Alex North
(1910-1991)
American composer
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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 fourteen nominations.
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Isadore Soifer 4 December 1910 Chester, Pennsylvania
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8 September 1991 (aged 80) Pacific Palisades, California, USA
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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