as well as with Gerald at his home at the Jersey Zoo, founded with the proceeds from his books. Louisa died in Bournemouth in 1964 at the age of 78. Representation in other media Gerald Durrell's trilogy has been adapted several times for British TV and radio series. Louisa was portrayed by Hannah Gordon in the 1987 BBC TV series My Family and Other Animals, by Imelda Staunton in the 2005 BBC adaptation, by Celia Imrie in the 2010 two-part BBC Radio drama, and by Keeley Hawes in the 2016–2019 ITV drama The Durrells. References 1886 births 1964 deaths Gerald Durrell People from Haridwar British people in colonial India