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Entertainment
 
Entertainment
  
==Notable Achievements==
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==Description==
  
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Stage and film actor, dramatist, and composer.  Rivalled Noel Coward in stature.  Wrote and composed lavish musicals for British stage, including 'Perchance to Dream' (1945), 'King's Rhapsody' (1949) and 'Gay's the Word' (1951).  Was Britain's most popular male film star in the 1920s.  Male sex symbol.  The annual Ivor Novello Awards, given for excellence in songwriting and composing (the Ivors), are named in his honour.  His partner was [[Robert Andrews]].
  
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==Description==
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* [[LGBTQ Lyricists and Composers for Theatre and Film]]
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==Further Reading/Research==
  
Stage and film actor, dramatist, and composer. Rivalled Noel Coward in stature. Wrote and composed lavish musicals for British stage. Was Britain's most popular male film star in the 1950s.  Male sex symbol.  His partner was Robert Andrews.
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Latest revision as of 15:55, 22 September 2017

Ivor Novello

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1893 - 1951

Occupation

Entertainment

Description

Stage and film actor, dramatist, and composer. Rivalled Noel Coward in stature. Wrote and composed lavish musicals for British stage, including 'Perchance to Dream' (1945), 'King's Rhapsody' (1949) and 'Gay's the Word' (1951). Was Britain's most popular male film star in the 1920s. Male sex symbol. The annual Ivor Novello Awards, given for excellence in songwriting and composing (the Ivors), are named in his honour. His partner was Robert Andrews.

See Also

Further Reading/Research