About

Known credits:
96
Birthday:
1899-12-15
Place of birth:
Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK
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Noël Coward

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".

Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy in London as a child, making his professional stage début at the age of eleven. As a teenager he was introduced into the high society in which most of his plays would be set. Coward achieved enduring success as a playwright, publishing more than 50 plays from his teens onwards. Many of his works, such as Hay Fever, Private Lives, Design for Living, Present Laughter and Blithe Spirit, have remained in the regular theatre repertoire. He composed hundreds of songs, in addition to well over a dozen musical theatre works (including the operetta Bitter Sweet and comic revues), poetry, several volumes of short stories, the novel Pomp and Circumstance, and a three-volume autobiography. Coward's stage and film acting and directing career spanned six decades, during which he starred in many of his own works.

At the outbreak of World War II, Coward volunteered for war work, running the British propaganda office in Paris. He also worked with the Secret Service, seeking to use his influence to persuade the American public and government to help Britain. Coward won an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 for his naval film drama, In Which We Serve, and was knighted in 1969. In the 1950s he achieved fresh success as a cabaret performer, performing his own songs, such as "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", "London Pride" and "I Went to a Marvellous Party".

His plays and songs achieved new popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, and his work and style continue to influence popular culture. Coward did not publicly acknowledge his homosexuality, but it was discussed candidly after his death by biographers including Graham Payn, his long-time partner, and in Coward's diaries and letters, published posthumously. The former Albery Theatre (originally the New Theatre) in London was renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in his honour in 2006.

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Known for

Acting
2023 Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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1992 The South Bank Show: Noël Coward Actor Self (archival footage) N/A
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1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Actor actor 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
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1988 Ken Russell's ABC of British Music Actor Self (archive) N/A
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1969 The Italian Job Actor Mr. Bridger 65
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1968 Boom! Actor The Witch of Capri 59
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1967 Androcles and the Lion Actor Caesar N/A
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1965 Bunny Lake Is Missing Actor Horatio Wilson 62
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1964 A Choice of Coward Actor Himself 69
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1964 Paris When It Sizzles Actor Alexander Meyerheim 60
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1960 Surprise Package Actor King Pavel II 59
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1960 Our Man in Havana Actor Hawthorne 60
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1956 Around the World in Eighty Days Actor Roland Hesketh-Baggott 62
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1956 Blithe Spirit Actor Charles Condomine 59
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1950 The Astonished Heart Actor Dr. Christian Faber 58
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1945 Brief Encounter Actor Train Station Announcer (uncredited) 68
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1945 Blithe Spirit Actor Narrator (uncredited) 61
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1945 Le Journal de la Résistance Actor Himself - Narrator (English version) 59
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1942 In Which We Serve Actor Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D' 60
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1936 Men Are Not Gods Actor Passer-by (uncredited) 58
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1935 The Scoundrel Actor Anthony Mallare 58
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1918 Hearts of the World Actor The Man with the Wheelbarrow / A Villager in the Streets 59
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Directing
1956 Blithe Spirit Directing Director 59
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1942 In Which We Serve Directing Director 60
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Writing
2020 Blithe Spirit Writing Writer 58
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2020 Blithe Spirit Writing Writer N/A
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2019 National Theatre Live: Present Laughter Writing Screenplay 59
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2017 Noël Coward's Present Laughter Writing Theatre Play 59
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2013 Private Lives Writing Theatre Play 59
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2013 Burton and Taylor Writing Theatre Play 59
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2008 Easy Virtue Writing Theatre Play 61
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2001 The Red Peppers Writing Novel N/A
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2000 Relative Values Writing Story 59
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1987 Sidste akt Writing Writer 58
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1985 Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill Writing Original Story 59
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1985 Bon Voyage Writing Story N/A
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1985 Me and the Girls Writing Writer 58
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1985 What Mad Pursuit Writing Writer N/A
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1985 What Mad Persuit Writing Writer N/A
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1985 Mrs. Capper's Birthday Writing Short Story N/A
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1985 Star Quality Writing Writer 59
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1984 Hay Fever Writing Writer 59
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1982 A Song At Twilight Writing Writer N/A
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1982 Come Into The Garden Maud Writing Writer N/A
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1981 Present Laughter Writing Writer N/A
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1981 The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe Writing Writer N/A
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1980 The Marquise Writing Writer N/A
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1979 Design for Living Writing Writer N/A
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1976 Private Lives Writing Writer 59
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1974 Brief Encounter Writing Author 58
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1969 The Vortex Writing Writer N/A
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1968 Um Breve Encontro Writing Story N/A
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1968 Interlude Writing Writer 59
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1967 Pretty Polly Writing Story 58
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1967 Anglická sobota Writing Short Story N/A
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1967 Present Laughter Writing Writer N/A
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1966 Blithe Spirit Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1966 Oh, diese Geister Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1965 Al calar del sipario Writing Writer N/A
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1965 Geisterkomödie Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1964 A Choice of Coward: Design for Living Writing Writer N/A
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1964 A Choice of Coward Writing Writer 69
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1962 Geisterkomödie Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1957 Witness for the Prosecution Writing Dialogue 75
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1956 Blithe Spirit Writing Theatre Play 59
Average
1952 Meet Me Tonight Writing Theatre Play 59
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1952 Meet Me Tonight Writing Writer 59
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1950 The Astonished Heart Writing Writer 58
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1945 Brief Encounter Writing Screenplay 68
Fair
1945 Brief Encounter Writing Theatre Play 68
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1945 Blithe Spirit Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1945 Blithe Spirit Writing Theatre Play 61
Fair
1944 This Happy Breed Writing Theatre Play 60
Fair
1942 In Which We Serve Writing Writer 60
Fair
1942 We Were Dancing Writing Theatre Play 58
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1940 Bitter Sweet Writing Theatre Play 59
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1933 Design for Living Writing Theatre Play 62
Fair
1933 Bitter Sweet Writing Novel 59
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1933 Cavalcade Writing Novel 58
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1933 Cavalcade Writing Screenplay 58
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1933 Cavalcade Writing Writer 58
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1933 Tonight Is Ours Writing Author N/A
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1931 Private Lives Writing Theatre Play 59
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1928 The Vortex Writing Author 59
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1928 Easy Virtue Writing Writer 57
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1927 The Queen Was in the Parlour Writing Theatre Play N/A
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Production
1964 The Caretaker Production Associate Producer 59
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1945 Brief Encounter Production Producer 68
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1945 Blithe Spirit Production Producer 61
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1944 This Happy Breed Production Producer 60
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1942 In Which We Serve Production Producer 60
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Sound
1999 Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward Sound Music N/A
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1994 I'm a Gigolo Sound Songs N/A
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1950 The Astonished Heart Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1942 In Which We Serve Sound Music 60
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1933 The Little Damozel Sound Music N/A
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