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Noël Coward

Darsteller, Produzent, Autor, Komponist, Regie

15. Dezember 1899 — 26. März 1973 (73 Jahre)
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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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Filme & Serien auf plex.tv

  • Begegnung
    Begegnung1945
  • Geisterkomödie
    Geisterkomödie1945
  • Serenade zu dritt
    Serenade zu dritt1933
  • In Which We Serve
    In Which We Serve1942
  • Wunderbare Zeiten
    Wunderbare Zeiten1944
  • Leichtlebig
    Leichtlebig1928
  • Flüchtige Begegnung
    Flüchtige Begegnung1974

Bekannt aus

  • Begegnung
    Begegnung1945
  • Charlie staubt Millionen ab
    Charlie staubt Millionen ab1969
  • In Which We Serve
    In Which We Serve1942
  • Geisterkomödie
    Geisterkomödie1945
  • Easy Virtue - Eine unmoralische Ehefrau
    Easy Virtue - Eine unmoralische Ehefrau2008
  • Kavalkade
    Kavalkade1933
  • Wunderbare Zeiten
    Wunderbare Zeiten1944
  • Serenade zu dritt
    Serenade zu dritt1933
  • In „bester“ Gesellschaft - Eine Familie zum Abgewöhnen
    In „bester“ Gesellschaft - Eine Familie zum Abgewöhnen2000
  • Da scheiden sich die Geister
    Da scheiden sich die Geister2020
  • Rumpole von Old Bailey
    Rumpole von Old Bailey7 Staffeln
  • Leichtlebig
    Leichtlebig1928
  • Private Lives
    Private Lives1931
  • Burton und Taylor
    Burton und Taylor2013
  • Unser Mann in Havanna
    Unser Mann in Havanna1959
  • In 80 Tagen um die Welt
    In 80 Tagen um die Welt1956
  • Bunny Lake ist verschwunden
    Bunny Lake ist verschwunden1965
  • Der Hausmeister
    Der Hausmeister1963
  • Rasendes Herz
    Rasendes Herz1950
  • Flüchtige Begegnung
    Flüchtige Begegnung1974

Filmografie

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
Bunny Lake Is Missing · as Wilson
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)auf plex.tv
1945
Blithe Spirit · as Narrator (uncredited)auf plex.tv
1942
In Which We Serve · as Captain E. V. Kinross R.n. / Captain 'd'auf plex.tv
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