Cynthia Scheider (née Bebout) is an American

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film stock, film which increasingly involves the use Digital cinema, of digital ...

active from the 1970s through the 1990s.

Acting career

Cynthia Bebout acted in off-Broadway performances in New York. These included Love and Libel in 1960 and

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in 1964, with actors

Roy Scheider Roy Richard Scheider (; November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor and amateur boxer who achieved fame with his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s through to the mid-1980s. He was nominated for t ...

, whom she married in 1962, and John Heffernan.

Film editing career

Scheider later moved to film editing, becoming assistant editor for the 1971 film The French Connection, working for

Gerald B. Greenberg Gerald Bernard "Jerry" Greenberg (July 29, 1936 – December 22, 2017) was an American film editor with more than 40 feature film credits. Greenberg received both the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for ...

, who won both the

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and the

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for his work. Scheider worked with Greenberg again on the film

The Seven-Ups ''The Seven-Ups'' is a 1973 American neo-noir mystery action thriller film produced and directed by Philip D'Antoni. It stars Roy Scheider as a crusading policeman who is the leader of the Seven-Ups, a squad of plainclothes officers who use dir ...

in 1973. In 1977, Scheider worked with

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on the film Sorcerer. In 1986, she worked on the film

The Men's Club ''The Men's Club'' is a 1986 American drama film directed by Peter Medak, based on the novel of the same name by Leonard Michaels. It stars Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel, Frank Langella, Treat Williams, David Dukes and Richard Jordan. Plot A band ...

. These four films starred

, her husband until 1986. Scheider had main editing credits in the film

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in 1979.

Personal life

Cynthia and Roy Scheider had one child, Maximillia Connelly Lord (1963–2006), who died of leukemia two years before her father's death in 2008.

Selected filmography

* ''

Mixing Nia ''Mixing Nia'' is 1998 dramedy film by director Alison Swan. The film stars actress Karyn Parsons, as Nia, a biracial woman on a journey to find her true identity. Plot The movie begins with Nia (Parsons), an upwardly mobile biracial woman wo ...

'' (1999) * '' Other Voices, Other Rooms'' (1995) * '' *batteries not included'' (1987) * ''

'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1985) * ''

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'' (1983) * ''

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'' (1981) * '' Chilly Scenes of Winter'' (1979) * ''

'' (1979) * ''

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'' (1977) * ''

The Missouri Breaks ''The Missouri Breaks'' is a 1976 American Western film starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson. The film was directed by Arthur Penn, with supporting performances by Randy Quaid, Harry Dean Stanton, Frederic Forrest, John McLiam, and Ka ...

'' (1976) * ''

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'' (1975) * '' The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' (1974) * ''

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'' (1974) * ''

'' (1973)

References

External links

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