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    'Valley of Dolls' co-composer Previn Shannon dies

    Associated Press – Tue, Feb 14, 2012

    SOUTHFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Dory Previn Shannon, who helped pen the score for the film "Valley of the Dolls" and the theme for "Last Tango in Paris," has died. She was 86.

    According to her husband, Joby Baker, Previn Shannon died Tuesday of natural causes at her farm in Southfield, Mass.

    She earned Oscar nominations in the 1960s for writing lyrics alongside Andre Previn's music for the films "Pepe" and "Two for the Seesaw." She and Previn were married from 1959 to 1970.

    She won an Emmy Award in 1984 for co-writing the theme song for the TV show "Two of a Kind."

    She sang at Carnegie Hall, wrote a libretto for Mozart's opera "The Impresario" and recorded many albums, including "Reflections in a Mud Puddle" and "Mythical Kings and Iguanas.

     

    5 comments

    • Sybil
      Sybil  •  Livingston, Montana  •  3 mths ago
      Good night dear lady, sure gonna miss you. I have used your lyrics, right here on the comments, many a time. Still so topical, lyrical and female, musical and friggin smart! Return to the home of your soul…..
    • Auntie Social
      Auntie Social  •  3 mths ago
      Her husband's really talented, too, Joby Baker is an actor/artist--they were a good couple.
    • buddy
      buddy  •  Wilmington, North Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      the video that goes with the article is not from VALLEY OF THE DOLLS. it may be from
      BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS. it really doesn't matter. both films were the bottom
      of the barrel productions. BUT THE MUSIC IN VALLEY OF THE DOLLS WAS VERY GOOD.
      esp. the theme song.
    • 1540
      1540  •  3 mths ago
      Let us know when the person who scored the film "The Blob" died too. Would not want to miss that article.
      • Sybil
        Sybil 3 mths ago
        Dory Previn has a HUGE catalouge of songs and they are brilliant!
    • waarp
      waarp  •  3 mths ago
      So the person who co-wrote the music for one of the worst films of all time has died? Well let's break out the sham-pag-nee...And it was the music/singing that made it so unbearable! Well that and Duke's acting.
      • Sybil
        Sybil 3 mths ago
        I am sorry that she is so unknown to you but before writing something so......ignorant, wikipedia Dory Previn (dont worry about the Shannon part) and you will be enlightened.
      • Uws
        Uws 3 mths ago
        Sorry to say I doubt anyone would be capable of ENLIGHTENING the writer WAARP. Some people are just beyond ignorant and have no sense of compassion or decency.
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