Else Blangsted
Else Blangsted (née Siegel; 22 May 1920 – 1 May 2020) was a German-born Jewish American Holocaust survivor and cinematic music editor.[1][2]
Else Blangsted | |
|---|---|
| Born | Else Siegel 22 May 1920 |
| Died | 1 May 2020 (aged 99) Los Angeles, California USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Music editor |
| Spouse(s) | Folmar Blangsted (1960-1982; his death); 1 child |
Her most notable films she participated in were Getting Straight (1970), The Front (1976), Meatballs (1979), Tootsie (1982), The Goonies (1985), The Color Purple (1985), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), and The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990).
Blangsted was awarded a Golden Reel Award for career achievement.[3]
Personal life and death
Blangsted was born in Würzburg, Germany, the daughter of Lilly (Oppenheimer), a homemaker, and Siegmund Siegel, a horse trader.[4]
Widowed in 1982, Blangsted died of natural causes three weeks before her 100th birthday at her Los Angeles home. She was survived by two daughters, two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Her elder daughter was born in Switzerland of a teenaged out-of-wedlock relationship. She was told the child had died only to learn in 1984 that the 48 year old daughter was, in fact, alive, and had been adopted by a wealthy Swiss couple from Lausanne. Shortly after, Else fled Europe for the United States in 1937 to escape the scourge of Nazism.[5][6]
References
- "Else Blangsted". IMDb.
- "In Memory of Else Blangsted, 1920-2020, Part One". American Songwriter. 3 May 2020.
- "Sound editors sing praise". Variety. 5 March 2006.
- Sandomir, Richard (20 May 2020). "Else Blangsted, Who Fled the Nazis and Found a Hollywood Ending, Dies at 99". The New York Times.
- "Else Blangsted, Acclaimed Film Music Editor and Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 99". variety.com. 5 May 2020.
- "Else Blangsted, Holocaust Survivor and Film Music Editor, Dies at 99". news.yahoo.com.