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Barbara McLean

Barbara McLean

Known For Editing
Birthday Nov 16, 1903
Died Mar 28, 1996 (92)
Birthplace Palisades Park, New Jersey, USA
Popularity 0.9 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Aug 10, 2025
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Biography

Barbara McLean (November 16, 1903 – March 28, 1996) was an American film editor. In the period Darryl F. Zanuck was dominant at the 20th Century Fox Studio, from the 1930s through the 1960s, McLean was the Studio's most conspicuous editor and ultimately the head of its editing department. She won th ... e 1944 Academy Award for Film Editing for the film Wilson. She was nominated for the same award for six additional films, including the "classic", All About Eve (1950). Her total of seven nominations for editing during her career was only surpassed in 2012 by Michael Kahn. She had a notable collaboration with the director Henry King that extended over twenty-nine films, including Twelve O'Clock High (1949). Her impact was summarized by Adrian Dannatt in 1996: McLean was "a revered editor who perhaps single-handedly established women as vital creative figures in an otherwise patriarchal industry. She received the inaugural American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 1988. She died in Newport Beach, California in 1996.

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Untamed

Untamed

1955

Editor

The Egyptian

The Egyptian

1954

Editor

The Robe

The Robe

1953

Editor

The Desert Rats

The Desert Rats

1953

Editor

Niagara

Niagara

1953

Editor

Viva Zapata!

Viva Zapata!

1952

Editor

Follow the Sun

Follow the Sun

1951

Editor

People Will Talk

People Will Talk

1951

Editor

David and Bathsheba

David and Bathsheba

1951

Editor

All About Eve

All About Eve

1950

Editor

The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter

1950

Editor

No Way Out

No Way Out

1950

Editor

Twelve O'Clock High

Twelve O'Clock High

1949

Editor

Prince of Foxes

Prince of Foxes

1949

Editor

Deep Waters

Deep Waters

1948

Editor

Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley

1947

Editor

Captain from Castile

Captain from Castile

1947

Editor

Margie

Margie

1946

Editor

A Bell for Adano

A Bell for Adano

1945

Editor

The Dolly Sisters

The Dolly Sisters

1945

Editor

Wilson

Wilson

1944

Editor

Winged Victory

Winged Victory

1944

Editor

Rings on Her Fingers

Rings on Her Fingers

1942

Editor

The Black Swan

The Black Swan

1942

Editor

A Yank in the R.A.F.

A Yank in the R.A.F.

1941

Editor

Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road

1941

Editor

Chad Hanna

Chad Hanna

1940

Editor

Down Argentine Way

Down Argentine Way

1940

Editor

Maryland

Maryland

1940

Editor

Little Old New York

Little Old New York

1940

Editor

Jesse James

Jesse James

1939

Editor

The Rains Came

The Rains Came

1939

Editor

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago

1938

Editor

Suez

Suez

1938

Editor

Seventh Heaven

Seventh Heaven

1937

Editor

Lloyd's of London

Lloyd's of London

1936

Editor

Sing, Baby, Sing

Sing, Baby, Sing

1936

Editor

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

1935

Editor

Clive of India

Clive of India

1935

Editor

Professional Soldier

Professional Soldier

1935

Editor

Metropolitan

Metropolitan

1935

Editor

The Mighty Barnum

The Mighty Barnum

1934

Editor

Gallant Lady

Gallant Lady

1933

Editor

Coquette

Coquette

1929

Editor

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On the Threshold of Space

On the Threshold of Space

1956

Associate Producer

Seven Cities of Gold

Seven Cities of Gold

1955

Producer

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