Biography

Ms. McLean was a pioneering female film editor for 20th Century Fox. She began her Hollywood career in the 1930s and earned her first film credit for editing The Affairs of Cellini (1934). She joined Fox in 1935 as one of only eight female film editors working in Hollywood in the 1930s. She became Fox' editing division chief in 1949 and retired from the studio in 1969.
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Described by Darryl F. Zanuck, as "one of the best editors in town," Barbara McLean started her editing career in 1934, and in 1935, followed Zanuck to 20th Century Fox, where she was one of only eight female editors working in Hollywood in the 1930s, and she later won the Academy Award for her work on Wilson (1944). She became chief of Fox' editing division in 1949.
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Edited nine Oscar Best Picture nominees: The House of Rothschild (1934), Les Misérables (1935), In Old Chicago (1938), Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938), The Song of Bernadette (1943), Wilson (1944), Twelve O'Clock High (1949), All About Eve (1950) and The Robe (1953). All About Eve is the only Best Picture winner.