Norah Howard (12 December 1900 - 2 May 1968) was a British actress of stage and screen.

Biography

She was born as Norah Lillian Emily Smeed on 12 December 1900, in Fulham,

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, England, her father was Alfred Howard Smeed. She changed her stage name from Smeed to Howard, adopting her father's middle name. Her theatre work included the original West End productions of Cole Porter's '' Nymph Errant'' and Frank Vosper's '' Love from a Stranger'' (1936); and on

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, the revival of Noël Coward's '' Tonight at 8.30'' (1948). Norah died on 2 May 1968 in New York, New York, USA.

Selected filmography

* ''

The W Plan ''The W Plan'' is a 1930 British spy film produced and directed by Victor Saville and starring Brian Aherne, Madeleine Carroll, Gibb McLaughlin, and Gordon Harker. The screenplay was written by Saville with Miles Malleson and Frank Launder, ...

'' (1930) * ''

A Cuckoo in the Nest ''A Cuckoo in the Nest'' is a farce by the English playwright Ben Travers. It was first given at the Aldwych Theatre, London, the second in the series of twelve Aldwych farces presented by the actor-manager Tom Walls at the theatre between 1923 ...

'' (1933) * '' Love, Life and Laughter'' (1934) * '' Car of Dreams'' (1935) * '' Fighting Stock'' (1935) * '' The Big Noise'' (1936) * '' I've Got a Horse'' (1938) * '' Star of the Circus'' (1938) * '' The Saint in London'' (1939) * ''

The Lambeth Walk "The Lambeth Walk" is a song from the 1937 musical '' Me and My Girl'' (with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay). The song takes its name from a local street, Lambeth Walk, once notable for its street mark ...

'' (1939) * ''

An Englishman's Home ''An Englishman's Home'' is a threat-of-invasion play by Guy du Maurier, first produced in 1909. The title is a reference to the expression " an Englishman's home is his castle". Play ''An Englishman's Home'' caused a sensation in London when ...

'' (1940) * '' Two Loves'' (1961)

References

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* * 1900 births 1968 deaths British stage actresses British film actresses Actresses from London People from Fulham 20th-century British actresses 20th-century English women 20th-century English people {{UK-film-actor-stub