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.

Фільмографія

• MGM: When the Lion Roars
• 1985The Slugger's Wife — Executive Producer
• 1982Annie — Supervising Editor
• 1982The Toy — Associate Producer
• 1980Seems Like Old Times — Associate Producer
• 1979Chapter Two — Associate Producer
• 1978The Cheap Detective — Associate Producer
• 1977The Goodbye Girl — Supervising Editor
• 1976Убивство смертю — Supervising Film Editor
• 1975The Sunshine Boys — Supervising Editor
• 1972Fat City — Supervising Editor
• 1938A Yank at Oxford — Supervising Editor
• 1936Camille — Editor
• 1936Romeo and Juliet — Editor
• 1935Reckless — Editor
• 1935Заколот на Баунті — Editor, Screenplay
• 1934Riptide — Editor
• 1934The Barretts of Wimpole Street — Editor
• 1933Bombshell — Editor
• 1933Dancing Lady — Editor
• 1933Peg o' My Heart — Editor
• 1933Storm at Daybreak — Editor
• 1933The White Sister — Editor
• 1932Lovers Courageous — Editor
• 1932Smilin' Through — Editor
• 1932Strange Interlude — Editor
• 1932The Son-Daughter — Editor
• 1931Five and Ten — Editor
• 1931It's a Wise Child — Editor
• 1931Susan Lenox — Editor
• 1931The Cuban Love Song — Editor
• 1931The Prodigal — Editor
• 1930A Lady's Morals — Editor
• 1930New Moon — Editor
• 1930Redemption — Editor
• 1930Strictly Unconventional — Editor
• 1930The Lady of Scandal — Editor
• 1930The Rogue Song — Editor
• 1929The Bridge of San Luis Rey — Editor
• 1929Wise Girls — Editor
• 1928A Lady of Chance — Editor
• 1928Bringing Up Father — Editor
• 1928Telling the World — Editor
• 1928The Mysterious Lady — Editor
• 1927Lovers — Editor
• 1927The Enemy — Editor
• 1926Memory Lane — Editor
• 1925Fine Clothes — Editor
• 1924Husbands and Lovers — Editor
• Editors on Editing

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (2)

• 2016The Women Who Run Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women — Self