Max Steiner
Austrian-born American music composer and conductor (1888-1971) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 83
Maximilian Raoul Steiner was an Austrian composer and conductor who emigrated to America and became one of Hollywood's greatest musical composers.
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1971Died28 December 19711945Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy ScoreAward1943Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy ScoreAward1936Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or TreatmentAward1888Born10 May 1888
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Bette Davis Max wrote Jezebel, Now, Voyager and Dark Victory
Humphrey Bogart Max wrote Casablanca (1947)
Ward Bond Max wrote Gone with the Wind and The Searchers
Georges Renavent Max wrote Casablanca, Jezebel and Now, Voyager
John Litel Max wrote The Life of Emile Zola and Jezebel
Charles Middleton Max wrote Gone with the Wind and Jezebel
James Flavin Max wrote King Kong and The Big Sleep
Olin Howland Max wrote Gone with the Wind and A Star Is Born
William Worthington Max wrote Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Dan Seymour Max wrote Casablanca and Key Largo
Jack Mower Max wrote Mildred Pierce (1950)
Roscoe Ates Max wrote Gone with the Wind and King Kong
Charles Trowbridge Max wrote Mildred Pierce (1950)
Katharine Hepburn Max wrote Little Women and Morning Glory
Lauren Bacall Max wrote The Big Sleep and Key Largo
Claude Rains Max wrote Casablanca and Now, Voyager
Leslie Howard Max wrote Gone with the Wind (1939)
Donald Crisp Max wrote The Life of Emile Zola and Jezebel
Bonita Granville Max wrote Now, Voyager and Little Women
Bruce Bennett Max wrote The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Spring Byington Max wrote Jezebel and Little Women
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Creighton Hale Max wrote Casablanca and Sergeant York
Howard Hickman Max wrote Gone with the Wind (1939)
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About this person
Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1888 to 1971 · aged 83
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The same award as Max
Henry ManciniBoth received Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score
André PrevinBoth received Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment
Aaron CoplandBoth received Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score
Alfred NewmanBoth received Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or TreatmentFranz WaxmanBoth received Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score
Malcolm ArnoldBoth received Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment