Biography
Angela Morley (10 March 1924 – 14 January 2009) was an English composer and conductor who became familiar to BBC Radio listeners in the 1950s under the name of Wally Stott. Morley notably provided incidental music for The Goon Show and Hancock's Half Hour. She attributed her entry into composing and arranging largely to the influence and encouragement of the Canadian light music composer Robert Farnon. Morley transitioned in 1972 and thereafter lived openly as a transgender woman. Later in life, she lived in Scottsdale, Arizona.Morley won three Emmy Awards for her work in music arrangement. These were in the category of Outstanding Music Direction, in 1985, 1988 and 1990, for Christmas in Washington and two television specials starring Julie Andrews. Morley also received eight 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 Original Song Score: first for The Little Prince (1974), a nomination shared with Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, and Douglas Gamley; and second for The Slipper and the Rose (1976), 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. Official website
Biography at the Robert Farnon Society
Angela Morley at IMDb
Angela Morley at AllMusic
Filmography
all 24
Movies 18
TV Shows 6
self 1
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (2007)
Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music (1986)
The Colbys (1985)
Threesome (1984)
Summer Girl (1983)
Hotel (1982)
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
Madame X (1981)
Dynasty (1981)
Friendships, Secrets and Lies (1979)
Watership Down (1978)
Dallas (1978)
Equus (1977)
The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
The Last Goon Show of All (1972)
When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
The Looking Glass War (1970)
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
The Heart of a Man (1959)
The Lady is a Square (1959)
It's Never Too Late (1956)
For Better, for Worse (1954)
Will Any Gentleman...? (1953)
Hindle Wakes (1952)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1924-03-10
Deathday2009-01-14 (84 years old)
Birth NameWalter Stott
Birth PlaceLeeds, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesLeeds, United Kingdom
Also Known AsWally Stott, Walter Stott
AwardsEmmy Award
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