---
name: "Adrienne Fazan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adrienne-fazan"
fi1m_id: "adrienne-fazan"
imdb_id: "nm0269751"
tmdb_id: 13289
wikidata_id: "Q377464"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "9 May 1906"
died: "23 August 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-25T08:30:01.120944+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adrienne Fazan

## Identity

Adrienne Fazan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adrienne-fazan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adrienne-fazan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0269751
- **TMDB ID:** 13289
- **Wikidata ID:** Q377464
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Fazan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q377464, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0269751/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13289

Editor. Born 9 May 1906 in Germany. Died 23 August 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 9 May 1906, Germany
- **Died:** 23 August 1986
- **Active:** 1945–1958
- **Frequently works with:** [Arthur Freed](https://film.one/person/arthur-freed.md), [Gene Kelly](https://film.one/person/gene-kelly.md), [Vincente Minnelli](https://film.one/person/vincente-minnelli.md), [Alan Jay Lerner](https://film.one/person/alan-jay-lerner.md), [Frank Sinatra](https://film.one/person/frank-sinatra.md), [Leslie Caron](https://film.one/person/leslie-caron.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 70 (1), 1950s 82 (3)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Romance 4, Comedy 3, Music 2, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $22m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Fazan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q377464, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0269751/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13289

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Singin' in the Rain*](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md) (93)
- **Tubi:** [*Anchors Aweigh*](https://film.one/film/anchors-aweigh.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Adrienne Fazan was an American film editor. Born in Germany on 9 May 1906, she became a naturalised US citizen in 1923 and began working as a film editor in Los Angeles by 1930. She started cutting films in 1933 and spent much of her career at MGM.

Fazan edited numerous MGM productions, including *Anchors Aweigh* (1945), *An American in Paris* (1951), *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), *Lust for Life* (1956) and *Gigi* (1958). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for *An American in Paris* and won the award for *Gigi*. She collaborated on eleven films with director Vincente Minnelli. Early in her career she received support from Dorothy Arzner, who promoted her from short films to features.

Fazan retired in 1970 after editing *The Cheyenne Social Club*. She died in Los Angeles on 23 August 1986.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Some Came Running* (1958), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/some-came-running.md)
- *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), Fi1m 93, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md)
- *An American in Paris* (1951), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-in-paris.md)
- *Anchors Aweigh* (1945), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/anchors-aweigh.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Cheyenne Social Club* (1970), Editor
- *The Comic* (1969), Editor
- *With Six You Get Eggroll* (1968), Editor
- *Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows* (1968), Editor
- *Who's Minding the Mint?* (1967), Editor
- *This Property Is Condemned* (1966), Editor
- *Billie* (1965), Editor
- *36 Hours* (1964), Editor
- *Looking for Love* (1964), Editor
- *The Prize* (1963), Editor
- *The Courtship of Eddie's Father* (1963), Editor
- *Two Weeks in Another Town* (1962), Editor
- *The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse* (1962), Editor
- *Bells Are Ringing* (1960), Editor
- *The Gazebo* (1959), Editor
- *The Big Circus* (1959), Editor
- *Some Came Running* (1958), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/some-came-running.md)
- *The Reluctant Debutante* (1958), Editor
- *Gigi* (1958), Editor
- *Don't Go Near the Water* (1957), Editor
- *Designing Woman* (1957), Editor
- *Lust for Life* (1956), Editor
- *Invitation to the Dance* (1956), Editor
- *Kismet* (1955), Editor
- *It's Always Fair Weather* (1955), Editor
- *Deep in My Heart* (1954), Editor
- *Give a Girl a Break* (1953), Editor
- *I Love Melvin* (1953), Editor
- *Everything I Have Is Yours* (1952), Editor
- *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), Editor — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md)
- *Texas Carnival* (1951), Editor
- *An American in Paris* (1951), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-in-paris.md)
- *Pagan Love Song* (1950), Editor
- *Duchess of Idaho* (1950), Editor
- *Nancy Goes to Rio* (1950), Editor
- *In the Good Old Summertime* (1949), Editor
- *The Kissing Bandit* (1948), Editor
- *Three Daring Daughters* (1948), Editor
- *The Secret Heart* (1946), Editor
- *She Went to the Races* (1945), Editor
- *Anchors Aweigh* (1945), Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/anchors-aweigh.md)
- *Between Two Women* (1945), Editor
- *No News Is Good News* (1943), Editor
- *My Tomato* (1943), Editor
- *Ode to Victory* (1943), Editor
- *Mr. Blabbermouth!* (1942), Editor
- *Further Prophecies of Nostradamus* (1942), Editor
- *The Lady or the Tiger?* (1942), Editor
- *Inflation* (1942), Editor
- *Strange Testament* (1941), Editor
- *The Tell-Tale Heart* (1941), Editor
- *Of Pups and Puzzles* (1941), Editor
- *More About Nostradamus* (1941), Editor
- *Where Did You Get That Girl?* (1941), Editor
- *Utopia of Death* (1940), Editor
- *Buyer Beware* (1940), Editor
- *A Failure at Fifty* (1940), Editor
- *Women in Hiding* (1940), Editor
- *All About Hash* (1940), Editor
- *The Big Premiere* (1940), Editor
- *Know Your Money* (1940), Editor
- *Prophet Without Honor* (1939), Editor
- *You're Only Young Once* (1937), Editor
- *The Bride Wore Red* (1937), Editor
- *Casanova Against His Will* (1931), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1959: Best Film Editing (won), for *Gigi*
- 1952: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *An American in Paris*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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