# Marjorie Fowler

Marjorie Johnson Fowler (July 16, 1920 – July 8, 2003) was an American film editor. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 1968 for Doctor Dolittle.
She was the daughter of the screenwriter Nunnally Johnson, and sister of the novelist Nora Johnson.
She was married to editor Gene Fowler Jr. until his death in 1998. On May 12, 1964, they were both the first man and woman to respectively get top honors at American Cinema Editors. Fowler became secretary while her husband became president. She later won a Lifetime Career Achievement award by American Cinema Editors in 2000. She died in her sleep on July 16, 2003.

## Selected filmography

Based on Fowler's filmography at the Internet Movie Database.
Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 1944 | The Woman in the Window | Fritz Lang | |
| 1948 | Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid | Irving Pichel | |
| 1953 | Man Crazy | Irving Lerner | |
| 1953 | Man in the Attic | Hugo Fregonese | |
| 1956 | Crime of Passion | Gerd Oswald | Second collaboration with Gerd Oswald |
| 1957 | Oh, Men! Oh, Women! | Nunnally Johnson | First collaboration with Nunnally Johnson |
| 1957 | The Three Faces of Eve | Nunnally Johnson | Second collaboration with Nunnally Johnson |
| 1957 | Stopover Tokyo | Richard L. Breen | |
| 1958 | Fräulein | Henry Koster | First collaboration with Henry Koster |
| 1958 | Separate Tables | Delbert Mann | First collaboration with Delbert Mann |
| 1959 | The Man Who Understood Women | Nunnally Johnson | Third collaboration with Nunnally Johnson |
| 1960 | Elmer Gantry | Richard Brooks | |
| 1961 | Lover Come Back | Delbert Mann | Second collaboration with Delbert Mann |
| 1961 | The Outsider | Delbert Mann | Third collaboration with Delbert Mann |
| 1962 | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Henry Koster | Second collaboration with Henry Koster |
| 1962 | 40 Pounds of Trouble | Norman Jewison | |
| 1963 | Take Her, She's Mine | Henry Koster | Third collaboration with Henry Koster |
| 1964 | What a Way to Go! | J. Lee Thompson | First collaboration with J. Lee Thompson |
| 1965 | Dear Brigitte | Henry Koster | Fourth collaboration with Henry Koster |
| 1967 | Doctor Dolittle | Richard Fleischer | |
| 1969 | Once You Kiss a Stranger | Robert Sparr | |
| 1970 | The Strawberry Statement | Stuart Hagmann | |
| 1972 | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | J. Lee Thompson | Second collaboration with J. Lee Thompson |
| 1980 | It's My Turn | Claudia Weill | |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1956 | The Brass Legend | Gerd Oswald | Editorial supervisor | First collaboration with Gerd Oswald |
| 1956 | Crime of Passion | Gerd Oswald | Supervising editor | |

### TV movies

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1971 | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Fielder Cook |
| 1973 | The Girls of Huntington House | Alf Kjellin |
| 1973 | The Blue Knight | Robert Butler |
| 1975 | The Runaways | Harry Harris |
| 1975 | Returning Home | Daniel Petrie |
| 1977 | The Prince of Central Park | Harvey Hart |
| 1981 | The Marva Collins Story | Peter Levin |
| 1982 | Washington Mistress | Peter Levin |
| 1984 | Family Secrets | Jack Hofsiss |
| 1985 | Evergreen | Fielder Cook |
Writer :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1982 | A Wedding on Walton's Mountain | Lee Philips |

### TV pilots

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1977 | Bunco | Alexander Singer |
| 1980 | Joshua's World | Peter Levin |

### TV series

Editor :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1956−58 | Death Valley Days | 4 episodes |
| 1958 | Sky King | 1 episode |
| 1961 | Follow the Sun | 2 episodes |
| 1974 | Doc Elliot | 1 episode |
| 1977 | Eight Is Enough | 3 episodes |
| 1972−77 | The Waltons | 40 episodes |
| 1978−80 | Family | 7 episodes |
| 1985 | Evergreen | 3 episodes |
Editorial department :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1954 | The New Adventures of China Smith | Supervising editor | 15 episodes |
Writer :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1981 | The Waltons | 1 episode |