Kay Nelson

Kay Nelson was a Hollywood costume designer 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). She was nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design (Color) for Mother Is a Freshman (1949). Her last film was the British crime drama "The Mark" in ... more
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