Daphne du Maurier

1907–1989 · British writer

Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, 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. Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall, where most of her works are set. As her fame increased, she became more reclusive.

Daphne du Maurier, in order

1. 1939 Jamaica Inn: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 59%, audiences 36% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
2. 1959 The Scapegoat: wrote · directed by Robert Hamer
3. 1962 Rebecca (TV movie): wrote · directed by Boris Sagal
4. 1963 The Birds: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 96%, audiences 83%
5. 1973 Don't Look Now: wrote · directed by Nicolas Roeg
6. 1994 The Birds II: Land's End (TV movie): wrote · directed by Alan Smithee and Rick Rosenthal