Known For
Editing
Born
Jan 16, 1898
Died
Oct 28, 2002
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
52 titles
Margaret Booth
Biography
Margaret Booth (January 16, 1898 – October 28, 2002) was an American film editor. Born in Los Angeles, she started her Hollywood career as a 'patcher', editing films by D. W. Griffith, around 1915. Her brother was actor Elmer Booth. Later she worked for Louis B. Mayer when he was an independent film producer. When Mayer merged with others to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1924, she worked as a director's assistant with that company. She edited several films starring Greta Garbo, including Camille (1936). Booth later edited such diverse films as Mutiny on the Bounty (1935, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award). A few films associated with her are Wise Girls (1929), A Yank at Oxford (1938), The Way We Were (1973), The Sunshine Boys (1975), The Goodbye Girl (1977), The Cheap Detective (1978), and Seems Like Old Times (1980). She was supervising editor and associate producer on several films for producer Ray Stark, culminating with executive producer credit on The Slugger's Wife in 1985 when she was 87 years old. She received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1978 for her work in film editing. She is the longest-lived person ever to have been given an Oscar. In 1983 she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry. In 1990, Booth was honoured with the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award. Margaret Booth died in 2002, aged 104, from complications of a stroke. She is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.
Known For
Filmography
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
MGM: When the Lion Roars
The Slugger's Wife
Executive Producer
The Toy
Associate Producer
Annie
Supervising Editor
Seems Like Old Times
Associate Producer
Chapter Two
Associate Producer
The Cheap Detective
Associate Producer
The Goodbye Girl
Supervising Editor
Murder by Death
Supervising Film Editor
The Sunshine Boys
Supervising Editor
Fat City
Supervising Editor
A Yank at Oxford
Supervising Editor
Camille
Editor
Romeo and Juliet
Editor
Mutiny on the Bounty
Editor
Reckless
Editor
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Editor
Riptide
Editor
Dancing Lady
Editor
Bombshell
Editor
Storm at Daybreak
Editor
Peg o' My Heart
Editor
The White Sister
Editor
Strange Interlude
Editor
The Son-Daughter
Editor
Smilin' Through
Editor
Lovers Courageous
Editor
The Cuban Love Song
Editor
Susan Lenox
Editor
Five and Ten
Editor
It's a Wise Child
Editor
The Prodigal
Editor
New Moon
Editor
A Lady's Morals
Editor
The Lady of Scandal
Editor
Strictly Unconventional
Editor
Redemption
Editor
The Rogue Song
Editor
Wise Girls
Editor
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Editor
A Lady of Chance
Editor
The Mysterious Lady
Editor
Telling the World
Editor
Bringing Up Father
Editor
The Enemy
Editor
Lovers
Editor
Memory Lane
Editor
Fine Clothes
Editor