"not revealed at all. The only thing we know about her is that she came to Manderley when Rebecca was a bride. The Breen Office, Hollywood's censorship board, specifically prohibited any outright hint of a lesbian infatuation or relationship between Mrs. Danvers and Rebecca, though the film clearly does dwell on Danvers' obsessive memories of her late mistress. ""The Hollywood Reporter"" reported in 1944 that Edwina Levin MacDonald sued Selznick, Daphne du Maurier, United Artists and Doubleday for plagiarism. MacDonald claimed that the film ""Rebecca"" was stolen from her novel ""Blind Windows"", and sought an undisclosed amount of accounting and"
"Mrs. Danvers Mrs. Danvers (whose first name is never given) 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, the eponymous Rebecca. Nicknamed ""Danny"" by Rebecca, Mrs. Danvers was Rebecca's maid as a child and following the death of her previous mistress, persecutes the new Mrs. de Winter. Danvers resents the new Mrs. de Winter, convinced she is trying to ""take Rebecca's place"" despite the two women never meeting and being nothing"
"The housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson) is domineering and cold, and is obsessed with the beauty, intelligence and sophistication of Maxim's dead wife Rebecca, the first Mrs. de Winter, preserving her former bedroom, the master suite, as a shrine. Although dead, Rebecca's presence is pervasive: Several things throughout the house—stationery, handkerchiefs, bed linens, even the master bedroom door—bear her ornate ""R"" or ""R de W"" monogram. As her closest confidante, Mrs. Danvers regularly comments on Rebecca's exceptional grace and style. When asked what Rebecca was like, Frank Crawley (Reginald Denny), Maxim's best friend and manager of the estate, absent-mindedly tells"
"with ""Family Portrait"" (1939), which she adored but only had a short run. She later toured in the show. She then received a career boost when cast in Alfred Hitchcock's ""Rebecca"" (1940). As the housekeeper Mrs. Danvers, Judith Anderson was required to mentally torment the young bride, the ""second Mrs. de Winter"" (Joan Fontaine), even encouraging her to commit suicide; and taunt her husband (Laurence Olivier) with the memory of his first wife, the never-seen ""Rebecca"" of the title. The movie was a huge critical and commercial success and Anderson was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Anderson was"
"Jasper Fforde's ""Thursday Next"" series, in the book world, they have accidentally made Mrs. Danvers clones, which they use as troops against The Mispeling Vyrus. In ""Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction"", Adrian refers to his current girlfriend Marigold Flowers as having the same driving force of Mrs. Danvers. Mrs. Danvers Mrs. Danvers (whose first name is never given) 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, the eponymous"
"Manderley Manderley is the fictional estate of the character Maxim de Winter, and it plays a central part in Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel, ""Rebecca"", and in the film adaptation by Alfred Hitchcock. Located in southern England (often said to be Cornwall as this was where the author lived and was explicitly stated as such in the Hitchcock adaptation), Manderley is a typical country estate: it is filled with family heirlooms, is run by a large domestic staff and is open to the public on certain days. In spite of the house's beauty, the main character, the unnamed ""I"", who"
"Reta Shaw Reta Shaw (September 13, 1912 – January 8, 1982) was an American character actress known for playing strong, working women in film and on many of the most popular television programs of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States. She may be best remembered as the housekeeper, Martha Grant, on the television series ""The Ghost & Mrs. Muir"" and as the cook, Mrs. Brill, in the 1964 film ""Mary Poppins"". Reta Shaw was born in South Paris, Maine, on Friday, September 13, 1912, to Edna M. (née Easson) and Howard Walker Shaw. Her father was an orchestra"
"Daphne du Maurier Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, (; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English author and playwright. Although she is classed as a romantic novelist, her stories have been described as ""moody and resonant"" with overtones of the paranormal. Her bestselling works were not at first taken seriously by critics, but have since earned an enduring reputation for narrative craft. Many have been successfully adapted into films, including the novels ""Rebecca"", ""My Cousin Rachel"", and ""Jamaica Inn"", and the short stories ""The Birds"" and ""Don't Look Now/Not After Midnight"". Du Maurier spent much of"
"and putting it in a drawer) that it was very probable that the spirits in the house could never be sent away. Meanwhile, it becomes apparent that Rebbecca has begun to communicate with the spirits, particularly the ghost of a man named Apollo and a hideously deformed girl. It is revealed that the previous owner of the house was a woman named Delphine LaLaurie, who treated her slaves cruelly and subjected them to horrific torture and makeshift medical experiments. Her deeds were discovered when a slave woman chained to a stove deliberately set fire to herself to try to escape"
"Selznick picture ""Rebecca"" (1940) was Hitchcock's first American film, set in a Hollywood version of England's Cornwall and based on a novel by English novelist Daphne du Maurier. The film stars Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. The story concerns a naïve (and unnamed) young woman who marries a widowed aristocrat. She goes to live in his huge English country house, and struggles with the lingering reputation of his elegant and worldly first wife Rebecca, who died under mysterious circumstances. The film won Best Picture at the 13th Academy Awards; the statuette was given to Selznick, as the film's producer. Hitchcock"
"The Housekeeper's Daughter The Housekeeper's Daughter is a 1939 comedy film directed and produced by Hal Roach. The film stars Joan Bennett, Adolphe Menjou and John Hubbard. The screenplay was written by Rian James, Gordon Douglas, Jack Jevne and Claude Martin, based on a novel by Donald Henderson Clarke. It was the film debut of Victor Mature. Hilda is fed up with her life as a gun moll to gangster Floyd and visits her mother, housekeeper for the cultured Randall family. Professor Randall and his wife go on vacation, leaving behind sheltered son Robert to embark upon a career as"
"of Alice Nelson, the housekeeper on ""The Brady Bunch"". Ann B. Davis Ann Bradford Davis (May 3, 1926 – June 1, 2014) was an American actress. She achieved prominence for her role in the NBC situation comedy ""The Bob Cummings Show"" (1955–1959), for which she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, but she was best known for playing the part of Alice Nelson, the housekeeper in ABC's ""The Brady Bunch"" (1969–1974). Davis was born in Schenectady, New York, the daughter of Marguerite (née Stott) and Cassius Miles Davis. She had an identical"
"Rebecca (1940 film) Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was Hitchcock's first American project, and his first film under contract with producer David O. Selznick. The screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, and adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan, were based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. The film stars Laurence Olivier as the brooding, aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter and Joan Fontaine as the young woman who becomes his second wife, with Judith Anderson and George Sanders in supporting roles. The film"
"Housekeeping (film) Housekeeping is a 1987 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, and Andrea Burchill. Based on the 1980 novel ""Housekeeping"" by Marilynne Robinson, the film is about two young sisters growing up in Idaho during the 1950s. After being abandoned by their mother and raised by elderly relatives, the sisters are looked after by their eccentric aunt whose unconventional and unpredictable ways affect their lives. Filmed on location in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, ""Housekeeping"" won two awards at the 1987 Tokyo International Film Festival. Teen sisters Ruth and Lucille,"
"Ann B. Davis Ann Bradford Davis (May 3, 1926 – June 1, 2014) was an American actress. She achieved prominence for her role in the NBC situation comedy ""The Bob Cummings Show"" (1955–1959), for which she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, but she was best known for playing the part of Alice Nelson, the housekeeper in ABC's ""The Brady Bunch"" (1969–1974). Davis was born in Schenectady, New York, the daughter of Marguerite (née Stott) and Cassius Miles Davis. She had an identical twin, Harriet, and an older brother, Evans. When she"
"According to the sketch, producer Selznick initially insisted, against director Hitchcock's instructions, that the film contain ""a dame called Rebecca."" The movie consists of Maxim bringing Rebecca to a Manderley whose master, his servants, and guests constantly remind the first wife of her inferiority to an as-yet-undetermined ""second Mrs de Winter"". Du Maurier herself adapted ""Rebecca"" as a stage play in 1939; it had a successful London run in 1940 of over 350 performances. The Talking Books for the blind edition read by Barbara Caruso borrows heavily from this stage adaptation which differs materially from the novel in many respects"
"the deranged Mrs. Danvers. The second Mrs. de Winter and the staff escape the blaze, but Danvers is killed when a ceiling collapses on her. Finally, a silk nightdress case on Rebecca's bed, with a beautifully embroidered ""R""—Rebecca's proud emblem of ownership—is consumed by flames. Hitchcock's cameo appearance, a signature feature of his films, takes place near the end; he is seen walking, back turned to the audience, outside a phone box just after Jack Favell completes a call. At Selznick's insistence, the film faithfully adapts the plot of du Maurier's novel ""Rebecca"". However, at least one plot detail was"
"performances: ""The unique thing about Margaret Rutherford is that she can act with her chin alone."" Rutherford's quirky and energetic stage presence was such that she could deftly steal a scene even when playing relatively minor roles. Another theatrical success during the war years included her unexpected part as the sinister housekeeper Mrs Danvers in Daphne du Maurier's ""Rebecca"" at the Queen's Theatre in 1940. Her post-war theatre credits included Miss Prism in ""The Importance of Being Earnest"" again at the Haymarket Theatre in 1946 and Lady Bracknell when the same play transferred to New York in 1947. She played"
"as ""a sinister tale about a woman who marries a widower...Psychological and rather macabre."" Some commentators have noted parallels with Charlotte Brontë's ""Jane Eyre"". Another of du Maurier's works, ""Jamaica Inn,"" is also linked to one of the Brontë sisters' works, Emily's ""Wuthering Heights"". Du Maurier commented publicly in her lifetime that the book was based on her own memories of Menabilly and Cornwall, as well as her relationship with her father. While du Maurier ""categorised ""Rebecca"" as a study in jealousy... she admitted its origins in her own life to few."" Her husband had been ""engaged before – to"
"Barry. All dishes ""du Barry"" have a creamy white sauce, and many have cauliflower in them. The cauliflower may be an allusion to her powdered wigs, which had curls piled high on top of each other like cauliflower curds. Film Du Barry was portrayed in film by: Literature Notes Bibliography Madame du Barry Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (19 August 1743 – 8 December 1793) was the last ""Maîtresse-en-titre"" of Louis XV of France and one of the victims of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. Jeanne Bécu was born at Vaucouleurs, in the present-day Meuse department in"
"Menabilly, was influential in her descriptions of the setting, though a much smaller house. Several years after writing the novel, she leased the manor (1945–1967) from the Rashleigh family, who have owned it since the 16th century. Like Menabilly, Manderley could not be seen from the road. Manderley Manderley is the fictional estate of the character Maxim de Winter, and it plays a central part in Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel, ""Rebecca"", and in the film adaptation by Alfred Hitchcock. Located in southern England (often said to be Cornwall as this was where the author lived and was explicitly stated"
"Edith Taliaferro Edith Taliaferro (December 21, 1894 – March 2, 1958) was an American stage and film actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was active on the stage until 1935 and had roles in three silent films. She is best known for portraying the role of ""Rebecca"" in the 1910 stage production of ""Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"". Taliaferro was born in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of theatre workers. She was the younger sister of Mabel Taliaferro who also became a stage actress, and the cousin of actress Bessie Barriscale. Her ancestors were originally from England, of"
"2, 1958, Edith Taliaferro died of an undisclosed illness at her home in Newtown, Connecticut. Edith Taliaferro Edith Taliaferro (December 21, 1894 – March 2, 1958) was an American stage and film actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was active on the stage until 1935 and had roles in three silent films. She is best known for portraying the role of ""Rebecca"" in the 1910 stage production of ""Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"". Taliaferro was born in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of theatre workers. She was the younger sister of Mabel Taliaferro who also became a stage"
"a housekeeper for the family after Anna's passing. Lorena's relationship with Addison was not a good one, him having been abusive and neglectful towards her, and so he did not come to her defense when Emma forced her out of the family home. Without support from her father, the 14 year old supported herself by working as a housekeeper for an Irish family, in a boarding house infested with mice, a rooming house for railroad workers on the edge of town, and in a farm kitchen. During her time at the rooming house, Hickok was forced to barricade her door"
"My Cousin Rachel My Cousin Rachel is a novel by British author Daphne du Maurier, published in 1951. Like the earlier ""Rebecca"", it is a mystery-romance, set primarily on a large estate in Cornwall. The story has its origins in a portrait of Rachel Carew at Antony House in Cornwall, which du Maurier saw and took as inspiration. Ambrose Ashley is the owner of a large country estate on the Cornish coast and has been guardian to his orphaned cousin Philip since he was three years old. On Sundays, Philip's godfather, Nick Kendall, and his daughter Louise come to lunch"
"lucky one, returning like a wayward son to Manderley, I'd never be the same..."". Steve Hackett included a song entitled ""Rebecca,"" inspired by the novel, on his album ""To Watch the Storms"". In 2013, Devon watchmakers Du Maurier Watches, founded by the grandson of Daphne du Maurier, released a limited edition collection of two watches inspired by the characters from the novel – The Rebecca and The Maxim. Rebecca (novel) Rebecca is a Gothic novel by English author Dame Daphne du Maurier. A best-seller, ""Rebecca"" sold 2,829,313 copies between its publication in 1938 and 1965, and the book has never"
"and Philippe and Jane are now married. Augustine Charlet (Germaine Rouer), widow of the poisoned concierge, is hired by the Guérandes to be their chamber maid. Augustine, still tormented by the mysterious poisoning death of her husband, receives an advertising circular for a psychic, Madame d’Alba of 13 Avenue Junot, and decides to consult her. Madame d’Alba, a Vampire, hypnotises Augustine and instructs her to unlock the door of Philippe's apartment at 2 am. Mazamette, who has taken an attraction to Augustine, awakens that night and sees her descend the stairs to unlock the door. The Vampires enter, tie her"
"glamorous, dark-haired Jan Ricardo. The suspicion that Tommy remained attracted to Ricardo haunted Daphne."" In ""The Rebecca Notebook"" of 1981, du Maurier ""'remembered' Rebecca's gestation … Seeds began to drop. A beautiful home... a first wife... jealousy, a wreck, perhaps at sea, near to the house... But something terrible would have to happen, I did not know what..."" She wrote in her notes prior to writing: 'I want to build up the character of the first [wife] in the mind of the second... until wife 2 is haunted day and night... a tragedy is looming very close and CRASH! BANG!"
"of his heroic action. For unrevealed reasons, they can never have children. Having lost Manderley and choosing not to rebuild it, Mr. and Mrs. de Winter now live a quiet life in a small hotel, seemingly free of Rebecca's hold. In the 1940 film adaptation of the Du Maurier novel directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the character of Rebecca is never seen. In the miniseries, she is shown from behind, and there are frequent flashes of her eyes and mouth (courtesy of Lucy Cohu), although her full face is never revealed. The second Mrs. de Winter is played by Emilia Fox,"
"Mail"" commented on Paul's obsession with her stating: ""You can’t help feeling that nothing short of a stake through the heart is going to keep Paul out of Rebecca’s life."" Di Butler, writing for news.com.au, branded Rebecca's return ""very significant."" Butler added ""Rebecca – looking terrific in a red dress and a great blow dry – doesn't know yet that Paul is mayor, because wherever she's come from doesn't have the internet."" Rebecca Robinson (Neighbours) Rebecca Jane Napier (also Robinson) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ""Neighbours"", played by Jane Hall. The show suffered a ratings decline"
"has become mistress of Manderley, senses an atmosphere of doom about it, due to the death of Max's first wife (the titular Rebecca), and it is hinted that she haunts the estate. Childhood visits to Milton Hall, Cambridgeshire, home of the Fitzwilliam family, influenced the descriptions of Manderley, especially the interior. She told the 10th Earl Fitzwilliam in a letter that when she wrote ""Rebecca"" 20 years later, the interior of Manderley was based on her recollection of the rooms and 'big house feel' of Milton in the First World War. The adult du Maurier's Cornish home near Fowey, called"
"Sophie goes along, much to the discomfort of Charles. The Accompanist The Accompanist (French: ""L'Accompagnatrice"") is a 1992 French film directed by Claude Miller from a novel by Nina Berberova, and starring Romane Bohringer, Yelena Safonova and Richard Bohringer. In 1942 Nazi-occupied Paris, a young and impoverished accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets a job with famed singer Irene Brice. As Irene's possessive husband and manager, Charles, a businessman collaborating with the Nazis, wrestles with his conscience, the highly impressionable Sophie becomes obsessed with Irene, taking on the role of maid as well as accompanist, living life vicariously through Irene's triumphs"
"housekeeper at a local hotel. Her older sister Shannon (Judy Greer) is a sex addict and frequently goes to rehab. Since Shannon has no job and needs to gain employment, Martha offers her a job as a housekeeper at the hotel. As a celebration for Shannon’s first day on the job, they go to a local bar. After Shannon’s celebration, Martha takes her back to her house and tells her where things are while she is away. However, she secretly sneaks off to her boyfriend Edwin’s (Ron Livingston) house. Edwin is married but enjoys having an affair with Shannon. Meanwhile,"