
Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941 · Movie · NR · 90 min · ★ 5.8
Unlucky in love, a duty-bound 1880s Midwestern schoolteacher sacrifices 50 years of her life to her students and raises her ex-fiancé’s child.
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Details
- Years
- 1941
- Release date
- 1941-02-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 90 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (20 votes)
Themes
- teacher
- unrequited love
- 19th century
- 1900s
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic Score · 1942 · nominated
Cast & crew

Martha Scott
as Ella Bishop

William Gargan
as Sam Peters

Edmund Gwenn
as President Corcoran

Sterling Holloway
as Chris Jensen

Dorothy Peterson
as Mrs. Bishop

Sidney Blackmer
as John Stevens

Mary Anderson
as Amy Saunders

Donald Douglas
as Delbert Thompson

Marsha Hunt
as Hope Thompson

John Archer
as Richard Clark (as Ralph Bowman)
Directed by Tay Garnett