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- Birth nameWalter Stott
- Angela Morley was born on March 10, 1924 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was a composer, known for Spaceballs (1987), Peeping Tom (1960) and Watership Down (1978). She was married to Christine Parker and Beryl Stott. She died on January 14, 2009 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
- SpousesChristine Parker(1970 - January 14, 2009) (her death)Beryl Stott(? - 1968) (her death, 2 children)
- In 1974, Angela Morley became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Academy Award, when she was nominated for one 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.
- In 1970, while still Wally Stott, he married Christine Parker and despite the sex change to become Angela Morley in 1972, they remained together, a close and devoted couple until Angela's death almost thirty-seven years later.
- Was an English composer and conductor who, as Wally Stott, became a familiar household name to BBC Radio listeners in the 1950s.
- Had a sex change operation in 1972.
- Her death was almost exactly 50 years since her no. 1 hit with Shirley Bassey, "As I Love You".
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