Biography
Dorothy Spencer (February 3, 1909 – May 23, 2002), known as Dot Spencer, was an American film editor with 75 feature film credits from a career that spanned more than 50 years. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing on four occasions, she is remembered for editing three of director John Ford's best known movies, including Stagecoach (1939) and My Darling Clementine (1946), which film critic Roger Ebert called "Ford's greatest Western".
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Filmography
all 68
Movies 68
self 1
Editor
The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
Movie
5.14
Editor
Earthquake (1974)
Movie
4
Editor
Limbo (1972)
Movie
Editor
Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
Movie
Editor
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969)
Movie
Editor
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
Movie
8
Editor
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
Movie
3.5
Editor
Lost Command (1966)
Movie
Editor
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Movie
Editor
Circus World (1964)
Movie
Editor
Cleopatra (1963)
Movie
6
Editor
Wild in the Country (1961)
Movie
Editor
North to Alaska (1960)
Movie
Editor
From the Terrace (1960)
Movie
Editor
Seven Thieves (1960)
Movie
Editor
A Private's Affair (1959)
Movie
Editor
The Journey (1959)
Movie
Editor
The Young Lions (1958)
Movie
Editor
A Hatful of Rain (1957)
Movie
Editor
The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
Movie
Editor
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Movie
Editor
The Left Hand of God (1955)
Movie
Editor
Soldier of Fortune (1955)
Movie
Editor
Black Widow (1954)
Movie
Editor
Broken Lance (1954)
Movie
Editor
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
Movie
Editor
Night People (1954)
Movie
Editor
Vicki (1953)
Movie
Editor
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
Movie
Editor
Tonight We Sing (1953)
Movie
Editor
What Price Glory (1952)
Movie
Editor
Lydia Bailey (1952)
Movie
Editor
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
Movie
Editor
Fourteen Hours (1951)
Movie
Editor
Under My Skin (1950)
Movie
Editor
Three Came Home (1950)
Movie
Editor
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
Movie
Editor
The Snake Pit (1948)
Movie
Editor
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
Movie
Editor
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Movie
6
Editor
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Movie
6.5
Editor
Cluny Brown (1946)
Movie
6.67
Editor
Dragonwyck (1946)
Movie
Editor
Here Is Germany (1945)
Movie
Editor
A Royal Scandal (1945)
Movie
Editor
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Movie
6
Editor
Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
Movie
Editor
Lifeboat (1944)
Movie
1
Editor
Happy Land (1943)
Movie
Editor
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Movie
6.5
Editor
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Movie
3.5
Editor
Sundown (1941)
Movie
Editor
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Movie
4
Editor
The House Across the Bay (1940)
Movie
4
Editor
Slightly Honorable (1939)
Movie
Editor
Eternally Yours (1939)
Movie
Editor
Winter Carnival (1939)
Movie
Editor
Stagecoach (1939)
Movie
4.33
Editor
Trade Winds (1938)
Movie
Editor
Blockade (1938)
Movie
Editor
Stand-In (1937)
Movie
Editor
The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)
Movie
Editor
The Moon's Our Home (1936)
Movie
Herself (uncredited)
A Dream Comes True (1935)
Movie
Editor
The Lottery Lover (1935)
Movie
Editor
She Was a Lady (1934)
Movie
Editor
Nix on Dames (1929)
Movie
Editor
Married in Hollywood (1929)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.09
Based on 411 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1929
1942
1951
1945
1979
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Information
Known ForEditing
GenderFemale
Birthday1909-02-02
Deathday2002-05-23 (93 years old)
Birth PlaceCovington, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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