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Mrs. Danvers is the main antagonist of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca.Danvers is the head housekeeper at Manderley, the stately manor belonging to the wealthy Maximillian "Maxim" de Winter, where he once lived with his first wife, Rebecca, whom she had adored obsessively.
Mrs Danvers: The cold, overbearing housekeeper of Manderley. Danvers was Rebecca's family maid when she was a child and has lived with her for years. She is unhealthily obsessed with Rebecca and preserving Rebecca's memory. She resents the new Mrs de Winter, convinced she is trying to "take Rebecca's place".
The new Mrs. de Winter feels overwhelmed by the vast manor, and Mrs. Danvers does nothing to put her at ease, although she finds a friend in Frank Crawley, who oversees the estate. The young bride's discomfort with her new lifestyle isn't helped because Rebecca's memory has a strong hold on Manderley and all of its inhabitants and visitors.
Rebecca won the Film Daily year-end poll of 546 critics nationwide naming the best films of 1940. [22] Rebecca mosaic commissioned in 2001 in the London Underground. Rebecca was the opening film at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival in 1951. [23] The Guardian called it "one of Hitchcock's creepiest, most oppressive films". [24]
This is amptly backed up by Mrs. Danvers who was even with her as a child. Mrs. Danvers shocks Jack, Rebecca's first cousin and lover by saying "She never loved you, she never loved any man, she was above all that." Then Danvers goes on to describe Rebecca as simply a woman who loved excitment and put herself first regardless of who it may have ...
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Rebecca is a 1979 BBC Television drama, directed by Simon Langton. It is based on Daphne du Maurier 's 1938 British novel Rebecca . Four 55-minute episodes were produced and aired on BBC1 .