| Birth: | Jan. 9, 1916
Syosset
Nassau County
New York, USA | | Death: | Jun. 10, 2000
Brentwood
Los Angeles County
California, USA | 
Film editor, past President and Board Chairman of Shelburne Museum, historian, art collector and philanthropist. A descendant of both 'Commodore' Cornelius Vanderbilt (New York Central Railroad fortune)and Henry Osborne Havemeyer (creator and President of the American Sugar Refining Co.) One of five children of J. Watson Webb, and Electra Havemeyer Webb who founded the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. Webb, a graduate of Yale University, started his film career in the cutting department at 20th Century Fox in 1938. He was made chief film editor for Darryl F. Zanuck in 1944. From 1941 through 1952 he 'cut' over thirty feature films including "With A Song In My Heart", "Cheaper By The Dozen", "Mother Wore Tights", Broken Arrow", "State Fair", "A Letter To Three Wives", and his favorite, "The Razor's Edge", which he considered his most important film and starring his great friend, Tyrone Power. He was a charter member of American Cinema Editors (A.C.E.); becoming a Life Member in 1971. After his mother's death, in 1960, he served as President of the Shelburne Museum from that year through 1977, and as Chairman of the Board from 1978 through 1996. Devoted to family, friends and tradition ~ he was noted for his integrity, generosity and loyalty. A man of strong and vivid personality; unusually kind and boldly outspoken. His Vermont residence, 'The Brick House', is now part of Shelburne Museum. (bio by: Robert Bruce)
Search Amazon for Watson Webb | | | Burial:
Webb Family Cemetery
Shelburne
Chittenden County
Vermont, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Robert Bruce
Record added: May 24, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7482159 |
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Tracey Reid
Added: Jun. 11, 2013 |
Remembering Watson on this Anniversary of his passing. His own photo of the view east towards 'Camel's Hump' peak, from the Webb family's estate at Shelburne, Vermont. Taken during the summer of 1936 ~ at the time when artist Luigi Lucioni was painting ...(Read more)
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Robert Bruce
Added: Jun. 10, 2013 |
Happy Birthday, Dear Friend. I will never forget you. You remain the most Loving, Gentle and Kind human being, I've ever been graced to know. "Love those around you, in all that you do, and in every way that your heart affords. We can diminish the pain an...(Read more)
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Frank Ingalls
Added: Jan. 10, 2013 |
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