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Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, [1] DBE (/ d uː ˈ m ɒr i eɪ /; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright.Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont.
Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel by the English author Daphne du Maurier.It depicts an unnamed young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy widower, before discovering that both he and his household are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, the title character.
Du Maurier then proposed to Browning, who accepted. They were married in a simple ceremony at the Church of St Willow, Lanteglos-by-Fowey on 19 July 1932, and honeymooned on Ygdrasil. [35] Their marriage produced three children: two daughters, Tessa (later second wife of David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, son and heir of ...
Mrs. Danvers is the main antagonist of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca.Danvers is the head housekeeper at Manderley, the stately manor belonging to the wealthy Maximillian "Maxim" de Winter, where he once lived with his first wife, Rebecca, whom she had adored obsessively.
Not After Midnight, and other stories [2] is a 1971 collection of five long stories by Daphne du Maurier.It was first published in Britain by Gollancz (with a cover by du Maurier's daughter Flavia Tower [1] [4]), and in America by Doubleday under the title Don't Look Now. [3]
My Cousin Rachel is a Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier, published in 1951.Bearing thematic similarities to her earlier and more famous novel Rebecca, it is a mystery-romance, set primarily on a large estate in Cornwall.
In 2007, Somerville starred as best-selling novelist Daphne du Maurier in biographical drama Daphne, adapted from the authorised biography by Margaret Forster. [18] 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]
Muriel Beaumont, Lady du Maurier (14 April 1876 – 27 November 1957) was an English stage actress from 1898 until retiring in 1910. She was the wife of the actor and manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and mother of the writers Angela du Maurier and Daphne du Maurier and artist Jeanne du Maurier.