Biography
Kay Nelson (née Bushard) was a Hollywood costume designer at 20th Century Fox whose first film was Up in Mabel's Room in 1944. Over the next 17 years, she provided the costumes for such films as Leave Her to Heaven (1945), Boomerang, Miracle on 34th Street and Gentleman's Agreement (all 1947) and A Letter to Three Wives (1949).
At 20th Century Fox she worked under Charles LeMarie who assembled a talented department of costume designers including Rene Hubert, Bonnie Cashin and Olge Cassini.She was married to Lyle Wheeler, an Art Director at 20th Century Fox.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design (Color) for Mother Is a Freshman (1949).Her last film was the British crime drama The Mark in 1961.
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Filmography
all 38
Movies 38
Costume Design
The Mark (1961)
Movie
Costume Design
Tall Story (1960)
Movie
Costume Design
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Movie
Costume Design
Violent Saturday (1955)
Movie
5.33
Costume Design
The Racers (1955)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Blowing Wild (1953)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer
A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
Movie
Costume Design
Everybody Does It (1949)
Movie
Costume Design
Father Was a Fullback (1949)
Movie
Costume Design
Thieves' Highway (1949)
Movie
Costume Design
Slattery's Hurricane (1949)
Movie
Costume Designer
Come to the Stable (1949)
Movie
6
Costume Design
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Movie
Costume Design
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
Movie
Costume Design
Apartment for Peggy (1948)
Movie
Costume Design
Road House (1948)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Hollow Triumph (1948)
Movie
Costume Design
The Street with No Name (1948)
Movie
Costume Design
Sitting Pretty (1948)
Movie
Costume Design
Call Northside 777 (1948)
Movie
Costume Design
You Were Meant for Me (1948)
Movie
Costume Design
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Movie
Costume Design
The Crimson Key (1947)
Movie
Costume Design
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Movie
5.92
Costume Design
The Homestretch (1947)
Movie
Costume Design
Margie (1946)
Movie
Costume Design
Home Sweet Homicide (1946)
Movie
Costume Design
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
Movie
Costume Design
The Dark Corner (1946)
Movie
Costume Design
Behind Green Lights (1946)
Movie
6
Costume Design
Shock (1946)
Movie
Costume Design
Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
Movie
Costume Design
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Movie
Costume Design
Within These Walls (1945)
Movie
Costume Design
Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
Movie
Costume Design
Hangover Square (1945)
Movie
Costume Design
Winged Victory (1944)
Movie
Costume Design
Up in Mabel's Room (1944)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.46
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Information
Known ForCostume & Make-Up
GenderFemale
Birthday1909-09-14
Deathday2003-09-01 (93 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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