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Barbara McLean(1903-1996)

  • Editor
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Ms. McLean was a pioneering female film editor for 20th Century Fox. She began her Hollywood career in the 1930s and earned her first film credit for editing The Affairs of Cellini (1934). She joined Fox in 1935 as one of only eight female film editors working in Hollywood in the 1930s. She became Fox' editing division chief in 1949 and retired from the studio in 1969.
BornNovember 16, 1903
DiedMarch 28, 1996(92)
BornNovember 16, 1903
DiedMarch 28, 1996(92)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 3 wins & 6 nominations total

Known for

All About Eve (1950)
All About Eve
8.2
  • Editor
  • 1950
Vincent Price, Charles Coburn, Mary Anderson, William Eythe, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cedric Hardwicke, Alexander Knox, Thomas Mitchell, and Ruth Nelson in Wilson (1944)
Wilson
6.3
  • Editor
  • 1944
Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, and Alice Faye in Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Alexander's Ragtime Band
6.8
  • Editor
  • 1938
Charles Laughton and Fredric March in Les Misérables (1935)
Les Misérables
7.6
  • Editor
  • 1935

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  • Untamed (1955)
    Untamed
    6.0
    • Editor
    • 1955
  • The Egyptian (1954)
    The Egyptian
    6.5
    • Editor
    • 1954
  • Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, and Michael Rennie in King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
    King of the Khyber Rifles
    6.3
    • Editor
    • 1953
  • Richard Burton, Victor Mature, and Jean Simmons in The Robe (1953)
    The Robe
    6.7
    • Editor
    • 1953
  • The Desert Rats (1953)
    The Desert Rats
    6.7
    • Editor
    • 1953
  • Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotten in Niagara (1953)
    Niagara
    7.0
    • Editor
    • 1953
  • Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, and Susan Hayward in The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
    The Snows of Kilimanjaro
    6.1
    • Editor
    • 1952
  • Marilyn Monroe, Anne Baxter, Charles Laughton, Richard Widmark, Jeanne Crain, Fred Allen, Farley Granger, Oscar Levant, Jean Peters, Gregory Ratoff, Dale Robertson, and David Wayne in O. Henry's Full House (1952)
    O. Henry's Full House
    7.2
    • Editor (segment "The Gift of the Magi", uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Jeffrey Hunter and Jean Peters in Lure of the Wilderness (1952)
    Lure of the Wilderness
    6.4
    • Editor
    • 1952
  • Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
    Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
    7.0
    • Editor
    • 1952
  • Marlon Brando, Anthony Quinn, and Jean Peters in Viva Zapata! (1952)
    Viva Zapata!
    7.2
    • Editor
    • 1952
  • Cary Grant and Jeanne Crain in People Will Talk (1951)
    People Will Talk
    7.3
    • Editor
    • 1951
  • David and Bathsheba (1951)
    David and Bathsheba
    6.1
    • Editor
    • 1951
  • Anne Baxter and Glenn Ford in Follow the Sun (1951)
    Follow the Sun
    6.4
    • Editor
    • 1951
  • I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
    I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
    6.8
    • Editor
    • 1951

Producer



  • On the Threshold of Space (1956)
    On the Threshold of Space
    6.5
    • associate producer
    • 1956
  • Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
    Seven Cities of Gold
    5.8
    • producer
    • 1955

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Barbara Mc Lean
  • Born
    • November 16, 1903
    • Palisades Park, New Jersey, USA
  • Died
    • March 28, 1996
    • Newport Beach, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Robert D. WebbAugust 19, 1951 - April 18, 1990 (his death)

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    Edited nine Oscar Best Picture nominees: The House of Rothschild (1934), Les Misérables (1935), In Old Chicago (1938), Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938), The Song of Bernadette (1943), Wilson (1944), Twelve O'Clock High (1949), All About Eve (1950) and The Robe (1953). All About Eve is the only Best Picture winner.

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