Angela Morley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Angela Morley

English composer, conductor

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1924

Place of Birth: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 14-Jan-2009

Profession: composer, conductor, film score composer, saxophonist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Angela Morley (born Walter "Wally" Stott, 10 March 1924 – 14 January 2009) was an English composer and conductor who, as Wally Stott, became a familiar household name to BBC radio listeners in the 1950s.
She attributed her entry into composing and arranging largely to the influence and encouragement of the Canadian light music composer Robert Farnon.
In 1972, Morley underwent sex reassignment surgery.
Later in life, she lived in Scottsdale, Arizona. Morley won two Emmy Awards for her work in music arrangement.
These were in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction, in 1988 and 1990, both for television specials starring Julie Andrews.
Morley received Emmy nominations for composing music for television series such as Dynasty and Dallas.
She was twice nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Music, Original Song Score/Adaptation: for The Little Prince (1974), a nomination shared with Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, and Douglas Gamley; and for The Slipper and the Rose, which Morley shared with Richard M.
Sherman and Robert B.
Sherman.
She was the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Academy Award.