Shirley Walker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shirley Walker

American composer

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1945

Place of Birth: Napa, California, United States

Date of Death: 30-Nov-2006

Profession: composer, conductor, pianist, film score composer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Shirley Anne Walker (née Rogers, April 10, 1945 – November 30, 2006) was an American film and television composer and conductor.
She was one of the few female film score composers working in Hollywood.
Walker was one of the first female composers to earn a solo score credit on a major Hollywood motion picture (preceded by Suzanne Ciani, who wrote the complete score to the film The Incredible Shrinking Woman in 1980, released January 1981) 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. The ASCAP Shirley Walker Award was created in her honor in 2014.