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Irene Morra

{{short description|American film editor}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Irene Morra

| image = Irene_Morra_(1934).jpg

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|7|31}}

| birth_place = Manhattan, New York, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|1978|11|25|1893|7|31}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, USA

| occupation = Film editor

| years_active = 1921-1958

| spouse =

}}

Irene Morra (July 31, 1893 – November 25, 1978) was an American film editor who had a 30-year career in Hollywood beginning during the silent era. She cut a number of films by director David Butler.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2014/08/28/discovering-adorable/|title=MoMA {{!}} Discovering Adorable|website=www.moma.org|access-date=2019-11-28}}{{Cite web|url=http://womenfilmeditors.princeton.edu/“%3E|title=Let's Go to the Editing Room|last=|first=|date=|website=Edited by Women|language=en|access-date=2019-11-28}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Biography

Irene was born to Francesco Morra and Louise Pederson; she was of Italian and Swedish ancestry. She and her younger sister, Eleanore, grew up primarily in Manhattan before moving to Los Angeles, where she began working in the film industry right out of high school.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/350746107/?terms=%22irene+morra%22|title=Opportunities for Women in Motion Pictures|last=|first=|date=30 Jul 1922|website=The Anaconda Standard|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}}

She got a job working as a film editor while still in her teens, first with D.W. Griffith and later at Pathe, First National, MGM, Fox, and Warner Brothers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/375832441/?terms=%22irene+morra%22|title=Film Success Means Stardom, but Infrequently|last=|first=|date=1 Nov 1953|website=Rocky Mount Telegram|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}} Eleanore worked as an assistant editor on many of these projects, especially during the 1930s.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/97754685/?terms=%22eleanor+morra%22|title=Women at the Helm|last=Wilcox|first=Grace|date=26 Dec 1937|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}} Irene played a prominent role in establishing the Motion Picture Editors Guild.

She died in 1978 in Los Angeles; she had no known survivors.

Selected filmography

References

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0606206}}

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Category:American film editors

Category:American women film editors

Category:1893 births

Category:1978 deaths

Category:People from Manhattan

Category:American people of Italian descent

Category:American people of Swedish descent

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