Born Marjorie Johnson in Los Angeles, CA; daughter of writer-producer-director Nunnally Johnson. Another of the great female film editors in Hollywood from the mid-1940s through the mid-1980s. Started cutting with Fritz Lang's THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944), which was written by her father. In the late 1950s, she cut three of Nunnally Johnson's pictures, which he wrote, produced and directed: THE THREE FACES OF EVE and OH, MEN! OH, WOMEN! (both 1957) and THE MAN WHO UNDERSTOOD WOMEN (1959). She also edited four other films that he wrote: MR. PEABODY AND THE MERMAID (1948), MR. HOBBS TAKES A VACATION (1962), TAKE HER, SHE'S MINE (1963) and DEAR BRIGITTE (1965). Her other notable credits include SEPARATE TABLES (1958), ELMER GANTRY (1960), LOVER COME BACK (1961), 40 POUNDS OF TROUBLE (1963), WHAT A WAY TO GO! (1964), DOCTOR DOLITTLE (1967), THE STRAWBERRY STATEMENT (1970), CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (1972) and her last feature film, IT'S MY TURN (1980). In the early 1970s, Fowler began to edit frequently for television, especially made-for-TV movies like "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story" (1971) and "The Blue Knight" (1973). She also worked on the TV series "Doc Elliot" and "Eight Is Enough." Married to film editor Gene Fowler Jr. until his death in 1998. Their son is music editor Gene N. Fowler.  Nominated for Film Editing 1967: DOCTOR DOLITTLE (w. Samuel E. Beetley) 1 nomination