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Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning DBE (; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was a British author and playwright. Many of her works have been adapted into films, including the novels ''Rebecca'' (the film adaptation of which won the Best Picture Oscar in 1941) and ''Jamaica Inn'', and the short stories ''The Birds'' and ''Don't Look Now''. The first three film adaptations were directed by Alfred Hitchcock and the last by Nicolas Roeg. Her grandfather was the artist and writer George du Maurier and her father the actor Gerald du Maurier. Her elder sister Angela also became a writer, and her younger sister Jeanne was a painter. ==Early life== Daphne du Maurier was born in London, the second of three daughters of the prominent actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and actress Muriel Beaumont (maternal niece of journalist, author, and lecturer William Comyns Beaumont).〔(''du Maurier, Daphne | Richard Kelly (essay date 1987)'' ), "The World of the Macabre: The Short Stories," in ''Daphne du Maurier'', Twayne Publishers, 1987, pp. 123–40.〕 Her grandfather was the author and ''Punch'' cartoonist George du Maurier, who created the character of Svengali in the novel ''Trilby''. These connections helped her in establishing her literary career, and du Maurier published some of her early work in Beaumont's ''Bystander'' magazine. Her first novel, ''The Loving Spirit,'' was published in 1931. Du Maurier was also the cousin of the Llewelyn Davies boys, who served as J.M. Barrie's inspiration for the characters in the play ''Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up''. As a young child, she met many of the brightest stars of the theatre, thanks to the celebrity of her father. On meeting Tallulah Bankhead, she was quoted as saying that the actress was the most beautiful creature she had ever seen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daphne du Maurier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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