In 1971 horror film Night of Dark Shadows, upon arriving at the opulent estate of Collinwood, Quentin Collins' wife Tracy makes a comment about how she may become "one of those women you see in houses with a garden", and comments that the housekeeper at the estate probably looks "just like Mrs. The characters of Frau Blücher in Young Frankenstein and Nurse Charlotte Diesel in High Anxiety, both played by Cloris Leachman with films directed by Mel Brooks, are parodies of Mrs. This is a recurring suggestion amongst analyses of the film. Danvers' admiration of Rebecca's underclothes, and Danvers lovingly showing the new Mrs. Danvers may have harbored romantic and sexual feelings for the late Rebecca. In the 1996 documentary The Celluloid Closet, screenwriter Susie Bright suggests Mrs. In contrast, the Hitchcock and all subsequent film adaptations never mention her past. Kristin Scott Thomas portrayed Danvers in the 2020 Netflix film. Danvers later was played by several actresses for television adaptations, such as Dorothy Black in 1947, Nina Foch in 1962, Anna Massey in 1979, Diana Rigg in 1997, and by Mariangela Melato in a 2008 Italian TV adaptation. Anderson was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Danvers was first, and most famously, portrayed by Judith Anderson in Alfred Hitchcock's film adaptation released in 1940.
Danvers' fate remains unknown early in the novel, the narrator, looking back on the events of the story, writes, "Mrs.
de Winter are driving back from London and see their beloved home in flames. Danvers disappears and soon after, Manderley is set on fire. In the end, having failed to break up the marriage, Mrs. Rebecca kept secrets from Danvers as well, including her cancer and the fact Maxim knew about her affairs. Danvers' devotion to Rebecca was not as mutual as Mrs. Danvers attempts to manipulate her into jumping out of the second floor window. de Winter, and when the new wife confronts Mrs. de Winter wear a particular dress to a costume ball knowing Rebecca wore it to the costume ball the year before. She also resents Maxim for remarrying, and she tries to break up the marriage. de Winter, convinced she is trying to "take Rebecca's place" despite the two women never meeting and being nothing alike. Danvers was Rebecca's maid as a child and following the death of her previous mistress, persecutes the new Mrs. Nicknamed "Danny" by Rebecca, (but never given a first name), Mrs. In the 1940 film version, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the character was played by Judith Anderson, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. 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. Danvers is the main antagonist of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca.
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