1893-01-15 ( 132 years old ) in Cardiff, Wales, UK
Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh composer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century, on both screen and stage.
He was born into a musical Cardiff family and his mother, Clara Novello Davies, was an internationally known singing teacher and choral conductor. As a child, Novello was a successful singer in various eisteddfodau throughout the country. He was educated privately in Cardiff and then in Gloucester and later won a scholarship to Magdalen College School in Oxford.
The family moved to London in 1913 and here Novello's career flourished. In 1914, at the start of World War II, he wrote the words to his most popular song, "Keep the Home Fires Burning".
Novello lived in a flat above the Strand Theatre, where he remained until his death in 1951.
Since 1955 the internationally prestigious The Ivor Novello Awards ("The Ivors") for songwriting and composing are annually awarded by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA).
Movies
Autumn Crocus
1934-02-01
I Lived with You
1933-06-13
Sleeping Car
1933-06-06
The Lodger
1932-09-08
Once a Lady
1931-11-07
Symphony in Two Flats
1930-07-16
The Return of the Rat
1929-05-30
The Gallant Hussar
1928-08-29
A South Sea Bubble
1928-08-03
The Vortex
1928-03-25
The Constant Nymph
1928-02-20
Downhill
1927-10-24
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
1927-02-14
The Triumph of the Rat
1926-03-21
The Rat
1925-09-07
The Man Without Desire
1923-12-01
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1923-11-01
The White Rose
1923-05-21
The Bohemian Girl
1922-07-27
Carnival
1921-06-26
The Call of the Blood
1919-12-20
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