Noël Coward

Skådespelare, Producent, Författare, Kompositör, Regissör

15 december 1899 — 26 mars 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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Filmer och Serier på Plex

  • Kort möte
    Kort möte1945
  • Min fru går igen
    Min fru går igen1945
  • Oss gentlemän emellan
    Oss gentlemän emellan1933
  • Havet är vårt öde
    Havet är vårt öde1942
  • De lyckliga åren
    De lyckliga åren1944
  • Olovlig Kärlek
    Olovlig Kärlek1928
  • Brief Encounter
    Brief Encounter1974

Känd för

  • Kort möte
    Kort möte1945
  • Brottsplats Italien
    Brottsplats Italien1969
  • Havet är vårt öde
    Havet är vårt öde1942
  • Min fru går igen
    Min fru går igen1945
  • Små skandaler
    Små skandaler2008
  • Cavalcade
    Cavalcade1933
  • De lyckliga åren
    De lyckliga åren1944
  • Oss gentlemän emellan
    Oss gentlemän emellan1933
  • Relative Values
    Relative Values2000
  • Min fru går igen
    Min fru går igen2020
  • Rumpole of the Bailey
    Rumpole of the Bailey7 seasons
  • Olovlig Kärlek
    Olovlig Kärlek1928
  • Private Lives
    Private Lives1931
  • Burton and Taylor
    Burton and Taylor2013
  • Vår man i Havanna
    Vår man i Havanna1959
  • Jorden runt på 80 dagar
    Jorden runt på 80 dagar1956
  • Bunny Lake är försvunnen
    Bunny Lake är försvunnen1965
  • Vicevärden
    Vicevärden1963
  • Åtrå
    Åtrå1950
  • 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