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 Francis Goodman
bromide print, 1966
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x87344
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 25 July 1968
NPG x6949
Noël Coward; Dame Elizabeth Taylor; Richard Burton; Unknown woman
by Jane Bown
bromide print, 1968
NPG x28637
A Fantasy (probably Noël Coward; probably Gertrude Lawrence)
by Mark Wayner (Weiner)
lithograph, published 1931
NPG D23323
Noël Coward; Prince George, Duke of Kent; Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
by Reuben Saidman
bromide print, 8 June 1937
NPG x36480
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