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Noël Coward
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English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer (1899–1973)
Noël Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer who lived from 1899 to 1973 and became a major figure in twentieth-century theater and entertainment. His work across multiple creative disciplines made him one of the most influential and versatile artists of his era.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1899-12-16
- Died
- 1973-03-26
- Works
- 604
Top works
- Play parade
- Point Valaine
- Tonight at 8:30
- Cavalcade
- Idiliyah mishpaḥtit
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Film & TV
Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK
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,…
Known for
- Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story — Self (archive footage)2023
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — actor 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' (archive footage) (uncredited)1991
- Ken Russell's ABC of British Music — Self (archive)1988
- The Italian Job — Mr. Bridger1969
- Boom! — The Witch of Capri1968
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
- Androcles and the Lion — Caesar1967
- Omnibus — Self1967
- Bunny Lake Is Missing — Wilson1965
- Paris When It Sizzles — Alexander Meyerheim1964
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1899
- Active to
- 1973
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 21,253
- Total plays
- 142,993
Tags
Noël Peirce Coward was born in Teddington, Middlesex, England on 16th December 1899; died 26th March 1973 in Jamaica of heart failure. He was an actor, songwriter, singer, playwright, and composer. Known for his biting use of sarcasm and irony. In general, a very British chap (and you really have to listen to "Don't let's be beastly to the Germans", "Mad dogs and Englishmen" and "There are bad times just around the corner" to understand). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/No%C3%ABl+Coward">Read
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Teddington
- Occupation
- producer
- Educated at
- Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
- Employer
- Secret Intelligence Service
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- performing arts
- Instrument
- voice
- Military branch
- British Army
- Official website
- www.noelcoward.com
- Image
- Noel Coward in his teens.jpg
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- Commons category
- Noël Coward
- date of birth
- 1899-12-16
- date of death
- 1973-03-26
- topic's main category
- Category:Noël Coward
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
- name in native language
- Noël Peirce Coward
- related category
- Category:Films produced by Noël Coward
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1922-00-00
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- birth name
- Noël Peirce Coward
- P12674
- Albert Becker
- P12749
- Sanderling
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Noël Coward, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Coward in 1972 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 called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".
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), screenplays, 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, as well as those of others.
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