Described by
Darryl F. Zanuck, as "one
of the best editors in town," Barbara McLean started her editing career
in 1934, and in 1935, followed Zanuck to 20th Century Fox, where she
was one of only eight female editors working in Hollywood in the 1930s,
and she later won the Academy Award for her work on
Wilson (1944). She became chief of Fox'
editing division in 1949.