Barbara McLean

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Barbara McLean (born November 16, 1903 in Palisades Park , New Jersey , † March 28, 1996 in Newport Beach , California ; actually Barbara Pollut ) was an American film editor .

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Barbara McLean is one of the few women in the USA in the 1930s who managed to make a name for themselves in a male domain, namely the film industry. McLean, who first dreamed of a career as an actress, worked in her father's film lab that summer. Unfortunately, there were no role offers, so she worked for Sol Wurtzle. Her first work as an editor on a movie was Coquette in 1929 , although she was not mentioned in the credits.

McLean became Darryl F. Zanuck's personal assistant even before he founded 20th Century Fox . In 1933 she began working as an editor for this company. For 15 years she was involved in various productions, as one of only eight women in this position. Approx. She edited 1,000,000 footage of over 60 films in her career, in which she was nominated for an Oscar seven times. She won an Oscar once, in 1945 for her work on Wilson . In 1960 she became head of the editing department at Fox and held that position for nine years.

In 1951 she married the director Robert Webb, with whom she produced the film The Seven Cities of Gold in 1955 . In 1988 she was honored by the ACE ( American Cinema Editors ) for her life's work with the Career Achievement Award .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Oscar

Won:

  • 1945: Wilson

Nominated:

  • 1936: The wretched
  • 1937: Signals to London
  • 1939: Alexander's Ragtime Band
  • 1940: Night over India
  • 1944: The song of Bernadette
  • 1951: Everything about Eva

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personal data
SURNAME McLean, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pollut, Barbara (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film editor
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Palisades Park , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1996
Place of death Newport Beach , California