- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- December 15, 1899
- Place of Birth
- Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK
- Died
- March 26, 1973
Noël Coward
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 (in…
Filmography
movieFallen Angels
2026 · Writer
movieMad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieBlithe Spirit
2023 · Writer, Theatre Play
movieBlithe Spirit
2020 · Theatre Play
movieBlithe Spirit
2020 · Writer
movieNational Theatre Live: Present Laughter
2019 · Screenplay
movieNoël Coward's Present Laughter
2017 · Theatre Play
movieAlice
2017 · Original Story
moviePrivate Lives
2013 · Theatre Play
movieBurton and Taylor
2013 · Theatre Play
movieEasy Virtue
2008 · Theatre Play
movieThe Red Peppers
2001 · Novel
movieRelative Values
2000 · Story, Original Story
Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward
movieTwentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward
1999 · Music
movieI'm a Gigolo
1994 · Songs
moviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 · actor 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieKen Russell's ABC of British Music
1988 · Self (archive)
movieFinal Act
1987 · Writer
movieMr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985 · Original Story
movieBon Voyage
1985 · Story
movieMe and the Girls
1985 · Writer
movieWhat Mad Pursuit
1985 · Writer
movieMrs Capper's Birthday
1985 · Short Story
movieStar Quality
1985 · Writer
movieHay Fever
1984 · Writer
movieA Song At Twilight
1982 · Writer
movieCome Into The Garden Maud
1982 · Writer
moviePresent Laughter
1981 · Writer
movieThe Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
1981 · Writer
movieThe Marquise
1980 · Writer
Intimitäten
movieIntimitäten
1980 · Writer
movieDesign for Living
1979 · Writer
moviePrivate Lives
1976 · Writer
movieBrief Encounter
1976 · Theatre Play
movieFallen Angels
1974 · Original Story
tvPlayhouse
1974 · Theatre Play, Writer
tvPlay for Today
1970 · Writer
tvAlta comedia
1970 · Theatre Play
movieThe Vortex
1969 · Writer
movieThe Italian Job
1969 · Mr. Bridger
This Happy Breed
movieThis Happy Breed
1969 · Writer
The Jazz Age
tvThe Jazz Age
1968 · Writer
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieBoom!
1968 · The Witch of Capri
movieUm Breve Encontro
1968 · Story
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
movieMrs. Capper's Birthday
1968 · Story, Songs
movieInterlude
1968 · Writer
movieAndrocles and the Lion
1967 · Caesar
moviePretty Polly
1967 · Story, Original Story
tvOmnibus
1967 · Self
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Writer
Anglická sobota
movieAnglická sobota
1967 · Short Story
moviePresent Laughter
1967 · Writer
movieBlithe Spirit
1966 · Theatre Play
Oh, diese Geister
movieOh, diese Geister
1966 · Theatre Play
Al calar del sipario
movieAl calar del sipario
1965 · Writer
tvEstudio Uno
1965 · Writer
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Writer
movieBunny Lake Is Missing
1965 · Wilson
movieGeisterkomödie
1965 · Theatre Play
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964 · Writer
movieA Choice of Coward: Design for Living
1964 · Writer
movieA Choice of Coward: The Vortex
1964 · Original Story
movieA Choice of Coward: Blithe Spirit
1964 · Original Story
tvA Choice of Coward
1964 · Self, Theatre Play, Creator
movieA Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
1964 · Original Story
movieParis When It Sizzles
1964 · Alexander Meyerheim
movieThe Caretaker
1964 · Associate Producer
Festival
tvFestival
1963 · Writer
Geisterkomödie
movieGeisterkomödie
1962 · Theatre Play
movieSurprise Package
1960 · King Pavel II
movieOur Man in Havana
1960 · Hawthorne
Small World
tvSmall World
1958 · Self
movieAround the World in 80 Days
1956 · Roland Hesketh-Baggott
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Writer
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Recipient
movieBlithe Spirit
1956 · Charles Condomine, Theatre Play, Director
movieMeet Me Tonight
1952 · Theatre Play, Writer
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Story
movieThe Astonished Heart
1950 · Dr. Christian Faber, Original Music Composer, Writer
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self - Mystery Guest
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieBrief Encounter
1945 · Train Station Announcer (uncredited), Producer, Theatre Play, Screenplay
movieBlithe Spirit
1945 · Narrator (uncredited), Theatre Play, Screenplay, Producer
movieThis Happy Breed
1944 · Theatre Play, Producer
movieIn Which We Serve
1942 · Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D', Director, Writer, Producer, Music
movieWe Were Dancing
1942 · Theatre Play
movieBitter Sweet
1940 · Theatre Play, Songs, Lyricist
moviePrivate Lives
1940 · Writer
movieMen Are Not Gods
1936 · Passer-by (uncredited)
movieThe Scoundrel
1935 · Anthony Mallare
movieDesign for Living
1933 · Theatre Play
movieBitter Sweet
1933 · Novel
movieCavalcade
1933 · Screenplay, Novel, Writer
movieTonight Is Ours
1933 · Author
The Little Damozel
movieThe Little Damozel
1933 · Music
moviePrivate Lives
1931 · Theatre Play
movieEasy Virtue
1928 · Writer
movieThe Vortex
1928 · Author
movieThe Queen Was in the Parlour
1927 · Theatre Play
movieHearts of the World
1918 · The Man with the Wheelbarrow / A Villager in the Streets