Blanche Sewell

Blanche Irene Sewell (October 27, 1898 – February 2, 1949) was an American film editor.

[1] Her mother died in 1910 after giving birth to her youngest sister, Ida Grace.

[1] She was also consulted by Disney while the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was being edited and helped construct the film.

Sewell was married to Leon Warren Bourgeau from September, 1938 until her death in February, 1949.

[3] Noted by John Stanley Donaldson, protégé of Herbert Ryman, as having an “intuitive ability for cinematic pacing to strike the proper tempo and temperament.” [2] She was an influential woman of film during her lifetime.