Kay Nelson (née Bushard) was a Hollywood costume designer 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 (1945), Boomerang, Miracle on 34th Street and Gentleman's Agreement (all 1947) and A Letter to Three Wives (1949). At 20th Century Fox she worked under Charles LeMarie who assembled a talented department of costume designers including Rene Hubert, Bonnie Cashin and Oleg Cassini. She was married to Lyle Wheeler, an Art Director at 20th Century Fox. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design (Color) for Mother Is a Freshman (1949). Her last film was the British crime drama The Mark in 1961.

Costume design credits