Marjorie Fowler | |
Birth Name: | Marjorie Johnson |
Birth Date: | July 16, 1920 |
Death Place: | Hollywood Hills, California, United States |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | film editor |
Spouse: | Gene Fowler Jr. |
Parents: | Nunnally Johnson |
Relations: | Nora Johnson (sister) |
Marjorie Johnson Fowler (July 16, 1920 – July 8, 2003) was an American film editor.[1] She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 1968 for Doctor Dolittle.[2]
She was the daughter of the screenwriter Nunnally Johnson,[3] and sister of the novelist Nora Johnson.
She was married to editor Gene Fowler Jr. until his death in 1998.[4] [5] On May 12, 1964, they were both the first man and woman to respectively get top honors at American Cinema Editors. Fowler became secretary while her husband became president.[6] She later won a Lifetime Career Achievement award by American Cinema Editors in 2000. She died in her sleep on July 16, 2003.[3]