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David Ivor Davies (Cardiff, Gales, 15 de enero de 1893-Londres, 6 de marzo de 1951), más conocido como Ivor Novello, fue un compositor, cantante y actor británico que llegó a ser el más popular artista del Reino Unido de principios del siglo XX.
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.
The name of Ivor Novello has become synonymous with the golden era of the British stage musical. In a remarkable career spanning some forty years from his acclamation as "the Welsh prodigy" when a school boy, to his untimely death in 1951 he covered virtually every aspect of the entertainment business.
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.
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Ivor Novello (born Jan. 15, 1893, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales—died March 6, 1951, London, Eng.) was a Welsh actor-manager, composer, and playwright, best known for his lush, sentimental, romantic musicals.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
Ivor Novello, 1893-1951 - The London Magazine. He is box-office poison nowadays but Ivor Novello, at his zenith, dominated the musicals genre and had a large charismatic capital on which he could draw.
