Selected filmography
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- You Will Remember (1941)
- The Gang (1938)
- Nobody Home (1938)
- A Royal Divorce (1938)
- The Rat (1937)
Peggy Hennessey | |
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| Occupation | Film editor |
| Years active | 1937–1941 |
Peggy Hennessey was a British film editor active in the 1930s and 1940s. [1]
After starting out as an assistant at Ealing Studios, she made the lead to lead editor after successfully cutting a film for American director Al Parker in two days. In those early days, she learned from David Lean. [2]
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