Editing Margaret Booth (section)

===1969–1985: Editing for Ray Stark===
After leaving MGM, Booth was hired by [[Ray Stark]] as the supervising editor for his company, Rastar Productions. She says he hired her the night she was fired from MGM going straight into working on ''The Owl and the Pussycat''.<ref>Behlmer p 95</ref>

Booth supervised the editing for several films, including ''[[The Way We Were]]'' (1973), ''[[The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)|The Sunshine Boys]]'' (1975), ''[[The Goodbye Girl]]'' (1977), ''[[California Suite (film)|California Suite]]'' (1978), and ''[[Annie (1982 film)|Annie]]'' (1982).<ref name="The Guardian" /> She was last credited as an executive producer for ''[[The Slugger's Wife]]'' (1985) when she was 87.{{sfn|Unterberger|1998|p=43}}

In 1977, Booth was awarded an [[Academy Honorary Award]] denoting her for "62 years of exceptionally distinguished service to the motion picture industry as a film editor."{{sfn|Unterberger|1998|p=43}} In 1983, she was awarded the [[Women in Film Los Angeles|Women in Film]] [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards#THE CRYSTAL AWARD|Crystal Award]] for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wif.org/past-recipients |title=Past Recipients |website=Women in Film Awards |access-date=2011-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830035734/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients |archive-date=August 30, 2011}}</ref> On her centennial birthday, in 1998, Booth was honored with a gala commemorating her seven-decade contributions to the film industry at the Sheraton Universal Hotel, hosted by the [[Motion Picture Editors Guild]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Viera |first=Lauren |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-15-ca-8359-story.html |title=Legendary Editor Gets Time in the Spotlight |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 15, 1998 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710024158/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jan/15/entertainment/ca-8359 |archive-date=July 10, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>