Edith Madeleine Wakeling (née Gilmour; June 9, 1879 – March 21, 1962) was a Canadian-born American film editor who worked in Hollywood in the 1920s.
Edith was born in Montreal, Quebec, to James Gilmour and Mary Sullivan.
[1] She started her career off as a stenographer in the studio system in Los Angeles, learning about continuity and the filmmaking process on the job.
[2] She'd tell reporters that on every film she edited, she was on set to ensure that there weren't any continuity errors.
Her last known credit was on 1929's Linda; she seems to have transitioned into a career as a press agent after this, working with director Walter Lang.