Noel Coward

AKA:
Sir , Noel Coward , Noel Peirce Coward
Nationality:
English
Birthdate:
12/16/1899
Birthplace:
Teddington, Middlesex, England
Death Date:
03/26/1973
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biography
A prolific British playwright, songwriter and performer, whose work reflects both an acidic modern cynicism and a sentimental longing for his Edwardian childhood, the London-bred Noel Coward began acting as a child and was touring with road shows by his mid-teens. His first writing efforts included several minor comedies and revues, but fame (and notoriety) came in 1925, when Coward wrote and starred in "The Vortex", a scandalous drama about a young drug addict and his sexually voracious mother.

For the next forty years, Coward turned out play after play, many of them gems. His best-remembered Continued

Credits
Hawthorne
1999
Mr Bridger
1969
Play as Source Material
1933
(uncredited) Alexander Meyerheimer
1964
funding
King Pavel II
Witch of Capri
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From Story
Play as Source Material
milestones
Year
Milestone
1911 
Stage acting debut in London children's show, "The Goldfish"
1917 
Screen acting debut in D.W. Griffith's "Hearts of the World"
1927 
First plays (three) adapted for screen
1929 
Sketch "Early Mourning" adapted for talking short
1931 
First US film adaptation, "Private Lives"
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