About Eda Warren
Lived 1903 – 1980 (aged 76). Eda Warren was an American film editor.
Eda Warren (October 17, 1903 – July 15, 1980) was an American film editor. She began her Hollywood career as a secretary and started editing films in the late 1920s. Her editing career continued through 1968.
Biography Eda was born in Denver, Colorado in 1903, the daughter of Thomas Warren and Henrietta Weber. She and her older sister, Thelma, were raised in Colorado and Nebraska before the family moved west and settled in Beverly Hills, California. Eda got a job as a film editor, while Thelma worked as a stenographer at a film studio. She later became secretary of the American Cinema Editors group.
Partial filmography
Eda Warren began her career as an editor.
With more than 60 film credits dating from 1927, the following were among the films with which Warren was associated:
+ Editor Year Film Director Notes Other notes 1927 Evening ClothesLuther Reed Hula Victor FlemingSecond collaboration with Victor Fleming1928 Abie's Irish RoseThird collaboration with Victor Fleming 1929 Wolf SongFourth collaboration with Victor FlemingUncredited Dangerous CurvesLothar MendesFirst collaboration with Lothar Mendes 1930 The KibitzerEdward Sloman Uncredited Slightly Scarlet Ladies Love BrutesRowland V. Lee The Right to LoveRichard Wallace 1933 Luxury LinerLothar MendesSecond collaboration with Lothar Mendes Uncredited Terror AboardPaul Sloane Midnight Club First collaboration with Alexander Hall and George Somnes Torch SingerSecond collaboration with Alexander Hall and George Somnes1934 Ready for LoveMarion Gering 1935 Car 99Charles Barton Uncredited Paris in SpringLewis MilestoneFirst collaboration with Lewis Milestone So Red the RoseKing Vidor 1936 Anything GoesLewis MilestoneSecond collaboration with Lewis Milestone Forgotten FacesE. A. Dupont The General Died at DawnLewis MilestoneThird collaboration with Lewis Milestone 1937 Swing High, Swing LowMitchell LeisenFirst collaboration with Mitchell Leisen Mountain MusicRobert FloreyFirst collaboration with Robert Florey Partners in CrimeRalph Murphy 1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938Mitchell LeisenSecond collaboration with Mitchell Leisen BoolooClyde E. Elliott King of AlcatrazRobert FloreySecond collaboration with Robert Florey 1939 King of ChinatownNick Grinde Honeymoon in Bali Edward H. GriffithFirst collaboration with Edward H. Griffith 1940 SafariSecond collaboration with Edward H. Griffith Rangers of FortuneSam Wood 1941 Virginia Edward H. GriffithThird collaboration with Edward H. Griffith One Night in LisbonFourth collaboration with Edward H. Griffith Bahama PassageFifth collaboration with Edward H. Griffith 1942 The Lady Is WillingMitchell LeisenThird collaboration with Mitchell Leisen I Married a WitchRené Clair 1943 Young and WillingEdward H. GriffithSixth collaboration with Edward H. Griffith ChinaJohn FarrowFirst collaboration with John Farrow 1944 And the Angels SingGeorge Marshall The Hitler GangJohn FarrowSecond collaboration with John Farrow 1945 The Affairs of SusanWilliam A. SeiterSecond collaboration with William A. Seiter You Came Along John FarrowThird collaboration with John Farrow1946 Two Years Before the MastFourth collaboration with John Farrow1947 Easy Come, Easy GoSixth collaboration with John Farrow 1950 Copper CanyonThirteenth collaboration with John Farrow Where Danger LivesFourteenth collaboration with John Farrow 1951 Darling, How Could You!Mitchell LeisenFourth collaboration with Mitchell Leisen His Kind of Woman John FarrowFifteenth collaboration with John Farrow Submarine CommandSixteenth collaboration with John Farrow1952 Son of PalefaceFrank TashlinFirst collaboration with Frank Tashlin1953 Pony Express Jerry HopperFirst collaboration with Jerry Hopper1954 Secret of the IncasSecond collaboration with Jerry Hopper 1955 Strategic Air CommandAnthony Mann At GunpointAlfred L. Werker 1956 World Without EndEdward Bernds Johnny ConchoDon McGuire Back from Eternity John FarrowSeventeenth collaboration with John Farrow1957 The Unholy WifeEighteenth collaboration with John Farrow1958 St. Louis BluesAllen Reisner 1959 John Paul JonesJohn FarrowNineteenth collaboration with John Farrow The Wreck of the Mary DeareMichael Anderson1960 One Foot in HellJames B. Clark1961 The Young SavagesJohn Frankenheimer 1962 Escape from ZahrainRonald Neame Taras BulbaJ. Lee Thompson 1964 The New InternsJohn Rich Ride the Wild SurfDon Taylor1968 The Private Navy of Sgt. O'FarrellFrank TashlinSecond collaboration with Frank Tashlin
Shorts
+ Editor Year Film Director 1948 Big Sister Blues Alvin Ganzer Catalina Interlude
TV pilots
+ Editor Year Film Director1965 BarneyHy Averback
TV series
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Frequently asked questions
Who was Eda Warren?
American film editor (1903-1980)
When was Eda Warren born?
Eda Warren was born on 17 October 1903 in Denver.
When did Eda Warren die?
Eda Warren died on 15 July 1980 in Los Angeles.
What was Eda Warren's occupation?
Eda Warren was a film editor.
What nationality was Eda Warren?
Eda Warren was American.
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