| LC control no. | no 89021647 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Spencer, Dorothy, 1909-2002 |
| Variant(s) | Spencer, Dot (Motion picture editor) |
| Other standard no. | 0000000381672687 261112246 Q528379 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1909-02-03 |
| Death date | 2002-05-23 |
| Place of birth | Covington (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Encinitas (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Motion pictures--Editing Acting |
| Affiliation | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
| Profession or occupation | Motion picture editors Actresses Film editor |
| Found in | The case against Mrs. Ames [MP] 1936: credits (film editor, Dorothy Spencer) Perf. arts biog. master index, c1981 (Spencer, Dorothy; b. 1909) Internet movie database WWW site, June 24, 2008 (Dorothy Spencer; b. February 3, 1909, Covington, Kentucky; d. May 23, 2002; editor) Internet Movie Database WWW site, April 14, 2016: (Dorothy Spencer, editor, actress ; b. February 3, 1909 in Covington, Kentucky, USA ; d. May 23, 2002 (age 93) in Encinitas, California, USA) New York times, 31 Oct. 2022: in an obituary in the Overlooked series on page B8 (Dorothy Spencer, born Feb. 3, 1909 in Covington, Kentucky, died May 23, 2002 in Encinitas, Calif., aged 93; moved to Los Angeles as a child; film editor; in a five-decade career, she worked as an editor on more than 70 movies and received four Academy Award nominations across a range of genres; she was sought out by directors like Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger and Joseph L. Mankiewicz for her deft touch, both with fight scenes and with subtle character moments) |
| Associated language | eng |
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