Rebecca (1940 film) not revealed at all. The only thing we know about her is that she came to Manderley when Rebecca was a bride. The Breen Office, Hollywood's censorship board, specifically prohibited any outright hint of a lesbian infatuation or relationship between Mrs. Danvers and Rebecca, though the film clearly does dwell on Danvers' obsessive memories of her late mistress. "The Hollywood Reporter" reported in 1944 that Edwina Levin MacDonald sued Selznick, Daphne du Maurier, United Artists and Doubleday for plagiarism. MacDonald claimed that the film "Rebecca" was stolen from her novel "Blind Windows", and sought an undisclosed amount of accounting and
Bedelia Du Maurier post-credits scene, sitting at a table and being served her own leg, in a similar manner to Lecter's previous victim Abel Gideon (Eddie Izzard). She hides a sharp fork in her lap and as the camera zooms out, it is revealed that the table is set for three. Bryan Fuller stated in an interview with "The A.V. Club" that he was inspired to name the character "Bedelia" after a character in "Creepshow", and because it has "a classic, old-world style to it". Fuller, an Alfred Hitchcock fan, said that he named character "Du Maurier" after Daphne du Maurier, the author