She then tried playing violin at age 10 and the accordion at age 11, including in competitions, before choosing the clarinet and alto saxophone as primary instruments, taking clarinet lessons and playing in the school orchestra. Morley's father died of angina in 1933 at the age of 39, after which the family moved to Swinton and she ceased piano lessons. Morley was a fan of dance music before being able to read the labels on the records, listening notably to Jack Payne and Henry Hall as a child, and began learning the piano at the age of eight on a Challen upright piano. Morley's father was a watchmaker who played the ukulele-banjo, and the family lived above their jewellery shop. Morley was born in Leeds, Yorkshire on 10 March 1924 under the name of Walter "Wally" Stott. She was the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Academy Award. 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. Morley also received eight Emmy nominations for composing music for television series such as Dynasty and Dallas. These were in the category of Outstanding Music Direction, in 1985, 19, for Christmas in Washington and two television specials starring Julie Andrews. Morley won three Emmy Awards for her work in music arrangement. Later in life, she lived in Scottsdale, Arizona. Morley transitioned in 1972 and thereafter lived openly as a transgender woman. She attributed her entry into composing and arranging largely to the influence and encouragement of the Canadian light music composer Robert Farnon. Morley notably provided incidental music for The Goon Show and Hancock's Half Hour. 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.
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