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Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. He was born into a musical family, and his first successes were as a songwriter.
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Ivor Novello. Writer: Downhill. While his special gifts seemed to lie in music and composing, the dapper, multi-talented Welsh actor Ivor Novello (ne David Ivor Davies), with his leading-man good looks, had a strong affinity for the camera.
- January 15, 1893
- March 6, 1951
Ivor Novello. Writer: Downhill. While his special gifts seemed to lie in music and composing, the dapper, multi-talented Welsh actor Ivor Novello (ne David Ivor Davies), with his leading-man good looks, had a strong affinity for the camera.
- January 1, 1
- Cardiff, Wales, UK
- January 1, 1
- Aldwych, London, England, UK
Ivor Novello was a Welsh actor-manager, composer, and playwright, best known for his lush, sentimental, romantic musicals. Novello, the son of the celebrated Welsh singing teacher, Dame Clara Novello Davies, was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and served with the Royal Naval Air Service.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In the four roles of writer, composer, manager and lead actor in his musicals, a matinée idol and social icon, he lived at a rapid pace. He piled up successes and negotiated himself through failures (of which he had some but shrugged them off). But now is the greatest failure, one that cannot be shrugged off.
NOVELLO, IVOR (DAVID IVOR DAVIES till 1927; 1893 - 1951), composer, playwright, stage and film actor. Born at 95 Cowbridge Road, Cardiff, 15 January 1893, of a very musical family who soon moved to Llwyn-yr-eos, 11 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, the only son of David Davies, rates collector, and Clara Novello Davies.
May 18, 2010 · Profile of songwriter, playwright, composer and actor Ivor Novello, on the BBC Wales Arts website.
