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. No. 1 on The New York Times Fiction best seller list for 3 weeks, from the issue of August 19, 1940. Wiki link