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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 (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. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. He was born into a musical family, and his first successes were as a songwriter.
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Mar 29, 2024 · 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.
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Ivor Novello (1893-1951) Ivor Novello. Writer. Actor. Music Department. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. 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. Born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1893, he ...
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- Cardiff, Wales, UK
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Born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1893, he was the son of a tax-collector father and a well-known singing teacher mother. His prodigious musical skills were evident fairly early. Trained at the Magdalen College Choir School on a soprano scholarship, he soon began writing songs under the name Ivor Novello.
- January 15, 1893
- March 6, 1951
May 18, 2010 · Wales Arts. Ivor Novello biography. Last updated: 18 May 2010. A giant of the early 20th century stage and screen: songwriter, playwright, composer, actor and star.
In 1893 he was born David Ivor Davies and, at ten years old, this boy in Cardiff won a choral scholarship to Magdalen College School, Oxford, where he was a choirboy for six years. He was grounded in classical choral music with its rhythmic complexities and choral weighting, and he learned the value of team-work.
