| Alyson Shaffer | |
| Birth Date: | December 17, 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Norfolk, Virginia, USA |
| Death Date: | June 1974 (aged 79) |
| Death Place: | New York, New York, USA |
| Occupation: | Film editor |
Alyson Shaffer (1894-1974) was an American film editor active during the late 1920s and early 1930s. She worked at Paramount and collaborated with filmmakers like William A. Wellman.[1] [2] Her first known credit was on 1928's The Legion of the Condemned.[3]
Shaffer, who was born in Virginia, moved to Hollywood by 1920, where she first worked as a studio stenographer before working her way up into an editing role. She lost her job in 1932 and never worked in the industry again.[4]