Eccentricity , sensuality , overweening narcissism : Miss Brodie was a part for lionesses of the stage who combined old-style grandeur with new-style neurosis , and it got them in Vanessa Redgrave -LRB- who created the part in London -RRB- , Zoe Caldwell -LRB- who won a Tony as Miss Brodie on Broadway -RRB- and Maggie Smith -LRB- who was awarded an Oscar for playing her on screen -RRB- .