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Viola Lawrence
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American film editor (1894-1973)
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- Born
- 1849
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Mi oegyogwan puin i mannan Myŏngsŏng Hwanghu
- A diplomat's helpmate
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Film & TV
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Viola Mallory Lawrence (December 2, 1894, New York – November 20, 1973) is considered by many to be the first woman film editor in Hollywood. She was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing: for Pal Joey (1957), with Jerome Thoms; and for Pepe (1960), with Al Clark. She began working at Vitagraph Studios in Flatbush, Brooklyn as a messenger at the age of 11. At 12, she was…
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lilian
- Family name
- Lawrence
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Occupation
- film editor
- Employer
- Columbia Pictures
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Viola Lawrence - Dec 1920 EH.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1894-12-02
- date of death
- 1973-11-20
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing
- start of work period
- 1906-00-00
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- end of work period
- 1964-00-00
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