Marjorie Johnson Fowler (July 16, 1920 – July 8, 2003) was an American film editor.[1] She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 1968 for Doctor Dolittle.[2]
Marjorie Fowler | |
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Born | Marjorie Johnson July 16, 1920 |
Died | July 8, 2003 Hollywood Hills, California, United States | (aged 82)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | film editor |
Spouse | Gene Fowler Jr. |
Parent | Nunnally Johnson |
Relatives | Nora Johnson (sister) |
She was the daughter of the screenwriter Nunnally Johnson,[3] and sister of the novelist Nora Johnson.
She was married to editor Gene Fowler Jr. until his death in 1998.[4][5] On May 12, 1964, they were both the first man and woman to respectively get top honors at American Cinema Editors. Fowler became secretary while her husband became president.[6] She later won a Lifetime Career Achievement award by American Cinema Editors in 2000. She died in her sleep on July 16, 2003.[3]
Selected filmography
edit- The Woman in the Window (1944)
- Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
- Man in the Attic (1953)
- Crime of Passion (1957)
- Stopover Tokyo (1957)
- Separate Tables (1958)
- The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
- Elmer Gantry (1960)
- The Outsider (1961)
- Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
- Take Her, She's Mine (1963)
- What a Way to Go! (1964)
- Dear Brigitte (1965)
- Doctor Dolittle (1967)
- Once You Kiss a Stranger (1970)
- The Blue Knight (1973, TV)
- It's My Turn (1980)
- The Marva Collins Story (1981, TV)
- Family Secrets (1984, TV)
References
edit- ^ Harris M. Lentz III (27 April 2004). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-7864-1756-8. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ "1968 Oscars". Retrieved 2016-08-09.
- ^ a b "Obituary – Marjorie Fowler, 82; Film Editor Won Life Achievement Award". Los Angeles Times. July 18, 2003. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ Archives, L. A. Times (May 14, 1998). "Obituary – Gene Fowler Jr.; Film Editor and Director of Science Fiction Movies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ "Gene Fowler, 80, Oscar winner". Reuters. May 15, 1998. p. 31. Retrieved March 24, 2024 – via South Florida Sun Sentinel.
- ^ "Gene Fowler, Wife Named As Officers". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. May 13, 1964. p. 2. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
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