In which classic book and film does the character of Mrs Danvers appear?
Mrs. Danvers and Webb Look. In the sketch, instead of the obsession over Rebecca, it is her who is unable to live up to the second wife's lofty expectations. The LGBT-related band Mrs. Danvers takes its name from the character. Val McDermid's modern retelling of Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey" mentions Mrs Danvers. Stephen King's book, "Bag of Bones", alludes to the character Mrs. Danvers numerous times. Mrs. Danvers serves as something of a bogeyman for the main character, Mike Noonan. King also uses the character's name for the chilly, obedient servant in "Father's Day," a tale in his 1982 film "Creepshow". In
Mrs. Danvers in 1940. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, but lost to Jane Darwell for "The Grapes of Wrath". Mrs. Danvers would later be 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 an Italian language adaptation. In the book, Mrs. Danvers is given a back story. In contrast, the Hitchcock and all subsequent film adaptations never mention her past. Furthermore, the book depicts her as having a "skull's face" with high cheekbones and sunken