Rita Roland (born Rita Rosenstein) was a prolific German-born film editor known for her work on German and American films like Six Pack, The New Kids, and Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff.
Biography Rita Rosenstein was born in Germany to Ernst Rosenstein and Elsa Landsberger. She began her career as a film editor in her native country before World War II. She fled Germany during the Holocaust, moving to Hollywood, where she edited dozens of films for MGM before she died in 1998. She was survived by her husband, Dutch writer-director Henry Martin.
Selected filmography + Editor Year Film Director Notes 1938 I Want to Live with LetiziaCamillo Mastrocinque1939 Wilton's ZooDouglas Sirk1940 Somewhere in the NetherlandsLudwig Berger1956 Crowded ParadiseFred Pressburger1964 Honeymoon HotelHenry Levin 1965 Girl HappyBoris Sagal A Patch of BlueGuy GreenFirst collaboration with Guy Green 1966 The Singing NunHenry Koster SpinoutNorman Taurog PenelopeArthur Hiller1967 Don't Make WavesAlexander Mackendrick 1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?Hy Averback The SplitGordon Flemyng 1969 MoreBarbet Schroeder JustineGeorge Cukor1970 MoveStuart Rosenberg1972 To Find a ManBuzz Kulik1975 Once Is Not EnoughGuy GreenSecond collaboration with Guy Green 1978 The BetsyDaniel PetrieFirst collaboration with Daniel Petrie1979 Good Luck, Miss WyckoffMarvin J. Chomsky1980 Resurrection Daniel PetrieSecond collaboration with Daniel Petrie1981 Fort Apache, The BronxThird collaboration with Daniel Petrie1982 Six PackFourth collaboration with Daniel Petrie1985 The New KidsSean S. Cunningham
+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role Notes 1961 AdaDaniel MannAssistant editor
Documentaries
+ Editor Year Film Director1947 Walvis in zicht!Hannes de Boer1948 Dutch in Seven LessonsHeinz Josephson
TV movies
+ Editor Year Film Director1972 The Weekend Nun Jeannot Szwarc 1973 The Devil's Daughter Incident on a Dark StreetBuzz Kulik She Lives!Stuart Hagmann Pioneer Woman Buzz Kulik1974 Remember When 1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Sybil Daniel Petrie 1977 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years Corey: For the PeopleBuzz Kulik1982 A Piano for Mrs. CiminoGeorge Schaefer1984 The DollmakerDaniel Petrie
TV series
+ Editor Year Title Notes1965 A Man Called Shenandoah 1 episode1973 Police Story1976 Sybil2 episodes
+ Editorial department Year Title Role Notes1953−54 Johnny JupiterSupervising editor63 episodes
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