Dorothy Spencer

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Dorothy Spencer (born February 3, 1909 in Covington , Kentucky , † May 23, 2002 in Encinitas near San Diego , California ) was an American film editor .

Dorothy Spencer at her Encinitas, CA home in June 1985

Life

Spencer made her editor debut in 1929 with the film Married in Hollywood . Directors she has worked with more often include Mark Robson , Anatole Litvak, and especially Ernst Lubitsch . Their first joint production was Being or Not being from 1942. She also collaborated with Edward Dmytryk on several productions, as well as with director Henry Hathaway .

Spencer was nominated four times in her career for an Oscar in the category Best Editing , the first time in 1940 for the Western Ringo , on which she worked with Otho Lovering . In 1989 she received the Career Achievement Award from the American Cinema Editors .

After the 1979 disaster film Airport '80 - The Concorde , Spencer ended her career. In total, she participated in more than 70 productions.

Filmography (selection)

As assistant editor or co-editor

  • 1926: The strong man (The Strong Man)
  • 1927: Long Pants
  • 1929: Four Married Men
  • 1929: In Old Arizona
  • 1929: Married In Hollywood
  • 1929: Nix On Dames
  • 1934: As Husbands Go
  • 1934: Coming Out Party
  • 1934: She Was a Lady
  • 1936: The Case Against Mrs. Ames
  • 1936: The Luckiest Girl in the World
  • 1936: The Moon's Our Home
  • 1937: Stand-In
  • 1937: For you, Madame ... (Vogues of 1938)
  • 1938: blockade
  • 1938: Trade Winds
  • 1939: Wizard of Love (Eternally Yours)
  • 1939: Ringo (stagecoach)
  • 1939: Winter Carnival
  • 1940: The Foreign Correspondent

As a film editor

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personal data
SURNAME Spencer, Dorothy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film editor
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Covington , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 2002
Place of death Encinitas near San Diego , California