Noël Coward (1899-1973), Actor, playwright and composer
Sir Noël Coward
Sitter associated with 108 portraits
Dramatist and actor. Born in Teddington, although his first play closed after five weeks in 1920, great success followed with London Calling (1923), The Vortex (1924), and Hay Fever (1925). In 1930, the year this mask was made, Private Lives opened in London and New York. His play Blithe Spirit (1941), and the film In Which We Serve (1942) contributed to the war effort. After the war he performed his own songs in cabaret in London and Las Vegas, giving him financial security.
by Paul Hamann
bronze life-mask, 1930
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5404
by Dorothy Wilding
vintage tissue-mounted bromide print, 1930
NPG P870(3)
by Clemence Dane (Winifred Ashton)
oil on canvas, before 1939
NPG 4950
by Clemence Dane (Winifred Ashton)
bronze bust, circa 1939
NPG 4951
Noël Coward and Sir Gerald Du Maurier fishing for champagne at a theatrical garden party
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 6 June 1932
NPG x88282
Noël Coward and Douglas Fairbanks Jr at the opening night of 'The Private Life of Henry VIII'
by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 24 October 1933
NPG x135048
by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 24 October 1933
NPG x135049
Gertrude Lawrence; Noël Coward
by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 17 September 1935
NPG x88295
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x11064
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x11065
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x11066
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x11067
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x11068
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x11069
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x11070
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x11071
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x11072
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x11073
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1942
NPG x14052
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