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Noël Coward

Noël Coward

Senarist · 1899 – 1973 · Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Noël Coward, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • Film7.7

    Brief Encounter

    Kısa Buluşma

    1945 · 734 votes

  • Film6.9

    The Italian Job

    İtalyan Usulü Soygun

    1969 · 900 votes

  • Film6.7

    Around the World in 80 Days

    80 Günde Devr-i Alem

    1956 · 607 votes

  • Film6.3

    Paris When It Sizzles

    1964 · 201 votes

  • Film7.2

    Bunny Lake Is Missing

    Küçük Kız Kayboldu

    1965 · 225 votes

  • Film6.7

    In Which We Serve

    Denizler Hâkimi

    1942 · 107 votes

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    Blithe Spirit

    Ben Çağırmadım

    1945 · 170 votes

  • Film6.7

    Our Man in Havana

    1960 · 127 votes

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    Androcles and the Lion

    1967 · 1 votes

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    Boom!

    1968 · 40 votes

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    Hearts of the World

    1918 · 24 votes

  • Film5.6

    Men Are Not Gods

    1936 · 16 votes

  • Film6.3

    The Scoundrel

    1935 · 15 votes

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    Surprise Package

    1960 · 6 votes

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    Blithe Spirit

    1956 · 2 votes

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    The Astonished Heart

    1950 · 6 votes

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  • Dizi7.0

    What's My Line?

    1950 · 29 votes

  • Dizi6.8

    The Dick Cavett Show

    1968 · 22 votes

  • Dizi5.6

    The South Bank Show

    1978 · 7 votes

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    Omnibus

    1967 · 9 votes

  • Dizi6.8

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

  • Dizi7.3

    Small World

    1958 · 3 votes

  • Dizi7.0

    A Choice of Coward

    1964 · 1 votes