Shirley Walker

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Birth Name: Shirley Anne Rogers

Born: 10 March 1945 Died: 30 November 2006

Country of origin: United States

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Don Walker

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Description: American film and television composer and conductor. She was one of the few female film score composers working in Hollywood. Walker was the first female composer to earn a solo score credit on a major Hollywood motion picture and according to the Los Angeles Times, will be remembered as a pioneer for women in the film industry. She wrote her film scores entirely by hand. She always orchestrated and conducted her own scores by herself. Shirley Walker died on November 30, 2006 at Washoe Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, due to complications from a stroke that she had experienced two weeks before. She died only eight months af ... (more)

Tags: Composer (2), Music (1), Conductor (1), Born 1945 (1), Died 2006 (1)

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