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Nelson Doubleday c. 1916. Nelson Doubleday (June 16, 1889 – January 11, 1949) was a U.S. book publisher and president of Doubleday Company from 1922–1946. His father Frank Nelson Doubleday had founded the business. His son Nelson Doubleday Jr. followed him into it, taking part in expansion and serving as president from 1978–1986.
[2] [a] Jenkins used private letters written between du Maurier and Ellen Doubleday, which showed an intense relationship between the two women. The letters were also instrumental in revealing how hard du Maurier tried to come to terms with her own sexual and emotional needs. [2] Ellen is the wife of her American publisher Nelson Doubleday.
After du Maurier's death in 1989, some writers speculated about her alleged intimate physical relationships with a number of women, [9] including Ellen Doubleday, the wife of her U.S. publisher Nelson Doubleday, and the actress Gertrude Lawrence, as detailed in the 2007 BBC Two film, Daphne.
In May 2007, she played Ellen Doubleday, Daphne du Maurier's paramour, in Daphne, a BBC2 television drama by Amy Jenkins based on Margaret Forster's biography of the author. [14] In December 2008, McGovern appeared as Dame Celia Westholme in "Appointment with Death", an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot.
Born Neltje Doubleday in 1934, she is the daughter of Ellen McCarter and Nelson Doubleday, and has an older brother Nelson Doubleday, Jr. The siblings were born in New York City; they grew up in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The family also spent time in South Carolina. Nelson and Neltje attended private schools.
Ellen Holly was the first Black actress to star on a daytime television show. She starred as Carla Gray on 'One Life to Live' from 1968 to 1985. Trailblazing actress Ellen Holly of White Plains ...
Ellen Holly, a stage and screen actor who became the first Black star of a daytime television series with her role as Carla Gray in ABC’s soap opera “One Life to Live,” died Wednesday at ...
The film aired on 12 May on BBC2, and co-starred Janet McTeer as Gertrude Lawrence and Elizabeth McGovern as Ellen Doubleday, the object of du Maurier's unrequited affections. [19] Later that year, she appeared in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as DS Michelle Tate.