Eleanor Bron is an English stage, film and television actress and author. Bron began her career in the Cambridge Footlights Revue of 1959.

This addition of a female performer was a departure, as the Footlights performers had until that point been all male, with female characters portrayed in drag.

Her film appearances include Black Beauty, A Little Princess, Wimbledon and the role of Ahme in the Beatles film Help! (1965) as her name inspired Paul McCartney when he composed 'Eleanor Rigby'. Bron's television appearances include Yes Minister, Doctor Who and Absolutely Fabulous.

Daphne du Maurier (1907-89) was born in London, the daughter of the famous actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and granddaughter of George du Maurier, the author and artist. In 1931 her first novel, The Loving Spirit, was published. A biography of her father and three other novels followed, but it was the novel Rebecca that launched her into the literary stratosphere and made her one of the most popular authors of her day.

In 1932, du Maurier married Major Frederick Browning, with whom she had three children. Many of du Maurier's bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now. In 1969 du Maurier was awarded a DBE. She lived most of her life in Cornwall, the setting for many of her books.