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name: "Viola Lawrence"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/viola-lawrence"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 December 1894"
died: "20 November 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T00:30:27.116890+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."
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# Viola Lawrence

Editor. Born 1 December 1894 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Died 20 November 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 December 1894, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 20 November 1973
- **Active:** 1941–1950
- **Also known as:** Lilian Viola Mallory, Viola Mallory
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Lawrence, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1507483, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493072/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34224

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Here Comes Mr. Jordan*](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Viola Lawrence (also credited as Viola Mallory) was a film editor. She began working at Vitagraph Studios in Brooklyn as a messenger at the age of eleven and later became one of the earliest female film cutters in the industry.

She moved to Hollywood in 1917 and worked for several studios before joining Columbia Pictures, where she served as supervising editor from the mid-1920s until the end of her career. Lawrence edited *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941), *The Lady from Shanghai* (1947), *In a Lonely Place* (1950) and *Pal Joey* (1957). She received Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing for *Pal Joey* (with Jerome Thoms) and *Pepe* (1960, with Al Clark). She died in 1973.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md)

## Complete filmography (79)

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

- *Pepe* (1960), Editor
- *Who Was That Lady?* (1960), Editor
- *Pal Joey* (1957), Editor
- *Jeanne Eagels* (1957), Editor
- *The Eddy Duchin Story* (1956), Editor
- *Queen Bee* (1955), Editor
- *Chicago Syndicate* (1955), Editor
- *Tight Spot* (1955), Editor
- *Three for the Show* (1955), Editor
- *The Miami Story* (1954), Editor
- *Jesse James vs. the Daltons* (1954), Editor
- *Miss Sadie Thompson* (1953), Editor
- *Man in the Dark* (1953), Editor
- *Salome* (1953), Editor
- *Affair in Trinidad* (1952), Editor
- *Paula* (1952), Editor
- *The First Time* (1952), Editor
- *Sirocco* (1951), Editor
- *The Flying Missile* (1950), Editor
- *Harriet Craig* (1950), Editor
- *In a Lonely Place* (1950), Editor
- *The Traveling Saleswoman* (1950), Editor
- *And Baby Makes Three* (1949), Editor
- *Tokyo Joe* (1949), Editor
- *Knock on Any Door* (1949), Editor
- *The Dark Past* (1948), Editor
- *The Gallant Blade* (1948), Editor
- *The Lady from Shanghai* (1947), Editor
- *Down to Earth* (1947), Editor
- *She Wouldn't Say Yes* (1945), Editor
- *Tonight and Every Night* (1945), Editor
- *Secret Command* (1944), Editor
- *Cover Girl* (1944), Editor
- *First Comes Courage* (1943), Editor
- *My Sister Eileen* (1942), Editor
- *They All Kissed the Bride* (1942), Editor
- *Bedtime Story* (1941), Editor
- *You Belong to Me* (1941), Editor
- *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md)
- *The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance* (1941), Editor
- *Glamour for Sale* (1940), Editor
- *The Doctor Takes a Wife* (1940), Editor
- *The Amazing Mr. Williams* (1939), Editor
- *Blondie Takes a Vacation* (1939), Editor
- *Only Angels Have Wings* (1939), Editor
- *There's That Woman Again* (1938), Editor
- *I Am the Law* (1938), Editor
- *There's Always a Woman* (1938), Editor
- *Penitentiary* (1938), as Film Processor
- *She Married an Artist* (1937), Editor
- *Life Begins with Love* (1937), Editor
- *Speed to Spare* (1937), Editor
- *Devil's Playground* (1937), Editor
- *Craig's Wife* (1936), Editor
- *The King Steps Out* (1936), Editor
- *Lady of Secrets* (1936), Editor
- *A Feather in Her Hat* (1935), Editor
- *Love Me Forever* (1935), Editor
- *Party Wire* (1935), Editor
- *The Whole Town's Talking* (1935), Editor
- *Jealousy* (1934), Editor
- *Lady by Choice* (1934), Editor
- *No Greater Glory* (1934), Editor
- *Man's Castle* (1933), Editor
- *What a Widow!* (1930), Editor
- *Queen Kelly* (1929), Editor
- *This Is Heaven* (1929), Editor
- *Bulldog Drummond* (1929), Editor
- *The Awakening* (1928), Editor
- *Two Lovers* (1928), Editor
- *The Devil Dancer* (1927), Editor
- *The Winning of Barbara Worth* (1926), Editor
- *The Belle of Broadway* (1926), Editor
- *Bulldog Drummond* (1922), Editor
- *The Virgin of Stamboul* (1920), Editor
- *His Divorced Wife* (1919), Editor
- *Blind Husbands* (1919), Editor
- *The Heart of Humanity* (1918), Editor
- *Within the Law* (1917), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1961: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Pepe*
- 1958: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Pal Joey*

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

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