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Margaret Booth (January 16, 1898 – October 28, 2002) was an American film editor. In a career lasting seven decades, Booth was most associated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
Learn about the life and career of Margaret Booth, who started as a film joiner for D. W. Griffith and became one of the most influential editors in Hollywood. Discover how she worked with directors like Griffith, Mayer, and Thalberg, and shaped the visual style of classic films.
Margaret Booth was born on January 14, 1898 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an editor and producer, known for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Murder by Death (1976) and Annie (1982). She died on October 28, 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- October 28, 2002
Margaret Booth (1898-2002) was a film editor and producer who worked on classics like Mutiny on the Bounty, Gigi and Annie. She was nominated for an Oscar and was the first "cutter" to be called a "film editor".
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Film editor Margaret Booth, who began her career in silent films with D.W. Griffith and ended it seven decades later editing “The Way We Were” and other films for producer Ray Stark, has died....
Oct 28, 2002 · Margaret Booth was an American film editor who worked for MGM and edited films by D. W. Griffith and Greta Garbo. She received an Honorary Oscar in 1978 and died in 2002 at age 104.
Hailed by Kevin Brownlow in "The Parade's Gone By..." as "one of the great motion picture editors," Margaret Booth was an important and pioneering figure in the motion picture industry. In a career that spanned some nine decades, she went from being a film joiner in silents to an acclaimed...
