Victor Young

Biography

Born 08/08/1900

A remarkably prolific composer, Victor Young wrote songs and underscoring that appeared in hundreds of films which earned him 22 Academy Award nominations during his relatively short career. Although Young died after only twenty years in the business, romance standards like "When I Fall in Love"...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 1956, received Oscar for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
In 1954, received Emmy for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Variety Program
In 1951, received Golden Globe Award for Best Score

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Highlights

In 1957, Posthumously won first Academy Award for the 1956 effort "Around the World in 80 Days"
In 1954, Wrote the score (including Peggy Lee's popular theme song) to the flamboyant Western "Johnny Guitar", starring Joan Crawford
In 1952, Composed the appropriately lively score for "The Quiet Man", starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara

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Family & Companions

grandfather: lived in Warsaw, Poland; raised Young and his sister Helen after their mother died and father abandoned them
mother: died c. 1910
William Young: father (tenor with the Chicago Opera; abandoned his children after the death of their mother; remarried; died in 1932)

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