Mrs. Miniver (character)

Mrs. Miniver (left, played by Greer Garson) and Carol Beldon (played by Teresa Wright)

Mrs. Miniver is a fictional British housewife created by Jan Struther in 1937 for a series of newspaper columns for The Times. The Mrs. Miniver story was later adapted into a film of the same name and starred Greer Garson in the titular role for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.