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Alex North

(1910–1991)

Isadore Soifer

Works:

• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

• Cleopatra (1963)

• Désirée (1954)

• Spartacus (1960)

• The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

• Unchained Melody (1955)

Filmography as Composer:

A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando

 

 

Désirée
1954
Director: Henry Koster
Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons

 

 

Spartacus
1960
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier

 

 

 

Cleopatra
1963
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton

 

 

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965
Director: Carol Reed
Starring: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison

 

Born December 4 1910 Chester, PA (USA)
Died September 8 1991 Los Angeles, CA (USA)
Occupation Composer Musician
Awards Academy Award Emmy Golden Globe

Tags: 1910 1991 Alex North American Chester composer December 4 Emmy Film Golden Globe Jazz Los Angeles music musician Oscar pseudonym Russian Jewish Ancestry September 8 Theatre USA

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