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Hollywood's Top Fictional Teachers

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 30, 2009 2:51 PM CDT

(Newser) – Never had an inspiring, funny, or even downright godawful teacher? Luckily, Hollywood has them in spades. Babble presents the 40 best fictional teachers:

Ms. Norbury, Mean Girls: She taught “the female student body to lay off the sexist insults.”
Economics teacher, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: Ben Stein gave “an anthem to class-cutters everywhere with his monotone role call: ‘Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?’”
Professor Dumbledore, Harry Potter: It's no wonder “the greatest wizard in the world” was a great teacher, too.

Melvin B. Tolson, The Great Debaters: “Melvin Tolson exhausts all resources” in the battle for equal rights for his black debate team.
Roberta Guaspari, Music of the Heart: Guaspari turns an inner-city music program into a Carnegie Hall master ensemble.

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Tina Fey played Ms. Norbury in "Mean Girls." (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)

Ben Stein played the Economics Teacher in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Denzel Washington played Melvin B. Tolson in "The Great Debaters." (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Meryl Streep played Roberta Guaspari in "Music of the Heart." (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Michael Gambon portrays Albus Dumbledore in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Jaap Buitendjik)

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