Biography Early life Ĭannon Hall, Hampstead, drawn by A.R. As her fame increased, she became more reclusive. Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall, where most of her works are set. Many have been successfully adapted into films, including the novels Rebecca, Frenchman's Creek, My Cousin Rachel and Jamaica Inn, and the short stories " The Birds" and " Don't Look Now". Her bestselling works were not at first taken seriously by critics, but they have since earned an enduring reputation for narrative craft. Her grandfather was George du Maurier, a writer and cartoonist.Īlthough du Maurier is classed as a romantic novelist, her stories have been described as "moody and resonant" with overtones of the paranormal. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont.
Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, DBE ( / d uː ˈ m ɒr i eɪ/ – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright.
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