Dorothy Spencer (February 2, 1909-May 23, 2002) was an American film editor. Nominated for an Academy Award on several occasions she is remembered for editing several of director John Ford's best known movies, including Stagecoach (1939) and what film critic Roger Ebert calls, "Ford's greatest Western,"My Darling Clementine.
She was born in Covington, Kentucky, and was married to actor Frank McHugh until his death in 1981; McHugh was a contract p...
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Dorothy Spencer (February 2, 1909-May 23, 2002) was an American film editor. Nominated for an Academy Award on several occasions she is remembered for editing several of director John Ford's best known movies, including Stagecoach (1939) and what film critic Roger Ebert calls, "Ford's greatest Western,"My Darling Clementine.
She was born in Covington, Kentucky, and was married to actor Frank McHugh until his death in 1981; McHugh was a contract player at Warner Bros..
Dorothy Spencer entered the film industry when she joined the employ of the Consolidated-Aller Lab in 1924. She moved to Fox, becoming a member of the editorial department. Worked at First National Studios assisting editors Louis Loeffler, Al DeGaetano and Irene Morra. At Fox, she and Loeffler were part of a editorial team that also included, at one time or another, Barbara McLean, Robert Simpson, William Reynolds and Hugh S. Fowler.
Dorothy Spencer also edited several of Alfred Hitchcock's films such as Foreign...
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