Portrait of Noël Coward

Writing

Noël Coward

Career

Active from 1928 to 2027, with a break from 2002 to 2018, busiest in 1967 and 1968 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter
GoodWatch score87/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Academy Honorary Award

    1943 · Won · 15th Academy Awards

    In Which We Serve

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Original Screenplay)

    1944 · Nominated · 16th Academy Awards

    In Which We Serve

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Noël Coward Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.1, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.0, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.8, average 4.8
  • Scare
    0.9, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Witty Dialogue 7
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Class Conflict 4
  • Period Piece 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Political Commentary 3
  • Romantic Comedy 3
  • Anthology Series 3
  • Ghost Story 2
  • Dark Humor 2
  • Psychological Depth 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

83
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 55
National Theatre Live: Hay Fever
National Theatre Live: Hay Fever (2027)

Writer

Fallen Angels by Noël Coward
Fallen Angels by Noël Coward (2026)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit (2023)

Writer, Theatre Play

Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit (2020)
GoodWatch score 39

Theatre Play

Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit (2020)

Writer

2010s

5 titles · average score 78
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter (2019)
GoodWatch score 85

Screenplay

Noël Coward's Present Laughter
Noël Coward's Present Laughter (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

Theatre Play

Alice
Alice (2017)

Original Story

Burton and Taylor
Burton and Taylor (2013)
GoodWatch score 81

Theatre Play

Private Lives
Private Lives (2013)

Theatre Play

2000s

3 titles · average score 60
Easy Virtue
Easy Virtue (2008)
GoodWatch score 58

Theatre Play

The Red Peppers
The Red Peppers (2001)

Novel

Relative Values
Relative Values (2000)
GoodWatch score 63

Story, Original Story

1990s

3 titles
Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward
Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward (1998)

Music

I'm a Gigolo
I'm a Gigolo (1994)

Songs

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)

as actor 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

14 titles
Final Act
Final Act (1987)

Writer

What Mad Pursuit
What Mad Pursuit (1985)

Writer

Me and the Girls
Me and the Girls (1985)

Writer

Star Quality
Star Quality (1985)

Writer

Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage (1985)

Story

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985)

Original Story

Mrs Capper's Birthday
Mrs Capper's Birthday (1985)

Short Story

Hay Fever
Hay Fever (1984)

Writer

A Song At Twilight
A Song At Twilight (1982)

Writer

Come Into The Garden Maud
Come Into The Garden Maud (1982)

Writer

Present Laughter
Present Laughter (1981)

Writer

The Marquise
The Marquise (1980)

Writer

1970s

5 titles · average score 58
Design for Living
Design for Living (1979)

Writer

The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

Private Lives
Private Lives (1976)

Writer

Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter (1976)
GoodWatch score 52

Theatre Play

Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels (1974)

Original Story

1960s

25 titles · average score 65
The Italian Job
The Italian Job (1969)
GoodWatch score 74

as Mr. Bridger

The Vortex
The Vortex (1969)

Writer

Boom!
Boom! (1968)
GoodWatch score 38

as The Witch of Capri

Interlude
Interlude (1968)

Writer

Pretty Polly
Pretty Polly (1967)
GoodWatch score 51

Story, Original Story

Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion (1967)

as Caesar

Bunny Lake Is Missing
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
GoodWatch score 78

as Wilson

A Choice of Coward: Design for Living
A Choice of Coward: Design for Living (1964)

Writer

Paris When It Sizzles
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
GoodWatch score 62

as Alexander Meyerheim

The Caretaker
The Caretaker (1964)
GoodWatch score 72

Associate Producer

Surprise Package
Surprise Package (1960)
GoodWatch score 60

as King Pavel II

Our Man in Havana
Our Man in Havana (1960)
GoodWatch score 83

as Hawthorne

1950s

4 titles · average score 62
Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit (1956)

as Charles Condomine

Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
GoodWatch score 67

as Roland Hesketh-Baggott

Meet Me Tonight
Meet Me Tonight (1952)
GoodWatch score 66

Theatre Play, Writer

The Astonished Heart
The Astonished Heart (1950)
GoodWatch score 54

as Dr. Christian Faber

1940s

7 titles · average score 69
Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter (1945)
GoodWatch score 87

as Train Station Announcer (uncredited)

Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit (1945)
GoodWatch score 74

as Narrator (uncredited)

This Happy Breed
This Happy Breed (1944)
GoodWatch score 72

Theatre Play, Producer

In Which We Serve
In Which We Serve (1942)
GoodWatch score 80

as Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D'

We Were Dancing
We Were Dancing (1942)
GoodWatch score 51

Theatre Play

Bitter Sweet
Bitter Sweet (1940)
GoodWatch score 51

Theatre Play, Songs

Private Lives
Private Lives (1940)

Writer

1930s

8 titles · average score 64
Men Are Not Gods
Men Are Not Gods (1936)
GoodWatch score 58

as Passer-by (uncredited)

The Scoundrel
The Scoundrel (1935)
GoodWatch score 62

as Anthony Mallare

Cavalcade
Cavalcade (1933)
GoodWatch score 52

Screenplay, Novel

Design for Living
Design for Living (1933)
GoodWatch score 76

Theatre Play

Bitter Sweet
Bitter Sweet (1933)

Novel

Tonight Is Ours
Tonight Is Ours (1933)

Author

The Little Damozel
The Little Damozel (1933)

Music

Private Lives
Private Lives (1931)
GoodWatch score 72

Theatre Play

1920s

3 titles · average score 50
Easy Virtue
Easy Virtue (1928)
GoodWatch score 50

Writer

The Vortex
The Vortex (1928)

Author

The Queen Was in the Parlour
The Queen Was in the Parlour (1927)

Theatre Play

1910s

1 title · average score 75
Hearts of the World
Hearts of the World (1918)
GoodWatch score 75

as The Man with the Wheelbarrow / A Villager in the Streets