Scandalous Women on Film: Daphne, The Secret Life of Daphne du Maurier (2007)
Daphne: The Secret Life of Daphne du Maurier (2007) Produced by the BBC Directed by Cleare Beaven Executive Producer: Kim Thomas Written by Amy Jenkins based on Margaret Forster's 1993 biography Starring: Daphne du Maurier: Geraldine Sommerville Ellen Doubleday: Elizabeth McGovern Gertrude Lawrence: Janet McTeer Nelson Doubleday: Christopher Malcolm Tommy Browning: Andrew Harvill Synopsis: Set during the years between the "Rebecca" trial and the writing of Du Maurier's short story "The Birds", including her relationship with her husband Frederick 'Boy' Browning, and her largely unrequited infatuation with American publishing tycoon's wife Ellen Doubleday and her love affair with the actress Gertrude Lawrence. My thoughts: My knowledge about Daphne du Maurier was very limited. I knew of her as a novelist, author of Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, Frenchman's...