Galleries — Noël Coward

Coward at Home

Noël with his dogs Rutley and Mr. Hopper at Blue Harbour, Jamaica

Goldenhurst (Coward's home in Kent) in 1950s

Coward holding puppy, 1950

Noël Coward and his partner Graham Payn at Goldenhurst, 1960s

Noël Coward in Twig Alley at Goldenhurst, 1960s

Noël Coward cruising the Greek Islands in the 1950s

Noël Coward at 'Look Out', Firefly, Jamaica 1950s

Noël Coward painting in Firefly, Jamaica 1962

Noël Coward at 'Watergate', Bermuda

Spithead Lodge, Noël Coward's home in Bermuda. Graham Payn standing on the 'Welcoming Arms' staircase, 1950s

Noël with his dogs Rutley and Mr. Hopper at Blue Harbour, Jamaica.

Noël Coward on boat in the Seychelles, 1965

Noël Coward ‘The Celebrity’

Noël Coward abroad (possibly wartime) c.1935

Noël Coward at Waterloo Station, 1937

Noël with HRH Princess Marina and HRH Prince George, Theatrical Garden Party held in Queen Mary’s Gardens, Regent’s Park, 1937

Laurence Olivier, Noël Coward in 1940

Noël Coward ‘The Celebrity’ before crowds in South Africa, 1944

Noël Coward in the Nevada Desert in Las Vegas, 1955

Noël Coward & Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas

John Gielgud with Michael Wilding and Noël Coward - 1966

Noël Coward with his arm round Sophia Loren, 1964

Noël Coward with Peter O'Toole at Les Avants, Switzerland - 1965

Elizabeth Taylor and Noël Coward on the filmset of Boom, 1968

Noël entertains Richard Burton at his home in Switzerland, 1972

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Noël Coward ‘The Playwright & Performer’

Noël Coward with Lydia Bilbrook and Charles Hawtrey in The Great Name, 1911

Noël Coward smoking, in profile 1928

Noël Coward at his Writing Desk, c. 1935

Laurence Olivier with Noël Coward in first production of Private Lives, 1930

Noël Coward on the lawn with the children of Silverlands Actor's Orphanage. Noël was president from 1934 - 1956

Noël at the annual Theatrical Garden Party to raise funds for The Actors' Orphanage, 1937

Lauren Bacall as Elvira in the CBS Ford Star Jubilee version of Blithe Spirit with Claudette Colbert and Noël, 1956

Noël Coward in the Hamlet Chair with the Wings of Time, 1963

Noël Coward in 1965

Noël Coward at his Piano, 1969

Noël Coward with a bust of Shakespeare, 1961

These galleries include a selection of photographs of Noël Coward throughout his lifetime, many of which are from the private collections of Noël Coward, Cole Lesley and Graham Payn.

There are plenty more images in our archive and on Instagram.

The copyright for these images are held by the Noël Coward Estate (NC Aventales AG) administered by Alan Brodie Representation. For more images to explore, book an appointment to visit the Noël Coward Room or follow us on Pinterest