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  1. George W. Willougby (1913-1997) was a Norwegian film producer who worked for many years in Britain. He worked for Group W a division of the American Westinghouse Broadcasting Company and made two films in Australia. Credits. Panik (1939) - director; Jeg drepte! (1942) - producer; Valley of the Eagles (1951) - assoc producer

    • First Appearance
    • Willoughby's Sudden Journey to London
    • Willoughby and Marianne in London
    • Willoughby's Scandal
    • Marianne's Illness
    • Literary Significance
    • Notable Portrayals

    John Willoughby first appears in Sense and Sensibility when he rescues Marianne Dashwoodafter she falls down a hill and twists her ankle during a rainstorm. Because of this action, he is known as "Marianne's Preserver" by her younger sister, Margaret. After this, Marianne Dashwood falls in love with him.

    Willoughby and Marianne obviously have strong sentiments of warmth and affection towards one another and everybody believes them to be clandestinely engaged. However, neither Marianne nor Willoughby hints at an engagement to anybody. One day, Willoughby asks to speak to Marianne in private. By the time he has finished, Marianne is in tears, and it ...

    Mrs. Jennings invites both Elinor and Marianne to stay in London with her during the winter, and Marianne, in hopes of reuniting with her beloved Willoughby, happily accepts; Elinor is only reluctantly persuaded after much entreaty and persuasion from her mother and Marianne. In London, Marianne improperly writes several letters to Willoughby, tell...

    Colonel Brandon, a friend of Elinor and Marianne, then explains the reason for Willoughby's abrupt change of heart. It turns out that Willoughby had seduced the Colonel's ward, Miss Beth Williams, then abandoned her though she was pregnant. Brandon finds her, but by doing so Willoughby's actions are revealed to the world. When his aunt learns of th...

    Marianne is so distressed by Willoughby's rejection that at Cleveland Park, on her way home with Elinor, she becomes sick with putrid fever. She is not expected to survive, but does pull through. Hearing of her illness, Willoughby visits the house. He speaks to Elinor and confesses he had been genuinely in love with Marianne and intended to ask her...

    Jane Austen created Willoughby as an antagonist driven by the need for his own pleasure, whether that be through amusing himself with whatever woman crossed his path, or via marrying in order to obtain wealth to fuel his profligate ways. He does not value emotional connection and is willing to give up his true love for more worldly objects. This ch...

    Clive Francis in the 1971 BBC television serial scripted by Denis Constanduros and directed by David Giles
    Peter Woodward in the 1981 British television serial
    Greg Wise in the 1995 popular film, with Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award winning screenplay written by Emma Thompson, and directed by Ang Lee
    Abbas in the 2000 Tamil adaptation Kandukondain Kandukondain
  2. Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (auch Katheryn, Katharine) (* 22. März 1519 oder 1520, Parham Old Hall bei Framlingham; † 19. September 1580) war eine englische Adelige und gehörte zu den ersten energischen Befürwortern und Patronen der reformierten protestantischen Religion in England.

  3. Charles Andrew Willoughby (8 March 1892 – 25 October 1972) was a major general in the U.S. Army who was General of the Army Douglas MacArthur 's chief of military intelligence during World War II and the Korean War .

  4. The Willoughbys is a 2020 animated comedy film directed by Kris Pearn and co-directed by Rob Lodermeier (in his feature directorial debut), from a screenplay written by Pearn and Mark Stanleigh. Based on the book of the same name by Lois ...