Mrs. Danvers
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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, w
Still from the 1940 film adaption by Alfred Hitchcock: Mrs. Danvers (left, Judith Anderson) attempts to persuade Mrs. de Winter (Joan Fontaine) to leap to her death.
Rebecca (1940 film)
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Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was Hitchcock's first American project, and his first film under contract with producer David O. Selzni
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In Monte Carlo, Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier) stops to speak to Mrs. Edythe Van Hopper (Florence Bates) only after recognizing her companion (Joan Fontaine), the woman he had encountered earlier.
The new Mrs. de Winter is intimidated by the grandeur of Manderley and its staff.
Danvers tricks the insecure second Mrs. de Winter into wearing the same costume Rebecca wore at her last costume ball.