Eleanor Fried | |
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![]() Eleanor Fried, from a 1916 publication | |
Born | June 9, 1891 Grodno, Russian Empire |
Died | October 14, 1965 (aged 74) Los Angeles County, California, USA |
Occupation(s) | Film editor, screenwriter |
Spouse | Scott Darling |
Eleanor Fried was a Russian Empire-born American film editor, business manager, and screenwriter who worked at Universal and MGM in the 1910s and 1920s.[1][2][3] Like most editors of the early silent era, she didn't receive on-screen credit for her earliest efforts.
Eleanor was born in Grodno, the Russian Empire (currently Belarus) in 1891. As a young girl, she immigrated to the New York City with her family. She began studying to become a lawyer after high school but instead found herself drawn to showbusiness.[4]
She began her career as a film editor at Universal in New York before moving to Los Angeles to cut films alongside Frank Lawrence at Universal.[5][6][7] At Universal, she worked for years as an editor and staff critic[8] before getting a chance to write her own scripts and eventually become a business manager.[9] She was signed to MGM's writing staff in 1926.[10]
She was married to writer-director Scott Darling.[11]