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Noël Coward

Highest Rated: 100% This Happy Breed (1944)

Lowest Rated: 20% Boom! (1968)

Birthday: Dec 16, 1899

Birthplace: Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK

A prolific British playwright, songwriter and actor whose work reflected both an acidic modern cynicism and a sentimental longing for his Edwardian childhood, Noël Coward became one of the most successful and influential performing artists of the 20th century. From his time as a childhood actor on the stage, Coward achieved great critical and financial success, particularly after coming into his own as a playwright in the early 1920s with risqué hits like "The Better Half" (1922), "The Vortex" (1924) and "Easy Virtue" (1926). Thriving during the Great Depression, Coward saw many of his plays adapted into successful films like "Cavalcade" (1933) and "Design for Living" (1933), as well wrote his best known work, "Private Lives" (1931). Though his career was sidetracked by World War II, where he began a fruitful collaboration with David Lean on the wartime propaganda film "In Which We Serve" (1942). Lean successfully adapted the play "Blithe Spirit" (1945) and commissioned Coward to write an original script for "Brief Encounter" (1945). But after the war, Coward struggled to regain his prewar success with his pen, though he appeared more frequently on the big screen in films like "Around the World in 80 Days" (1956) and "Our Man in Havana" (1959). Following his last onscreen performance in "The Italian Job" (1969), Coward retired from acting and died just a few years later. With his elegant persona, Coward was a modern day Oscar Wilde whose charisma, talent and wit made him a major star both onstage and off.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 78% This Happy Breed
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95% 77% Our Man in Havana
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93% 91% Brief Encounter
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90% 75% In Which We Serve
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89% 64% The Grass Is Greener
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86% 77% Bunny Lake Is Missing
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86% 71% Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story Watchlist
81% 85% The Italian Job
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80% 61% Private Lives
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77% 75% Blithe Spirit
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Filmography

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Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story 86% 71% 2023 Self Present Laughter 2019 Writer Easy Virtue 52% 47% 2008 Writer Paradise Road 43% 78% 1997 Original Music Waiting in the Wings 1987 Writer Private Lives 1976 Screenwriter The Italian Job 81% 85% 1969 Mr. Bridger Actor Boom! 20% 48% 1968 The Witch of Capri Actor Bunny Lake Is Missing 86% 77% 1965 Wilson Actor Paris When It Sizzles 55% 66% 1964 Alexander Meyerheim Actor Surprise Package 1960 King Pavel II Actor Our Man in Havana 95% 77% 1960 Hawthorne Actor The Grass Is Greener 89% 64% 1960 Original Music Around the World in 80 Days 74% 57% 1956 Hesketh-Baggott, Employment Agent Actor The Astonished Heart 1950 Dr. Christian Faber Actor, Writer Blithe Spirit 77% 75% 1945 Writer, Producer Brief Encounter 93% 91% 1945 Writer, Producer This Happy Breed 100% 78% 1944 Writer, Producer In Which We Serve 90% 75% 1942 Capt. Edward V. Kinross Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Non-Original Music The Scoundrel 1935 Anthony Mallare Actor Tonight Is Ours 1933 Writer Bitter Sweet 1933 Screenwriter Private Lives 80% 61% 1931 Writer Easy Virtue 63% 25% 1928 Writer
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