In 2001, a movie version was directed by Vincent Bal based on a script by Burny Bos; it became one of the most popular Dutch children's movies abroad. Winning two Golden Calves, "Minoes" was the best-selling Dutch children's movie to date, and the DVD was certified platinum in 2002. More than 815,000 people saw it in the theatre, making it the highest-selling Dutch movie of the year, beating "Costa!" and "The Discovery of Heaven". The movie won first prize at the 2002 Chicago International Children's Film Festival. The book "Minoes" has been translated into English as "Minnie" (1992) and as "The Cat Who Came In off the Roof" (2014). In 1952 Schmidt began writing a radio show, the immensely popular "De Familie Doorsnee", which ran until 1958. In 1957 she began writing "Pension Hommeles", a musical comedy on VARA television. In the 1960s Schmidt wrote one of the most popular Dutch television series of all time, (English: "Yes Nurse! No Nurse!"), later the inspiration for the 2002 film of the same name. According to Rieks Swarte, who adapted her 1962 comic strip "Tante Patent" to a play (with music by Fay Lovski) in 2007, that story was the breeding ground for "Ja Zuster, Nee Zuster."