Sir Noël Coward
(1899-1973), Actor, playwright and composerSitter associated with 117 portraits
Dramatist and actor. Born in Teddington, Coward went on to achieve great popular success as a playwright who frequently performed in his own plays. Notable works include The Vortex (1924) and Private Lives (1930). Photographer Cecil Beaton remarked that 'all sorts of men' tried to emulate Coward’s elegant style: 'sleek and satiny, clipped and well groomed, with a cigarette, a telephone, or a cocktail at hand'. 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.
Explore the portrait of Noël Coward by Paul Hamann (NPG 5404) from all angles
Group including Cecil Beaton, Noël Coward, Greta Garbo and Lord David Cecil
by Fox Photos Ltd
bromide print, 1951
NPG x40456
Alfred Lunt; Lynn Fontanne; Cecil Beaton; Noël Coward
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1952
NPG x40493
Noël Coward as King Magnus in 'The Apple Cart'
by Angus McBean
bromide print, 1953
NPG x135615
Sir Noël Coward in 'Around the World in Eighty Days'
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1955
NPG x194251
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x13781
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x13782
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x88678
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x88679
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x88680
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x88681
Vivien Leigh; Kay Kendall; Sir Noël Coward; Lauren Bacall
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
vintage press print, 29 January 1959
NPG x139808
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