Noël Coward

個人簡介

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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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生日

1899年12月16日

其他稱謂

Noël Peirce Coward | Sir Noël Peirce Coward | Sir Noël Coward | Noel Coward

Noël Coward的電影作品

年份	電影	職務
2023	Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story 飾演 Self (archive footage)	飾演 Self (archive footage)
2020	舊愛靈靈妻 Writer Theatre Play	Writer Theatre Play
2019	樂在當下 Screenplay	Screenplay
2017	Noël Coward's Present Laughter Screenplay Theatre Play	Screenplay Theatre Play
2013	Private Lives Writer Theatre Play	Writer Theatre Play
2013	伯頓與泰勒 Theatre Play	Theatre Play
2008	水性楊花 Theatre Play	Theatre Play
2000	Relative Values Story Original Story	Story Original Story
1991	Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker 飾演 actor 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' (archive footage) (uncredited)	飾演 actor 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969	奇謀妙計劫金磚飾演 Mr. Bridger	飾演 Mr. Bridger
1964	花都繽紛錄飾演 Alexander Meyerheim	飾演 Alexander Meyerheim
1957	雄才偉略 Dialogue Dialogue	Dialogue Dialogue
1933	春色平分 Theatre Play	Theatre Play