Daphne Du Maurier
(1907-1989), WriterDame Daphne Du Maurier
Sitter in 24 portraits
Educated at home, Daphne Du Maurier came from a distinguished literary and artistic family. After publishing her first novel The Loving Spirit (1931), she married Sir Frederick 'Boy' Browning, and the couple had three children. The novels Jamaica Inn (1936) and Rebecca (1938), won her a large reading public. Her books fall into two genres; historical romance and contemporary suspense, and were often inspired by Cornwall, where she lived. Many of Du Maurier's novels became celebrated films, including The Birds (1963) and Don't Look Now (1973), which were adapted from her short stories.
Muriel Beaumont', Lady Du Maurier; Angela Du Maurier; Daphne Du Maurier
by Rita Martin, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
hand-coloured postcard print, 1908
NPG x44903
Muriel Beaumont', Lady Du Maurier; Angela Du Maurier and Daphne Du Maurier
by Rita Martin, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, circa 1909
NPG x131446
Angela Du Maurier; Jeanne Du Maurier; 'Muriel Beaumont', Lady Du Maurier; Daphne Du Maurier
by Rita Martin
bromide postcard print, circa 1912
NPG x44904
by Rita Martin
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1912
NPG x68968
Daphne Du Maurier; Jeanne Du Maurier; Angela Du Maurier
by Claude Harris
vintage bromide print, circa 1917
NPG x9094
Jeanne Du Maurier; 'Muriel Beaumont', Lady Du Maurier; Daphne Du Maurier
by Ruth Bartlett
bromide print, 1922
NPG x44909
Jeanne Du Maurier; Daphne Du Maurier; 'Muriel Beaumont', Lady Du Maurier
by Ruth Bartlett
bromide print, 1922
NPG x44910
Jeanne Du Maurier; Daphne Du Maurier; 'Muriel Beaumont', Lady Du Maurier
by Ruth Bartlett
sepia-toned bromide print, 1922
NPG x44911
Jeanne Du Maurier; Daphne Du Maurier
by Ruth Bartlett
sepia-toned bromide print, 1922
NPG x44912
by Ruth Bartlett
sepia-toned bromide print, circa 1922
NPG x44913
by Claude Harris
vintage bromide print, circa 1923
NPG x9095
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 July 1930
NPG x26607
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 July 1930
NPG x26608
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 July 1930
NPG x30292
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 July 1930
NPG x30293
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 July 1930
NPG x30294
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1949
NPG x128293
by John Gay
bromide fibre print, published February 1949
NPG x47294
Daphne Du Maurier; Tessa (née Browning, later de Zulueta), Viscountess Montgomery of Alamein
by Tom Blau, for Camera Press
bromide press print, 1951
NPG x194385
Related People
- 'Muriel Beaumont', Lady Du Maurier (mother)
- Sir Frederick Arthur Montague ('Boy') Browning (husband)
- Arthur Llewelyn Davies (uncle)
- Angela Du Maurier (sister)
- George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (grandfather)
- Sir Gerald Du Maurier (father)
- Jeanne Du Maurier (sister)
- Sylvia Jocelyn Llewelyn Davies (née Du Maurier) (aunt)
- Tessa (née Browning, later de Zulueta), Viscountess Montgomery of Alamein (daughter)
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