Movie · 1967
Up the Down Staircase
“Simple words that start a war: "Good morning. My name is Miss Barrett. I am your Home Room teacher..."”
Released 28 June 1967 124 min Drama More from 1967 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.
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How old were they?
Elena Karam
as School Nurse
Ruth White
as Beatrice Schacter
Eileen Heckart
as Henrietta Pastorfield
Jean Stapleton
as Sadie Finch
Roy Poole
as Mr. McHabe
Florence Stanley
as Ellen Friedenberg
Sorrell Booke
as Dr. Bester
Frances Sternhagen
as Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian
Patrick Bedford
as Paul Barringer
Sandy Dennis
as Sylvia Barrett
Jeff Howard
as Joe Ferone
Ellen O'Mara
as Alice Blake
Vinnette Carroll
as The Mother
Martha Greenhouse
as Mrs. Kagan
Maria Landa
as Carole Blanca
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The numbers
41years between the oldest and youngest billed
58Elena Karam — oldest on the call sheet
17Ellen O'Mara — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast