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Alex North

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Born: December 4, 1910 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

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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 no...

Filmography2 TITLES
Making 'The Misfits'
Making 'The Misfits'2002
North and the Music of the South
North and the Music of the South2006
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