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Kay Nelson(I)

  • Costume Designer
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
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Kay Nelson was born on 14 September 1909 in the USA. Kay is a costume designer, known for Miracle on 34th Street (1947), Mother Is a Freshman (1949) and Leave Her to Heaven (1945).
BornSeptember 14, 1909
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, Edmund Gwenn, and John Payne in Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
    Miracle on 34th Street
    7.9
    • Costume Designer
    • 1947
    Van Johnson and Loretta Young in Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
    Mother Is a Freshman
    6.2
    • Costume Designer
    • 1949
    Gene Tierney, Jeanne Crain, and Cornel Wilde in Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
    Leave Her to Heaven
    7.6
    • Costume Designer
    • 1945
    Richard Widmark, Celeste Holm, Ida Lupino, and Cornel Wilde in Road House (1948)
    Road House
    7.2
    • Costume Designer
    • 1948

    Credits

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    Costume Designer

    • The Mark (1961)
      The Mark
      7.2
      • Costume Designer (uncredited)
      • 1961
    • Jane Fonda and Anthony Perkins in Tall Story (1960)
      Tall Story
      5.9
      • Costume Designer
      • 1960
    • Victor Mature and Virginia Leith in Violent Saturday (1955)
      Violent Saturday
      6.9
      • Costume Designer
      • 1955
    • Kirk Douglas, Bella Darvi, and Gilbert Roland in The Racers (1955)
      The Racers
      5.5
      • Costume Designer
      • 1955
    • Witness to Murder (1954)
      Witness to Murder
      6.6
      • gowns
      • 1954
    • Jack Benny in The Jack Benny Program (1950)
      The Jack Benny Program
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Costume Designer
      • 1952
    • Linda Darnell, Celeste Holm, and Paul Douglas in Everybody Does It (1949)
      Everybody Does It
      6.6
      • Costume Designer
      • 1949
    • Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, Betty Lynn, and Fred MacMurray in Father Was a Fullback (1949)
      Father Was a Fullback
      6.4
      • Costume Designer
      • 1949
    • Richard Conte and Valentina Cortese in Thieves' Highway (1949)
      Thieves' Highway
      7.5
      • Costume Designer
      • 1949
    • Veronica Lake, Linda Darnell, and Richard Widmark in Slattery's Hurricane (1949)
      Slattery's Hurricane
      6.4
      • Costume Designer
      • 1949
    • Celeste Holm and Loretta Young in Come to the Stable (1949)
      Come to the Stable
      7.1
      • Costume Designer
      • 1949
    • Van Johnson and Loretta Young in Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
      Mother Is a Freshman
      6.2
      • Costume Designer
      • 1949
    • Kirk Douglas, Linda Darnell, Jeanne Crain, Paul Douglas, Jeffrey Lynn, and Ann Sothern in A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
      A Letter to Three Wives
      7.6
      • Costume Designer
      • 1949
    • Celeste Holm and Dan Dailey in Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
      Chicken Every Sunday
      6.4
      • Costume Designer
      • 1949
    • Richard Widmark, Celeste Holm, Ida Lupino, and Cornel Wilde in Road House (1948)
      Road House
      7.2
      • Costume Designer
      • 1948

    Costume and Wardrobe Department

    • Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron in Daddy Long Legs (1955)
      Daddy Long Legs
      6.7
      • modern wardrobe designer
      • 1955
    • James Cagney, Anne Francis, Larry Keating, and John McIntire in A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
      A Lion Is in the Streets
      6.1
      • wardrobe
      • 1953
    • Gary Cooper, Anthony Quinn, Barbara Stanwyck, and Ruth Roman in Blowing Wild (1953)
      Blowing Wild
      6.4
      • wardrobe
      • 1953
    • Joan Bennett, Paul Henreid, Leslie Brooks, and Eduard Franz in Hollow Triumph (1948)
      Hollow Triumph
      6.7
      • wardrobe designer: Miss Bennett
      • 1948
    • John Hubbard, Carole Landis, and Adolphe Menjou in Road Show (1941)
      Road Show
      6.0
      • wardrobe
      • 1941

    Personal details

    • Born
      • September 14, 1909
      • USA
    • Spouses
        Lawrence R. HowellDecember 27, 1962 - ? (his death)

    Did you know

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      Had two children, a son Maurice Emery Nelson, Jr. (died sometime before 2015) and a daughter Karen Elizabeth Nelson (married Mason; February 16, 1936-February 25, 2015), by first husband Maurice Emery Nelson.

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