Shirley Walker facts for kids
Shirley Anne Walker (née Rogers, April 10, 1945 – November 30, 2006) was an American movie and television composer and conductor. She was one of the few female movie 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. She was born in Napa, California.
She wrote her movie scores entirely by hand. She always orchestrated and conducted her own scores by herself.
Walker died on November 30, 2006 from stroke-related problems in Reno, Nevada at the age of 61.

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