Noël Coward

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15 grudnia 1899 — 26 marca 1973 (73 years)
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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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Known For

  • Spotkanie
    Spotkanie1945
  • Włoska robota
    Włoska robota1969
  • Nasz okręt
    Nasz okręt1942
  • Seans
    Seans1945
  • Wojna domowa
    Wojna domowa2008
  • Kawalkada
    Kawalkada1933
  • Ta szczęśliwa rasa
    Ta szczęśliwa rasa1944
  • Sztuka życia
    Sztuka życia1933
  • Związki rodzinne
    Związki rodzinne2000
  • Jak wywołałem byłą żonę
    Jak wywołałem byłą żonę2020
  • Adwokat z Old Bailey
    Adwokat z Old Bailey7 seasons
  • Łatwa cnota
    Łatwa cnota1928
  • Private Lives
    Private Lives1931
  • Burton i Taylor
    Burton i Taylor2013
  • Nasz człowiek w Hawanie
    Nasz człowiek w Hawanie1959
  • W 80 dni dookoła świata
    W 80 dni dookoła świata1956
  • Bunny Lake zaginęła
    Bunny Lake zaginęła1965
  • Dozorca
    Dozorca1963
  • The Astonished Heart
    The Astonished Heart1950
  • Spotkanie
    Spotkanie1974

Filmografia

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-BaggottNa Plex
1955
Ford Star Jubilee · as Charles Condomine
1950
The Astonished Heart · as Dr. Christian Faber
1945
Brief Encounter · as Train Station Announcer (uncredited)Na Plex
1945
Blithe Spirit · as Narrator (uncredited)Na Plex
1942
In Which We Serve · as Captain E. V. Kinross R.n. / Captain 'd'Na 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

1963
The Guest · as Associate Producer
1945
1945
1944
1942

1991
Tonight At 8:30 · as Composer
1967
ITV Playhouse · as Composer
1960
The Grass Is Greener · as Composer
1958
1955
Ford Star Jubilee · as Composer
1950
The Astonished Heart · as Original Music Composer
1942

2023
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story · as Self (archive Footage)
1999
1985
End of Empire · as Self
1970
The 24th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Honorary Award Recipient
1969
1968
The Dick Cavett Show · as Self - GuestNa Plex
1967
Omnibus (1967) · as Self
1966
1964
1959
CBS Reports · as Self
1957
1956
Tony Awards · as Self - Recipient
1955
ITV Play of the Week · as Self - Presenter
1955
1953
Person to Person · as Self
1950
What's My Line? · as Self - Mystery Guest
1948

2020
Blithe Spirit · as Theatre Play
2017
2013
Private Lives · as Theatre Play
2013
Fifty Years on Stage · as Written By
2013
Burton and Taylor · as Theatre Play
2008
Easy Virtue · as Theatre Play
2000
Relative Values · as Story
1991
Tonight At 8:30 · as Playlet
1985
Mr & Mrs Edgehill · as Original Story
1985
Mrs. Capper's Birthday · as Short Story
1978
Rumpole of the Bailey · as Excerpts From 'tonight At 8.30' And 'we Were Dancing' By
1974
Brief Encounter · as Theatre PlayNa Plex
1967
1966
Blithe Spirit · as Theatre Play
1966
1965
Estudio 1 · as Play "blithe Spirit"
1965
1964
A Choice of Coward · as Theatre Play
1960
1958
Yoka · as Texts
1956
1955
1955
ITV Play of the Week · as Original Play
1955
1955
1954
Camera Three · as Written By
1954
Producers' Showcase · as Play "tonight At 8: 30: Red Peppers, Still Life And Shadow Play"
1952
Tonight at 8:30 · as Theatre Play
1952
Omnibus · as Play
1951
1945
Brief Encounter · as Theatre PlayNa Plex
1945
Blithe Spirit · as Theatre PlayNa Plex
1944
This Happy Breed · as Theatre PlayNa Plex
1942
We Were Dancing · as Theatre Play
1940
Bitter Sweet · as Songs
1940
Bitter Sweet · as Theatre Play
1933
Design for Living · as Theatre PlayNa Plex
1933
Tonight Is Ours · as Author
1931
Private Lives · as Theatre Play