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Shuken, Leo, 1906-1976

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Film composer and orchestrator Leo Shuken was born in Los Angeles, California on December 6, 1906. He was one of four children born to Nellie Azarow and Ben Shuken. He worked in Hollywood, California composing and orchestrating film soundtracks, and he has received film credit on 71 films spanning from 1936 to 1971. He married once, to Ann Walsh (1905-1997), and died in Los Angeles on July 24, 1976.

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Genealogy fies about "Leo Shuken." Accessed on October 27, 2021 on FamilySearch.org.

"Leo Shuken". The Movie Database, Last modified 2021. https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30257-leo-shuken. Accessed on October 27, 2021.