Kay Nelson
Kay Nelson, born Bushard, was an American costume designer. In 1950, she was honored for her costumes in the comedy The Love Professor ( Mother Is a Freshman ) in the category "Best Costumes in a color film," nominated for an Oscar, but the precedence had Leah Rhodes, Travilla and Marjorie Best for the cloak-and -dagger film left Love adventures of Don Juan.
After Nelson in 1944 responsible for the comedy film Up in Mabel 's Room for the costumes drew for the first time, it created in the next 17 years costumes for works such as Mortal Sin (1945 ), which is attributed to the genre of film noir, the film drama Boomerang! (1947 ), directed by Elia Kazan, the Christmas movie The Miracle of Manhattan ( 1947) with the then nine -year-old Natalie Wood and the literary adaptation Gentleman's Agreement. 1949 Nelson was responsible for the costumes in Joseph L. Mankiewiczs Literaturverfilmung A Letter to Three Wives (1949 ). Her latest work she delivered into the British film drama Branded.
Kay Nelson was married from 1947 to 1954 with the art director of 20th Century Fox Lyle R. Wheeler.