Person

George du Maurier

Writing · 1834–1896 · Paris, France

Biography

George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 1834 – 8 October 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and author, known for his cartoons in Punch and for his novel Trilby. He was the father of actor Sir Gerald du Maurier and grandfather of writers Angela du Maurier and Dame Daphne du Maurier. He was also the father of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and grandfather of the five boys who inspired J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Description above from the Wikipedia George du Maurier licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

1983SvengaliNovel
1965BBC Play of the MonthAuthor
1954SvengaliNovel
1947TrilbyNovel
1935Peter IbbetsonNovel
1931SvengaliNovel
1927SvengaliNovel
1923TrilbyNovel
1922Moments from "Trilby"Novel
1922TrilbyNovel
1921ForeverNovel
1916Trilby FrilledNovel
1915TrilbyNovel
1914TrilbyNovel
1914SvengaliNovel
1912Three Tales of TerrorNovel
1911Trilby and SvengaliNovel
1908TrilbyNovel
1898Ella Lola, a la TrilbyNovel
1896Trilby and Little BilleeNovel
1896Trilby BurlesqueNovel
1895Hypnotic SceneNovel
1895Death SceneNovel
1895Trilby DanceNovel
1895QuartetteNovel

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