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Daphne Du Maurier was born on 13 May, 1907 in London, England, UK, is a writer. Discover Daphne Du Maurier's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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Occupation writer
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 13 May, 1907
Birthday 13 May
Birthplace London, England, UK
Date of death 19 April, 1989
Died Place Par, Cornwall, England, UK
Nationality United Kingdom

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Who Is Daphne Du Maurier's Husband?

Her husband is Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick A. M. Browning (19 July 1932 - 14 March 1965) ( his death) ( 3 children)

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Husband Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick A. M. Browning (19 July 1932 - 14 March 1965) ( his death) ( 3 children)
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Daphne Du Maurier Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Daphne Du Maurier worth at the age of 82 years old? Daphne Du Maurier’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Daphne Du Maurier's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1894

Du Maurier, the creator of Svengali in his 1894 novel "Trilby". (She was also cousin to the Llewelyn Davies boys, through her grandfather Gerald. The boys were the inspiration for the boys in J. M.

1907

She was born on May 13, 1907 in London, the second daughter of the famous actor-manager Gerald du Maurier, who himself was knighted in 1922, and the actress Muriel Beaumont. Her grandfather was the famous anglo-French writer George L.

1924

Barrie' Peter Pan (1924) and his Neverland works. ) Her husband was also famous: Frederick A. M. Browning, the WWII Commander "Boy" Browning renowned as the "father of the British airborne forces.

1928

Daphne published her first short story in 1928; her first novel, "The Loving Spirit", was published in 1931, and her last, "Rule Britannia", forty-one year later.

1937

She had two daughters named Tessa and Flavia (b. 1937) and a son, Christian Frederick 'Kits' Browning (b. 1940).

1939

Along with "Rebecca", she had great successes with her novels Jamaica Inn (1939) and Frenchman's Creek (1944), both of which were adapted into movies. The three novels were set in Cornwall, where she lived. In addition to multiple non-fiction books, Daphne Du Maurier also wrote three plays (including an adaptation of "Rebecca").

1940

In between, she achieved her greatest success with the novel Rebecca (1940), which was adapted by Alfred Hitchcock into a classic film that won the Best Picture Oscar for 1940.

1943

Her most famous novel, "Rebecca", was set in a 70-room manor. The manor actually exists and is called Menabilly, on the Cornwall coast in the extreme southwest of England close to Fowey. Du Maurier had seen it as a child and was so struck by it that she told everyone she would one day move into the estate. In 1943, after she had become a world-famous and best-selling author, she and her husband actually leased Menabilly for 25 years and moved in. Before Daphne's husband died, he was able to sign a contract that enabled Daphne to move to Kilmerth close by. Kilmerth inspired her to write the novel "The House on the Strand".

1969

Daphne Du Maurier was one of the most popular English writers of the 20th Century, when middle-brow genre fiction was accorded a higher level of respect in a more broadly literate age. For her services to literature, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1969, the female equivalent of a knighthood. Thus, she achieved a trifecta of sorts, as her father and her husband were both knights.

1973

Another novel, Don't Look Now (1973), adapted by Nicolas Roeg, is also considered a classic film in Britain.

1977

" He helped plan and execute Operation Market Garden, an airborne operation that put Allied troops into Germany and the Netherlands, an ultimately unsuccessful venture chronicled in Cornelius Ryan's A Bridge Too Far (1977). During the Second World War, Boy Browning achieved the rank of Lieutenant General and a knighthood. Browning's quote that Arnheim was a bridge too far later became famous as a book title and ultimately a movie title.

2005

In her 2005 album, "The Beekeeper", Tori Amos wrote the song "Jamaica Inn" as a tribute to her work as a writer, with quotes from her books "Rebecca" and the eponymous "Jamaica Inn".