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
by Francis Goodman
bromide print, 1966
NPG x87344
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 25 July 1968
NPG x6949
Noël Coward; Dame Elizabeth Taylor; Richard Burton and an 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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