Marie Halvey Explained

Marie Halvey
Birth Date:October 16, 1895
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, USA
Death Date:June 11, 1967 (aged 71)
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation:Film editor
Relatives:Geraldine Halvey (sister)

Marie Halvey (1895–1967) was an American film editor known for her work during the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Early Life

Halvey was born in Chicago, Illinois, to John Halvey and Sarah Casey. In the early 1920s, she moved to Los Angeles with her sister Geraldine, who later became Hal Roach bathing girl and wife of stuntman Leo Nomis.[1]

Halvey began her career in the film industry as a stenographer, working for Archie Mayo at Samuel Goldwyn Studio.[2] She eventually worked her way into a continuity role and finally an editing role, working on a string of Herbert Brenon films.[3] [4] [5] [6] As her career progressed, she also worked as a script girl for directors like Ernst Lubitsch and H.C. Potter.[7] [8]

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 13 Feb 1932, 316 - Daily News at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-05.
  2. Web site: 2 Apr 1939, 40 - The San Francisco Examiner at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-05.
  3. Web site: 4 Aug 1927, 15 - The San Francisco Examiner at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-05.
  4. Web site: 7 Feb 1926, 28 - The San Francisco Examiner at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-05.
  5. Web site: 27 Mar 1927, 58 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-05.
  6. Web site: 4 Sep 1927, 36 - The San Francisco Examiner at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-05.
  7. Web site: 5 Mar 1943, 5 - The Times at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-05.
  8. Web site: 2 Oct 1938, 49 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-05.