Noël Coward
English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer (1899-1973) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 73
Sir Noël Peirce Coward 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".
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David Lean Directed In Which We Serve and Blithe Spirit- Celia Johnson Noël produced Brief Encounter (1946)
Joyce Carey Noël produced Brief Encounter and Blithe Spirit
John Mills Noël directed In Which We Serve (1942)- Anthony Havelock-Allan Also in This Happy Breed and Blithe Spirit
Trevor Howard Noël produced Brief Encounter (1946)
Michael Anderson Directed Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Stanley Holloway Noël produced Brief Encounter (1946)
Frank Sinatra Also in Around the World in 80 Days (1957)
Laurence Olivier Noël produced This Happy Breed (1944)
Rex Harrison Noël produced Blithe Spirit (1945)
Ronald Neame Also in This Happy Breed and Blithe Spirit
Robert Newton Noël produced This Happy Breed (1944)
Richard Quine Produced Paris When It Sizzles (1964)- Kay Walsh Also in In Which We Serve and Meet Me Tonight
Marlene Dietrich Also in Around the World in 80 Days (1958)
D. W. Griffith Produced Hearts of the World (1918)
Richard Attenborough Noël directed In Which We Serve (1942)
Frank Lloyd Directed Cavalcade (1933)
Leslie Howard Noël produced In Which We Serve (1942)
Alexander Korda Produced Men Are Not Gods (1936)
Anita Page Noël produced This Happy Breed (1944)
Mike Todd Produced Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Finlay Currie Also in Around the World in 80 Days (1958)
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Coward in 1972
Coward in his early teens (ca. 1914)
Coward with Lilian Braithwaite, his co-star in The Vortex and the mother of his close friend Joyce Carey (1925)
Ivor Novello, top l., Alfred Lunt, top r., Lynn Fontanne, lower l. and Judy Campbell - stars of Coward premières of the 1920s-1940s
Coward, with Norman Hackforth at the piano, performing for sailors aboard HMS Victorious in Ceylon, 1 August 1944
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Coward in his home, Chalet Covar, in Switzerland in 1972Awards
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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1973 · aged 73
