Dorothy Spencer

Editor. Born 3 February 1909 in Covington, Kentucky, USA. Died 23 May 2002.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nominations

Born

3 February 1909, Covington, Kentucky, USA

Died

23 May 2002

Active

1939–1963

Frequently works with

Anatole Litvak, Ernst Lubitsch, Gene Tierney, George Sanders, John Ford, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rex Harrison, Walter Wanger

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

80Fi1m

78Critics

We rate Dorothy’s work 3 points above the press, across 6 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above5

60 to 794

Under 600

Of 9 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 9 films
Screen time: 18 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $65m across 5 films with figures
Academy Awards: 4 Oscar nominations
Active: 1939–1963

Genres

Drama4
Romance4
Action2
Comedy2
Fantasy2
Mystery2

Best and worst on Fi1m

88BestMy Darling Clementine1946

63WorstCleopatra1963

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

21920s

121930s

171940s

211950s

111960s

41970s

Awards

Academy Awards4 nominated

Nominated1975Best Film Editing · Earthquake
Nominated1964Best Film Editing · Cleopatra
Nominated1952Best Film Editing · Decision Before Dawn
Nominated1940Best Film Editing · Stagecoach

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.