, the film was adapted into an episode of the Lux Radio Theatre. That episode in turn was popular enough to inspire a 5-day a week serial, starring radio veteran Trudy Warner on CBS.
• In 1950, a film sequel, The Miniver Story, was made with Garson and Pidgeon

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