Dorothy Spencer
Highest Rated: 100% The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Lowest Rated: 31% From the Terrace (1960)
Birthday: Feb 3, 1909
Birthplace: Covington, Kentucky, USA
Dorothy Spencer was a distinguished artisan who made her mark in one of the relatively few behind-the-scenes fields which Hollywood, in its historically typical yet weird gender breakdown, allowed women to toil--editing. Although she worked for several different studios during the late 1930s and early 40s, Spencer started her career at Fox Studios and, once settling in at the reconsolidated 20th Century-Fox Studios in the 40s, wracked up approximately 50 credits for the company through the late 60s. She thus made her mark on that studio's product in a way comparable to composer Alfred Newman and other veteran male stalwarts whose careers have received more attention and acclaim. Spencer also became a trusted favorite of a number of talented directors over the years, earning multiple credits with such filmmakers as Edward Dmytryk, John Ford, Tay Garnett, Henry Hathaway, Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco and Mark Robson.
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | 75% | Happy Birthday, Wanda June | Film Editing | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Daddy's Gone A-Hunting | Film Editing | - | 1969 |
33% | 58% | Valley of the Dolls | Film Editing | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | 47% | Lost Command | Film Editing | - | 1966 |
56% | 67% | Cleopatra | Film Editing | - | 1963 |
31% | 59% | From the Terrace | Film Editing | - | 1960 |
50% | 76% | North to Alaska | Film Editing | - | 1960 |
71% | 77% | The Young Lions | Film Editing | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | 75% | A Hatful of Rain | Film Editing | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Best Things in Life Are Free | Film Editing | - | 1956 |
71% | 73% | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Film Editing | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Left Hand of God | Film Editing | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Soldier of Fortune | Film Editing | - | 1955 |
75% | 65% | Demetrius and the Gladiators | Film Editing | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Vicki | Film Editing | - | 1953 |
63% | 73% | Fourteen Hours | Film Editing | - | 1951 |
100% | 88% | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | Film Editing | - | 1947 |
100% | 86% | My Darling Clementine | Film Editing | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here Is Germany | Film Editing | - | 1945 |
94% | 90% | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Film Editing | - | 1945 |
33% | 31% | A Royal Scandal | Film Editing | - | 1945 |
90% | 87% | Lifeboat | Film Editing | - | 1944 |
96% | 93% | To Be or Not to Be | Film Editing | - | 1942 |
96% | 81% | Foreign Correspondent | Film Editing | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 28% | Eternally Yours | Film Editing | - | 1939 |
100% | 86% | Stagecoach | Film Editing | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Blockade | Film Editing | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 68% | Stand-In | Film Editing | - | 1937 |