Jean Barker (film editor)

Jean Barker (20 August 1919 – 7 June 2013) was a British film editor active from the 1940s through the 1960s. She frequently cut director Muriel Box's films.^[1]

Jean Barker
Born	(1919-08-20)20 August 1919 Manchester, Lancashire, England
Died	7 June 2013(2013-06-07) (aged 93)
Occupation	Film editor

Barker later resided in Ivybridge, Devon, and died on 7 June 2013, at the age of 93.^[2]

Selected filmography

• The Piper's Tune (1962)
• Too Young to Love (1959)
• Subway in the Sky (1959)
• A Novel Affair (1957)
• Loser Takes All (1956)
• Eyewitness (1956)
• Simon and Laura (1955)
• The Beachcomber (1954)
• Both Sides of the Law (1953)
• Tread Softly (1952)
• Mr. Lord Says No (1952)^[3]
• Traveller's Joy (1950)
• Once Upon a Dream (1949)
• Quartet (1949)^[4]
• The Calendar (1948)
• The Upturned Glass (1947)

References

1. Harper, Sue (2000-06-01). Women in British Cinema: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know. A&C Black. ISBN 9781441134981.
2. "Mrs Jean Barker". England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2021. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
3. Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198159346.
4. Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1949.

External links

• Jean Barker at IMDb