Alex North

Personal Info

Known For:
Sound

Birthday:
December 4, 1910

Place of Birth:
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

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Alex North

Biography

Alex North (born Isadore Soifer, December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including A Streetcar Named Desire (one of the first jazz-based film scores), Viva Zapata!, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He was the first composer to receive an Honorary Academy Award, but never won a competitive Oscar despite fifteen nominations.

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Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2006 North and the Music of the South Self (archive footage)
2002 Making 'The Misfits' Self (archive footage)
Year TV Show Role
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