Mack Gordon
Composer
1904 – 1959
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Who was Mack Gordon?
Mack Gordon was an American composer and lyricist of songs for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times in eleven years, including five consecutive years between 1940 and 1944, and won the award once, for "You'll Never Know". That song has proved among his most enduring, and remains popular in films and television commercials to this day. "At Last" is another of his best-known songs.
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- Born
- Jun 21, 1904
Warsaw - Also known as
- Morris Gittler
- Spouses
- Elizabeth Cook
(1939 - 1948) - Rose Ponelli
( - 1936)
- Elizabeth Cook
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 1, 1959
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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