Person Details

Birthday: 1899-12-16 05:02:53

Death: 1973-03-26 05:02:53

Aliases: Noël Peirce Coward , Sir Noël Peirce Coward , Sir Noël Coward , Noel Coward , Sir Noel Coward

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 80

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Noël Coward, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Easy Virtue
Average
6

Easy Virtue

(2008) Theatre Play
Alta comedia
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2

Alta comedia

(2024) Theatre Play
Design for Living
Average
7

Design for Living

(1933) Theatre Play
Brief Encounter
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8

Brief Encounter

(1945) Screenplay
Blithe Spirit
Average
7

Blithe Spirit

(1945) Screenplay
In Which We Serve
Average
7

In Which We Serve

(1942) Writer
Cavalcade
Average
6

Cavalcade

(1933) Writer
Blithe Spirit
Average
6

Blithe Spirit

(2020) Writer

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self (archive footage)
1992 Self (archival footage)
1991 actor 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969 Mr. Bridger
1968 Self - Guest
The Witch of Capri
1967 Caesar
1965 Horatio Wilson
1964 Alexander Meyerheim
1960 King Pavel II
Hawthorne
1956 Roland Hesketh-Baggott
Self - Recipient
Charles Condomine
1950 Dr. Christian Faber
Self - Mystery Guest
1948 Self
1945 Train Station Announcer (uncredited)
Narrator (uncredited)
Himself - Narrator (English version)
1942 Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D'
1936 Passer-by (uncredited)
1935 Anthony Mallare
1918 The Man with the Wheelbarrow / A Villager in the Streets
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2020 Writer
Writer
2019 Screenplay
2017 Theatre Play
2013 Theatre Play
2008 Theatre Play
2001 Novel
2000 Story
1987 Writer
1985 Original Story
Story
Writer
Writer
Writer
Short Story
Writer
1984 Writer
1982 Writer
Writer
1981 Writer
1979 Writer
1976 Writer
1974 Author
1969 Writer
1968 Story
Writer
1967 Story
Short Story
1966 Theatre Play
Theatre Play
1965 Writer
Writer
Theatre Play
1964 Writer
1963 Writer
1962 Theatre Play
1957 Dialogue
1956 Theatre Play
1952 Writer
1950 Writer
1945 Theatre Play
Screenplay
Screenplay
Theatre Play
1944 Theatre Play
1942 Writer
Theatre Play
1940 Theatre Play
1933 Theatre Play
Novel
Novel
Screenplay
Writer
Author
1931 Theatre Play
1928 Author
Writer
1927 Theatre Play
Theatre Play
Year Role Movie/Tv

Sound

Production

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1956 Director
1942 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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