Daphne (2007)

Director: Clare Beavan

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 infatuations with American publishing tycoon's wife Ellen Doubleday and the actress Gertrude Lawrence.

Cast

Geraldine Somerville

Daphne Du Maurier

Elizabeth McGovern

Ellen Doubleday

Janet McTeer

Gertrude Lawrence

Natalie Best

Maid

Felicity Montagu

Director, 'September Tide'

Andrew Havill

Tommy Browning

Christopher Malcolm

Nelson Doubleday

Malcolm Sinclair

Noel Coward

Tim Ahern

Dickie

Nicholas Murchie

New York Prosecutor