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Shirley Walker

1945 - 2006

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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 during her career. Walker was one of the first female composers to earn a solo score credit on a major Hollywood motion picture (preceded by Suzanne Ciani for 1981's The Incredible Shrinking Woman) and according to the Los Angeles Times, is remembered as a pioneer for women in the film industry. Walker often wrote her film scores entirely by hand, and always orchestrated and conducted her own scores herself. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shirley Walker is the 1,292nd most popular composer (up from 1,360th in 2019), the 9,568th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,696th in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Shirley Walker ranks 1,292 out of 1,451. Before her are Lowell Mason, Thomas Tomkins, Shivkumar Sharma, Paul Williams, Necil Kazım Akses, and Afrasiyab Badalbeyli. After her are Pascal Dusapin, Samuel Arnold, Peter Schickele, Hamilton Harty, Paul Creston, and Junichi Masuda.

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Among people born in 1945, Shirley Walker ranks 548. Before her are Philip Waruinge, Ivan Edeshko, João de Deus Pinheiro, Asparuh Nikodimov, Maria Rohm, and Micky Dolenz. After her are Leigh Taylor-Young, Ray Jackendoff, Luis Garisto, Amos Sawyer, Ian McLagan, and Peder Pedersen. Among people deceased in 2006, Shirley Walker ranks 324. Before her are Muhammadu Maccido, Gösta Sandberg, Erik Elmsäter, Suzan Kahramaner, Iva Toguri D'Aquino, and Tony Jay. After her are Doug Serrurier, Georges Stuber, Ossi Reichert, Fritz Schwab, Louise Bennett-Coverley, and Henriette Avram.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Walker ranks 9,570 out of 20,380. Before her are Fischer Black (1938), Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968), Eileen Collins (1956), Stephen Dorff (1973), Jeff Hardy (1977), and Eric Bischoff (1955). After her are Alice Calhoun (1900), Marge Champion (1919), Samuel Colman (1832), Rogers Hornsby (1896), Melora Hardin (1967), and Mariette Hartley (1940).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Shirley Walker ranks 96. Before her are Vincent Youmans (1898), Pauline Oliveros (1932), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), Jonathan Larson (1960), Lowell Mason (1792), and Paul Williams (1940). After her are Peter Schickele (1935), Paul Creston (1906), John Kander (1927), Horatio Parker (1863), David Raksin (1912), and Harry Warren (1893).

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