Allee Willis(1947-2019)

Music Department
Composer
Actress

Allee Willis was born on 10 November 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was a composer and actress, known for Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Friends (1994) and Howard the Duck (1986). She died on 24 December 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 10 wins & 4 nominations total

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Known for

Beverly Hills Cop

7.4

Soundtrack("Neutron Dance", "Stir It Up")

1984

Friends

8.9

TV Series

Music Department

Howard the Duck

4.8

Soundtrack("Hunger City", "Don't Turn Away", "It Don't Come Cheap", "Howard the Duck")

1986

Polar

6.3

Soundtrack("September")

2019

Credits

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Music Department

The Color Purple
6.8
- music and lyrics by
- 2023
The Color Purple Audio Experience: A Benefit for Black Womxn
Podcast Series
- musical score by
- 2021
Forever Young at Heart
7.4
Short
- composer: theme music
- 2011
So Notorious
7.3
TV Series
- theme song
- 2006
Friends
8.9
TV Series
- composer: lyrics
- lyrics
- lyricist: theme music ...
- 1994–2004
The Rembrandts: I'll Be There for You
7.0
Music Video
- words by
- 1995
Liquid Television
8.0
TV Series
- music (segment ": "The Day of the Dead Guy")
- 1994
The Pointer Sisters: Neutron Dance
6.6
Music Video
- songwriter
- 1984
Hot City
TV Series
- theme music composer
- 1978

Composer

Forever Young at Heart
7.4
Short
- Composer
- 2011
So Notorious
7.3
TV Series
- Composer
- 2006
Stephen's Life
6.9
TV Movie
- Composer
- 2005
Friends
8.9
TV Series
- Composer
- 2002
Elise: Mere Mortal
TV Short
- Composer
- 2002
Oh Yeah! Cartoons
7.3
TV Series
- Composer (segment ": "Lollygagin")
- 1999
Liquid Television
8.0
TV Series
- Composer
- 1994
Cyndi Lauper: Who Let in the Rain
6.3
Music Video
- Composer
- 1994
Cyndi Lauper: That's What I Think
6.0
Music Video
- Composer
- 1993
Boy George: Live My Life
Music Video
- Composer
- 1988
The Pointer Sisters in Paris
TV Special
- Composer
- 1985
Patti LaBelle: Stir It Up
7.1
Music Video
- Composer
- 1985
The Pointer Sisters: Neutron Dance
6.6
Music Video
- Composer
- 1984
Earth, Wind & Fire: Boogie Wonderland
6.7
Music Video
- Composer
- 1979
Boogie Wonderland
6.0
Video
- Composer
- 1979

Actress

Personal details

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Born
- November 10, 1947
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died
- December 24, 2019
- Los Angeles, California, USA(cardiac arrest)
Children
Parents
Other works
The Color Purple (musical) - Original Broadway Cast Recording (Music and Lyrics by Allee Willis, Brenda Russell and Stephen Bray)
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

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Trivia
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.