Biography
Doris Drought was an American film editor and script supervisor known for her work at Paramount during the 1920s and 1930s. Doris was born to Philip Drought and Margaret Bigger in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1899. An only child, she attended the University of Kansas, graduating in 1920. She married her college classmate, Byron Shutz, that same year, but they seem to have parted ways soon after.
By 1924, she was living and working in Hollywood. She began working as an editor for Paramount, amassing over a dozen credits between 1928 and 1934. Director Francis D. Lyon trained under Drought, who was one of four or five female editors at the studio at the time.Little is known as to what happened to her after retiring from the industry.
Filmography
all 13
Movies 13
Script Supervisor
Suddenly (1954)
Movie
Script Supervisor
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
Movie
Editor
The Crosby Case (1934)
Movie
Editor
Bombay Mail (1934)
Movie
Editor
Honeymoon Lane (1931)
Movie
Editor
Everything’s Rosie (1931)
Movie
Editor
Sea Legs (1930)
Movie
Editor
Her Wedding Night (1930)
Movie
Editor
True to the Navy (1930)
Movie
Editor
The Benson Murder Case (1930)
Movie
Editor
Behind the Make-Up (1930)
Movie
5
Editor
What a Night! (1928)
Movie
Editor
Red Hair (1928)
Movie
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1930
1931
1934
1954
Information
Known ForEditing
GenderFemale
Birthday1899-01-01
Deathday1976-01-01 (76 years old)
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