Noël Coward

Skuespiller, Producer, Forfatter, Komponist, Instruktør

15. december 1899 — 26. marts 1973 (73 år)
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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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Film og serier på Plex

  • Det korte møde
    Det korte møde1945
  • Elvira går igen
    Elvira går igen1945
  • At elske
    At elske1933
  • Havet er vor skæbne
    Havet er vor skæbne1942
  • Disse lykkelige dage
    Disse lykkelige dage1944
  • Easy Virtue
    Easy Virtue1928
  • Brief Encounter
    Brief Encounter1974

Kendt for

  • Det korte møde
    Det korte møde1945
  • Maxi-job i minibiler
    Maxi-job i minibiler1969
  • Havet er vor skæbne
    Havet er vor skæbne1942
  • Elvira går igen
    Elvira går igen1945
  • Easy Virtue
    Easy Virtue2008
  • Cavalcade
    Cavalcade1933
  • Disse lykkelige dage
    Disse lykkelige dage1944
  • At elske
    At elske1933
  • Relative Values
    Relative Values2000
  • My Better Halves
    My Better Halves2020
  • Rumpole of the Bailey
    Rumpole of the Bailey7 sæsoner
  • Easy Virtue
    Easy Virtue1928
  • Private Lives
    Private Lives1931
  • Burton & Taylor
    Burton & Taylor2013
  • Vor mand i Havana
    Vor mand i Havana1959
  • Jorden rundt i 80 dage
    Jorden rundt i 80 dage1956
  • Bunny Lake savnes
    Bunny Lake savnes1965
  • Den mærkelige gæst
    Den mærkelige gæst1963
  • Hjertets dårskab
    Hjertets dårskab1950
  • Brief Encounter
    Brief Encounter1974

Filmografi

1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker · as Actor 'bunny Lake Is Missing' (archive Footage) (uncredited)
1969
The Italian Job · as Mr. Bridger
1968
Boom! · as The Witch Of Capri
1965
1964
Paris When It Sizzles · as Alexander Meyerheim
1960
Surprise Package · as King Pavel Ii
1959
Our Man in Havana · as Hawthorne
1956
Around the World in 80 Days · as Roland Hesketh-Baggott
1955
Ford Star Jubilee · as Charles Condomine
1950
The Astonished Heart · as Dr. Christian Faber
1945
Brief Encounter · as Train Station Announcer (uncredited)På Plex
1945
Blithe Spirit · as Narrator (uncredited)På Plex
1942
In Which We Serve · as Captain E. V. Kinross R.n. / Captain 'd'På Plex
1936
Men Are Not Gods · as Passer-By (uncredited)
1935
The Scoundrel · as Anthony Mallare
1918
Hearts of the World · as The Man With The Wheelbarrow / A Villager In The Streets