Kay Nelson (née Bushard) was a

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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 ''Leave Her to Heaven'' is a 1945 American psychological thriller film noir melodrama directed by John M. Stahl and starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, and Vincent Price. It follows a socialite who marries a prominent novelist, wh ...

'' (1945), ''

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'', ''

Miracle on 34th Street ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (initially released as ''The Big Heart'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American List of Christmas films, Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century Fox, written and directed by George Seaton and based on ...

'' and ''

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'' (all 1947) and ''

A Letter to Three Wives ''A Letter to Three Wives'' is a 1949 American romantic comedy-drama which tells the story of a woman who mails a letter to three women, telling them she has left town with the husband of one of them, but not saying which one. It stars Jeanne Cr ...

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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

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(Color) for ''

Mother Is a Freshman ''Mother Is a Freshman'' is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Loretta Young and Van Johnson. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design by Kay Nelson. Plot Abby Abbott lives in New York ...

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p. 85 (1998) ("Kay Nelson earned a nomination in the color category for Mother Is a Freshman (1949).") Her last film was the British crime drama '' The Mark'' in 1961.

Costume design credits

* '' Up in Mabel's Room'' (1944) * '' Take it or Leave it'' (1944) * ''

Something for the Boys ''Something for the Boys'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. Produced by Mike Todd, the show opened on Broadway in 1943 and starred Ethel Merman in her fifth Cole Porter musical. P ...

'' (1944, with Yvonne Wood) * ''

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'' (1944) * ''

Sunday Dinner for a Soldier ''Sunday Dinner for a Soldier'' is a 1944 American drama romance war film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Anne Baxter and John Hodiak. It is based on a novelette by Martha Cheavens. Plot A poor family in Florida saves all the money they ca ...

'' (1944) * ''

Hangover Square ''Hangover Square'' is a 1941 novel by English playwright and novelist Patrick Hamilton. It follows the schizophrenic alcoholic George Harvey Bone and his tortured love for Netta Longdon in the months leading up to the Second World War. Subtit ...

'' (1944, with Rene Hubert) * ''Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe'' (released as ''Diamond Horseshoe'' in Great Britain) (1945, with Rene Huburt, Sascha Brastoff, Bonnie Cashin) * ''

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'' (1945) * ''

Behind Green Lights ''Behind Green Lights'' is a 1946 American crime film directed by Otto Brower. Plot Police Lieutenant Sam Carson spots Walter Bard's bullet-ridden corpse in a car brazenly left in front of the police station. Carson questions Janet Bradley aft ...

'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1946) * '' Sentimental Journey'' (1946) * ''

The Dark Corner ''The Dark Corner'' is a 1946 American crime film, crime film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix and Mark Stevens (actor), Mark Stevens.. The film was not a commercial success but has since been ...

'' (1946) * ''

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'' (1946, with Edward Stevenson) * ''Somewhere in the Night'' (1946) * ''

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'' (1946) * ''

'' (1946, with Charles LeMaire) * ''

,'' (1947, with Charles LeMaire) * ''

'' (1947, with Charlie LeMaire) * ''

The Homestretch ''The Homestretch'' is a 1947 American drama film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Wanda Tuchock. The film stars Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Glenn Langan, Helen Walker, James Gleason, Henry Stephenson and Margaret Bannerman. The ...

'' (1947, with Charles LeMaire) * ''

Call Northside 777 ''Call Northside 777'' is a 1948 reality-based newspaper drama directed by Henry Hathaway. The film parallels the true story of a Chicago reporter who proved that a man jailed for murder was wrongly convicted 11 years before. James Stewart stars ...

'' (1948, with Charles LeMaire) * '' You were Meant for Me'' (1948, with Charles LeMaire) * ''Street With No Name'' (1948, with Charles LeMaire) * '' Sitting Pretty'' (1948, with Charles LeMaire) * '' The Walls of Jericho'' (1948, with Charles LeMaire) * ''

Hollow Triumph ''Hollow Triumph'' (working title ''The Man Who Murdered Himself'', reissued in the United States as ''The Scar'') is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by Steve Sekely starring Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett and Leslie Brooks. It was relea ...

'', released as ''The Scar'' in Great Britain (1948) * ''

Apartment for Peggy ''Apartment for Peggy'' is a 1948 American comedy-drama film directed by George Seaton and starring Jeanne Crain, William Holden, and Edmund Gwenn. The plot is about a depressed professor whose spirits are lifted when he rents part of his home to ...

'' (1948, with Charlie LeMaire) * ''Road House'' (1948, with Charlie LeMaire) * ''

'', also realised as ''Mother Knows Best'' in Great Britain (1949, with Charles LeMaire) * ''

'' (1949, with Charles LeMaire) * ''

Come to the Stable ''Come to the Stable'' is a 1949 American comedy drama film that tells the story of two French religious sisters who come to a small New England town and involve the townsfolk in helping them to build a children's hospital. It stars Loretta Young ...

'' (1949, with Charles LeMaire) * ''

Everybody Does It ''Everybody Does It'' is a 1949 comedy film starring Paul Douglas, Linda Darnell and Celeste Holm. In the film, a businessman's wife tries to become an opera star, failing miserably due to her lack of talent. When it turns out that her totally unt ...

'' (1949, with Charles LeMaire) * ''

Father was a Fullback ''Father Was a Fullback'' is a 1949 black-and-white film from 20th Century Fox based on a comedy by Clifford Goldsmith. The film is about a college American football star and his woes. The film stars Fred MacMurray, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, ...

'' (1949) * ''

Slattery's Hurricane ''Slattery's Hurricane'' is a 1949 American drama film directed by Andre DeToth and starring Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell and Veronica Lake. It is based on a story submitted by Herman Wouk, who also coauthored the screenplay and published a no ...

'' (1949) * '' Thieves Highway'' (1949, with Charles LeMaire) * ''

Blowing Wild ''Blowing Wild'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Hugo Fregonese starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, and Anthony Quinn. It was written by Philip Yordan. The story revolves around a love triangle set in the oilfields of an unnamed ...

'' (1953, with Marjorie Best) * ''

A Lion Is in the Streets ''A Lion Is in the Streets'' is a 1953 American drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney as a southern politician loosely based on Huey Long. Cagney's brother William was the producer, while his younger sister Jeanne was a m ...

'' (1953) * ''

Witness to Murder ''Witness to Murder'' is a 1954 American film noir crime drama directed by Roy Rowland and starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, and Gary Merrill. While the film received moderately positive reviews, it ended up as an also-ran to Alfred ...

'' (1954) * ''

Violent Saturday ''Violent Saturday'' is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Victor Mature, Richard Egan and Stephen McNally. Set in a mining town, Bradenville, Arizona, the film depicts the planning of a bank robbery ...

'' (1955, with Charles LeMaire) * '' Daddy Long Legs'' (1955, with Charles LeMaire; ballet costumes by Tom Keogh) * ''

Tall Story ''Tall Story'' is a 1960 American romantic comedy film made by Warner Bros., directed by Joshua Logan and starring Anthony Perkins with Jane Fonda, in her first screen role. It is based on the 1957 novel ''The Homecoming Game'' by Howard Nemerov, ...

'' (1959) * '' The Mark'' (1961)

References

External links

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Kay Nelson costume designs for A lion is in the streets, 1953
held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division,

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Kay Nelson costume design drawings, 1949
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