Shirley Walker
Film score, Composer
1945 – 2006
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Who was Shirley Walker?
Shirley Walker was an 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.
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- Born
- Apr 10, 1945
Napa - Also known as
- Walker, Shirley
- Shirley Rogers
- Spouses
- Don Walker
(1967 - 2006/03)
- Don Walker
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- San Francisco State University
- Died
- Nov 30, 2006
Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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