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Professional and personal connection to Daphne du Maurier. In 1948, Lawrence returned to the United Kingdom to star in September Tide, a play written specifically for her by Daphne du Maurier. Her role was that of a middle-aged Cornish woman whose son-in-law, a bohemian artist, falls in love with her. The playwright had intended her to open the ...
Mar 14, 1993 · Daphne du Maurier was praised for making her biography of her father, Gerald: A Portrait, read like a novel, and I am tempted to say the same of this biography, though, from one who much...
Although Daphne du Maurier was very aware that her father had worked with Gertrude Lawrence and reputedly had an affair with her, she had no memory of meeting Gertrude before she flew to the UK to take the role of Stella in September Tide .
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Daphne is a 2007 British biographical drama film written by Amy Jenkins and directed by Clare Beavan. The film is based on the authorised biography, Daphne du Maurier: The Secret Life of the Renowned Storyteller by Margaret Forster. It stars Geraldine Somerville, Elizabeth McGovern and Janet McTeer. It premiered on BBC Two on 12 May 2007.
After du Maurier's death in 1989, some writers speculated about her alleged relationships with a number of women, including the actress Gertrude Lawrence and Ellen Doubleday, the wife of her U.S. publisher Nelson Doubleday.
Apr 20, 2013 · In fact, the boy-in-the-box, as she referred to him, had a few more outings in him, including a deep passionate tendresse for the actor Gertrude Lawrence, not coincidentally one of Gerald du...
Oct 17, 2020 · Fans of Daphne du Maurier’s most famous novel Rebecca, now adapted for Netflix starring Lily James and Armie Hammer, ... and the actress Gertrude Lawrence, who did. Perhaps it was these that ...
