Biography
Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, DBE (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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Rebecca
2020
Novel
After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.

The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror
2020
Novel
A man's wife commits suicide and appears to him as a ghost. The ghost follows him everywhere – under the bed, under tables… After seeing the ghost so...

My Cousin Rachel
2017
Novel
A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicat...

Daphne du Maurier: In Rebecca's Footsteps
2017
as Self (archive footage)
A portrait of the masterful author whose novels were adapted into the classics 'The Birds,' 'Jamaica Inn,' and 'Rebecca."

The Scapegoat
2012
Original Story
In 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, two very different men have one thing in common—a face.

Rebecca
2006
Novel
The plot adheres closely to the original novel, revolves around wealthy Maxim DeWinter, his naïve new wife, and Mrs. Danvers, the manipulative houseke...

Frenchman's Creek
1998
Novel
Seeking to escape the stifling London court society, the beautiful headstrong Lady Dona St. Columb flees to her family estate on the Cornish coast. He...

Jamaica Inn
1995
Novel

The Lifeforce Experiment
1994
Original Story
A CIA agent infiltrates the research team of a scientist who seeks to capture the essence of a dying leukemia patient.

The Birds II: Land's End
1994
Short Story
Ted and his family have just moved to the sleepy coastal town of Gull Island so that he can complete work on his thesis. Everything couldn’t seem more...

Utharam
1989
Original Story
Saleena is happily married to Mathew , a wealthy estate owner. Inexplicably she commits suicide much to the shock of Mathew. He firmly believes that t...

Morning Patrol
1987
Novel
A deserted city is the setting, where a woman walks alone trying to approach and enter the forbidden zone. Traps and the morning patrol lurk everywher...

Jamaica Inn
1983
Novel
The respected squire of a quiet Cornish village is in reality the leader of a gang of murderous pirates who attack passing ships, kill their crews and...

The Breakthrough
1975
Original Story
An adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1966 short story of the same title, broadcast as part of the BBC's "BBC2 Playhouse".

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
1974
Original Story
Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different segmen...

Don't Look Now
1973
Original Film Writer
While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.

Kıskanç Kadın
1966
Novel

Kohraa
1964
Story
A frightened second wife, a guilt-ridden widower, and a servant still devoted to her former mistress — all three tormented by the memory of a dead wom...

The Birds
1963
Short Story
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.

Theatre 62: Rebecca
1962
Novel
A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife.

The Scapegoat
1959
Novel
An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.

My Cousin Rachel
1952
Novel
A young man plots revenge against the woman he believes murdered his cousin, but his plans are shaken when he comes face to face with the enigmatic be...

Rebecca
1950
Writer
A play version of Daphne du Maurier’s book starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
Rebecca
1947
Novel
Adaptation of the novel Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier from 1947.

Hungry Hill
1947
Novel
Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.

The Years Between
1946
Theatre Play
After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself, becoming an MP and learning to l...

Frenchman's Creek
1944
Novel
An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet i...

Rebecca
1940
Novel
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died myste...

Jamaica Inn
1939
Novel
In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeep...
The Birds
N/A
Short Story
A remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror film about a flock of birds that take over a quiet Northern California town.