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Margaret Booth(January 16, 1898 – October 28, 2002) was an American film editor. <-(copied from Margaret Booth) She is considered to be one of the the women at the forefront of filmmaking history. Her work often went unseen and unrecognized by the industry, simply because "cutting" was considered to be technical work, not creative work. At the time, women were hired in these editing positions, because they were not trusted with any material requiring an inventive mind. However, Booth's career was chocked full of experiences and expertise in the film industry. She worked closely with D. W. Griffith at the beginning of her career. She was discovered by Griffith after her brother, Elmer Booth's passing in 1915. Over the years, Margaret Booth made her way through the system, working with Paramount Pictures for a brief time, moving on to Louis B. Mayer Pictures, and working closely with John M. Stahl. Eventually, Booth became part of a large group of film cutters working for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), after a merger with Mayer's company, and became the supervising editor there until 1969.