American film editor
Alyson Shaffer |
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Born | December 17, 1894
Norfolk, Virginia, USA |
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Died | June 1974 (aged 79)
New York, New York, USA |
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Occupation | Film editor |
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Alyson Shaffer (1894-1974) was an American film editor active during the late 1920s and early 1930s. She worked at Paramount and collaborated with filmmakers like William A. Wellman.[1][2] Her first known credit was on 1928's The Legion of the Condemned.[3]
Shaffer, who was born in Virginia, moved to Hollywood by 1920, where she first worked as a studio stenographer before working her way up into an editing role. She lost her job in 1932 and never worked in the industry again.[4]
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