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4 unusual facts about Eleanor Aller


Eleanor Aller

Eleanor Aller (Slatkin) (May 20, 1917 – October 13, 1995) was a world-renowned cellist and founding member, with her husband, Felix Slatkin, of the Hollywood String Quartet.

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Born in New York City, she was the daughter of cellist Gregory Aller (né Grisha Altschuler), a Jewish emigre from the Russian Empire.

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Shortly after their marriage, the couple founded the Hollywood String Quartet.

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Aller continued to work as principal cellist for movie soundtracks, including a solo specially written for her by composer/conductor John Williams for the soundtrack to the 1977 Steven Spielberg movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind.



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