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- Birth nameAlta Sherral Willis
- Allee Willis was born on November 10, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was a composer and art director, known for Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Friends (1994) and Howard the Duck (1986). She died on December 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- ChildrenKent Byron WillisMarlen Diane Willis
- ParentsNathan WillisRose Bella Shulman
- She co-wrote "September" and "Boogie Wonderland" for Earth, Wind & Fire in 1978. Her other songs included "Neutron Dance" for the Pointer Sisters, Patti LaBelle's "Stir It Up" and themes for the TV series Friends and the movie The Karate Kid.
- Her motorized artwork, sculpture and furniture have been featured in museums and galleries around the world.
- Her home, a pink 1937 Streamline Moderne L.A. house, was known as "Willis Wonderland.".
- Was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018.
- Daughter of Rose, a schoolteacher, and Nathan Willis, a scrapyard owner. Her father was a Russian Jewish immigrant and her mother was a Polish Jewish immigrant.
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