Kay Rose (February 12, 1922 – December 11, 2002) was an American sound editor. She received a Special Achievement Academy Award during the

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in 1985. This was in the category of Best Sound Editing for the film '' The River''. She has 68 credits in TV and film from 1954 to 1999. She was also the first female sound editor to win an Oscar. In 1999 she received the Lifetime Achievement award at the

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and in 2002 she received the CAS Career Achievement Award at the

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awards.

Personal life

Kay Rose was married to film editor Sherman A. Rose in 1951, which resulted in a divorce. Together they had a daughter Victoria Rose Sampson who is also a sound editor.

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* American sound editors Special Achievement Academy Award winners Best Sound Editing Academy Award winners 1922 births 2002 deaths People from New York City Deaths from organ failure Women audio engineers Women sound editors CAS Career Achievement Award honorees {{US-film-bio-stub