Helen Wiggins
| Helen Wiggins | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ellen Matilda Wiggins |
| Occupation | Film editor |
| Spouse(s) | Chris Millett |
| Parent(s) | Jack Wiggins |
Helen Wiggins (born Ellen Matilda Wiggins) was a British film editor active from the 1930s through to the 1970s.
Biography
Helen was the daughter of Jack Wiggins, a pioneering British cameraman. She followed in her father's footsteps as she grew up, gaining employment in processing laboratories and eventually becoming an editor for The National News, a colour newsreel.[1]
She worked for Pathé News for several years, becoming its chief editor by 1940, after which she left to form her own company, Helen Wiggins Ltd.[1] As a freelancer, she worked on many features, shorts, documentaries, and commercials during the 1940s through the 1950s.[2]
Selected filmography
- The Gorbals Story (1950)
- The Third Visitor (1951)
- Worm's Eye View (1951)
- Take Me to Paris (1951)
- Reluctant Heroes (1952)
- King of the Underworld (1952)
- Murder at Scotland Yard (1952)
- Little Big Shot (1952)
- Tim Driscoll's Donkey (1955)
- The Devil's Pass (1957)
- Not Wanted on Voyage (1957)
- Insomnia Is Good for You (1957)
- Up the Creek (1958)
- Nature's Paradise (1959)
- Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962)
- Don't Talk to Strange Men (1962)
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