Thelma Connell | |
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Born | Thelma Balle Dunaway 30 June 1912 London, England |
Died | 29 April 1976 Monaco |
Other names | Thelma Myers |
Occupation(s) | Film editor, director |
Thelma Connell (credited early in her career as Thelma Myers) was a film editor from England. She was known for her work on thrillers and mysteries, and she often collaborated with Frank Launder, Sidney Lumet, and Lewis Gilbert. [1] [2]
Born in London, she began her career as a continuity girl, and then moved to assistant editor on films such as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp before taking the editing role for the first time in In Which We Serve (1943).
Subsequent films included Green for Danger (1946), The Deadly Affair (1966), and Alfie (1966), for which she earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing the first year the award was introduced, making her the first woman ever nominated in that category. She was the original editor on the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice , but she was replaced after the producers were unhappy with the running time of the film. [3]
On television, she acted as producer on the ITC series The Adventures of Robin Hood . She also served as co-director on the 1954 film Tale of Three Women . [4] [5]
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