Marion Rothman

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Marion Rothman
Occupation Film editor

Marion Rothman was an American film editor active from the 1960s through the 1990s. [1] She is best known for her work on two 1970s Planet of the Apes movies, as well as Mystic Pizza and Christine . [2] She also had a screenwriting credit on the 1960 film The Wild Ride . Her first known assignment was assisting with the cutting of 1959's The Diary of Anne Frank . She served as a mentor for editor Virginia Katz in Los Angeles. [3]

Selected filmography

As editor:

As writer:

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