- She was the first American film editor to use the European techniques of beginning a sequence with a close-up or jump cut, and overlapping sound between shots. She was one of the first editors to give sound as much importance as images.
- The producers asked Dede Allen to edit Starsky & Hutch (2004). She met once with director Todd Phillips to discuss it but eventually declined the offer.
- In 1992, Dede Allen became the head of post production at Warner Bros. She only returned to editing eight years later with Wonder Boys (2000).
- Mother of son, Tom Fleischman, dubbing mixer of several films by Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme and Spike Lee, and a daughter.
- Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Editors Branch) [2000-2006 & 2007-].
- Mother of Ramey E. Ward.
- She was the daughter of actress Dorothea Corothers and Union Carbide executive Thomas H.C. Allen III.
- She has contributed with the editing of seven films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Hustler (1961), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Rachel, Rachel (1968), Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Reds (1981).
- She studied architecture at Scripps College, Claremont, California.
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