Adrienne Fazan

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Adrienne Fazan (May 9, 1906 – August 23, 1986) was an American film editor. She first started cutting films in 1933. She worked on many MGM films, including The Tell-Tale Heart (1941), Anchors Aweigh (1945), Singin' in the Rain (1952), and Kismet (1955).

Fazan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for An American in Paris in 1951, and received the award for Gigi in 1958. Both of these films were directed by Vincente Minnelli, with whom Fazan collaborated on eleven films. She retired in 1970, after editing The Cheyenne Social Club.