Dede Allen Biography (1924?-)

Full name, Dorothea Carothers Allen; born December 3, 1924 (some sources cite1925), in Cleveland, OH; father worked for Union Carbide; mother, an actress; married Stephen Fleischman (a director, documentary producer, news executive, and writer), c. 1950; children: Tom (a sound mixer), Ramey Ellis Ward (daughter; a production coordinator). Addresses: Manager: Martin Bauer, Bauer Co., 9300 Wilshire Blvd., Penthouse, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Film editor, producer
Birth Details: December 3, 1924?; Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Editor
Because of Eve, International, 1948
Endowing Your Future (short film), 1957
Terror from the Year 5000 (also known as Cage of Doom, The Girl from 5000 A.D., and Terror from 5000 A.D.), American International Pictures, 1958
Odds against Tomorrow, United Artists, 1959
The Hustler, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961
America, America (also known as The Anatolian Smile), Warner Bros., 1963
It's Always Now (short film), 1965
Bonnie and Clyde, Warner Bros., 1967
Rachel, Rachel, Warner Bros., 1968
Alice's Restaurant, United Artists, 1969
Little Big Man, National General, 1970
Slaughterhouse-Five, Universal, 1972
Coeditor, Visions of Eight, Cinema V, 1973
(With Richard Marks) Serpico, Paramount, 1973

Dog Day Afternoon, Warner Bros., 1975
(With Jerry Greenberg and Stephen Rotter) Night Moves, Warner Bros., 1975
(With Greenberg and Rotter) The Missouri Breaks, United Artists, 1976
Slap Shot, Universal, 1977
The Wiz, Universal, 1978
(With Craig McKay; also executive producer, with Simon Relph) Reds, Paramount, 1981
Harry and Son, Orion, 1984
(With Jeff Gourson) Mike's Murder, Warner Bros., 1984
The Breakfast Club, Universal, 1985
(With Angelo Corrao) Off Beat, Buena Vista, 1986
(With Jim Miller) The Milagro Beanfield War, Universal, 1988
(With Miller) Let It Ride, Paramount, 1989
Coeditor, Henry & June, Universal, 1990
Coeditor, The Addams Family, Paramount, 1991
Wonder Boys (also known as Die Wonder Boys), Paramount, 2000
John Q, New Line Cinema, 2002
Television Appearances
Specials
Interviewee, NYTV: By the People Who Made It, PBS, 1998
Herself, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood, BBC (England), 2003
Episodic
Appeared in an episode of American Cinema, PBS.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 4: Writers and Production Artists, St. James Press, 1996
Women Filmmakers and Their Films, St. James Press, 1998

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, March 23, 2001, p. 52
Los Angeles, March, 2002, p. 84

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