# Cynthia Scheider
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{{short description|American film editor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Cynthia Scheider
| birth_name = Cynthia Bebout
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| occupation = Film editor
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| spouse = {{married|[Roy Scheider](/source/Roy_Scheider)|1962|1986|end=divorced}}
| children = 1
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'''Cynthia Scheider''' (née '''Bebout''') is an American [film editor](/source/film_editor) active from the 1970s through the 1990s.[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Vr0l7Ux2OAC&q=%22cynthia+scheider%22&pg=PT335|title=All His Jazz: The Life And Death Of Bob Fosse|last=Gottfried|first=Martin|date=2009-03-06|publisher=Hachette Books|isbn=9780786730223|language=en}}]
== Acting career ==
Cynthia Bebout acted in off-Broadway performances in New York. These included ''Love and Libel'' in 1960 and ''[The Alchemist](/source/The_Alchemist_(play))'' in 1964, with actors [Roy Scheider](/source/Roy_Scheider), whom she married in 1962, and [John Heffernan](/source/John_Heffernan_(American_actor)).[{{Cite web |last=Lawson |first=Wayne |date=2024-08-14 |title=When Peter Falk Was My Roommate, and Theater Ruled NYC |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/peter-falk-wayne-lawson-nyc-theater?srsltid=AfmBOooyqBtOInDC4WHYH-Bv2qxBwCDMbob_8_pWZmaf7MAiObQhQ6pD |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}][{{Citation |last=Friedman-Abeles (Firm) |title=John Heffernan, Cynthia Bebout and Roy Scheider in the stage production The Alchemist |url=https://dp.la/item/2cca00642e6014ca64088dea758b81be |access-date=2025-03-13}}]
== Film editing career ==
Scheider later moved to film editing, becoming assistant editor for the 1971 film ''[The French Connection](/source/The_French_Connection_(film))'', working for [Gerald B. Greenberg](/source/Gerald_B._Greenberg), who won both the [Academy Award for Best Film Editing](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing) and the [BAFTA Award for Best Editing](/source/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Editing) for his work. Scheider worked with Greenberg again on the film ''[The Seven-Ups](/source/The_Seven-Ups)'' in 1973. In 1977, Scheider worked with [William Friedkin](/source/William_Friedkin) on the film ''[Sorcerer](/source/Sorcerer_(film)).'' In 1986, she worked on the film ''[The Men's Club](/source/The_Men's_Club)''. These four films starred [Roy Scheider](/source/Roy_Scheider), her husband until 1986.[Landsberg, Mitchell (11 February 2008). "Roy Scheider; star of 'Jaws' and 'All That Jazz'". ''[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)''. Retrieved 2025-03-13.][{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Vernon |date=October 20, 1986 |title=Scheider at his wife's Mercy |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/10/20/Scheider-at-his-wifes-mercyNEWLNUPI-Arts-Entertainment-Scotts-World/1993530164800/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=UPI |language=en}}]
Scheider had main editing credits in the film ''[Breaking Away](/source/Breaking_Away)'' in 1979.[{{Cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=1979-07-18 |title=Film: 'Breaking Away,' a Classic Sleeper:Back Home in Indiana |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/18/archives/film-breaking-away-a-classic-sleeperback-home-in-indiana.html |access-date=2025-03-13 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}]
== Personal life ==
Cynthia and Roy Scheider had one child, Maximillia Connelly Lord (1963–2006), who died of leukemia.["Corrections: For the Record". ''The New York Times''. 2008-02-13. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-03-13.]
== Selected filmography ==
* ''[Mixing Nia](/source/Mixing_Nia)'' (1999)
* ''[Other Voices, Other Rooms](/source/Other_Voices%2C_Other_Rooms_(novel))'' (1995)
* ''[*batteries not included](/source/Batteries_Not_Included)'' (1987)
* ''[The Men's Club](/source/The_Men's_Club)'' (1986)[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nHYwCgAAQBAJ&q=%22cynthia+scheider%22&pg=PA197|title=Roy Scheider: A Film Biography|last=Kachmar|first=Diane C.|date=2015-07-11|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476609034|language=en}}]
* ''[The Legend of Billie Jean](/source/The_Legend_of_Billie_Jean)'' (1985)
* ''[Without a Trace](/source/Without_a_Trace_(1983_film))'' (1983)
* ''[Eyewitness](/source/Eyewitness_(1981_film))'' (1981)
* ''[Chilly Scenes of Winter](/source/Chilly_Scenes_of_Winter_(film))'' (1979)
* ''[Breaking Away](/source/Breaking_Away)'' (1979)[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pUPM9LFmetoC&q=%22cynthia+scheider%22&pg=PA225|title=The New Hollywood: What the Movies Did with the New Freedoms of the Seventies|last=Bernardoni|first=James|date=2010-07-27|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786483075|language=en}}]
* ''[Sorcerer](/source/Sorcerer_(film))'' (1977)