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English novelist, biographer and playwright
- Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, DBE (/ duː ˈmɒrieɪ /; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright.
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Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, [1] DBE (/ duː ˈmɒrieɪ /; 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. Her grandfather George du Maurier was a writer and cartoonist.
Daphne du Maurier (born May 13, 1907, London, England—died April 19, 1989, Par, Cornwall) was an English novelist and playwright, daughter of actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier, best known for her novel Rebecca (1938).
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Dame Daphne du Maurier, the English novelist who died in 1989, was fascinated by her French heritage. The author of Rebecca and Jamaica Inn had been brought up on tales of an aristocratic...
Daphne du Maurier (13th May 1907 - 19th April 1989) was first and foremost a really excellent storyteller but she was also part of the remarkable du Maurier dynasty - a granddaughter, daughter, sister, military wife, mother and grandmother.
Daphne du Maurier’s writing is loved by millions of people right across the world. Her novels and short stories, in particular, never cease to capture people’s imaginations, and once someone has read a piece of du Maurier’s writing, they are inevitably hooked and need to read more.
Jun 13, 2017 · Why Daphne du Maurier was Britain’s mistress of suspense. Much more than a romance writer, Daphne du Maurier inspired Hitchcock classics, dabbled in sci-fi, and even predicted Brexit,...
May 1, 2019 · Daphne du Maurier remains one of the 20th century’s most popular and enigmatic writers, her life captivating readers as much as her works, as the most recent biography, Manderley Forever by Tatiana de Rosnay, has shown.
