---
name: "Kathleen Kay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kathleen-kay"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "19 May 1891"
died: "17 February 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T21:24:23.853470+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kathleen Kay

Costume designer. Born 19 May 1891 in New York, New York, USA. Died 17 February 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 19 May 1891, New York, New York, USA
- **Died:** 17 February 1982
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 crew, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118958481, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443101/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1534703

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*7th Heaven*](https://film.one/film/7th-heaven.md) (86)

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## Biography

Kathleen Kay was an American costume designer and actress. Born in New York on 19 May 1891, she worked in the wardrobe department at MGM from 1925 to 1927 and at Fox from 1927 to 1928.

She is credited as costume designer on *7th Heaven* (1927) and *Street Angel* (1928), and provided wardrobe or costume work on numerous other silent films including *Brown of Harvard* (1926), *Torrent* (1926) and *A Girl in Every Port* (1928). She also appeared as an actress, including an uncredited role in *The Kid* (1921).

Kay was married to Bernard Abrahams. She died in Florida on 17 February 1982.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *7th Heaven* (1927), Fi1m 86, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/7th-heaven.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Kid* (1921), Fi1m 84, as Maid (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-kid.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Street Angel* (1928), Costume Design
- *Four Sons* (1928), Costume Design
- *7th Heaven* (1927), Costume Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/7th-heaven.md)
- *The Heart of Salome* (1927), Costume Design
- *The Monkey Talks* (1927), Costume Design
- *The Boy Friend* (1926), Costume Design
- *Beverly of Graustark* (1926), Costume Design
- *Monte Carlo* (1926), Costume Design
- *The Blackbird* (1926), Wardrobe Designer
- *Dance Madness* (1926), Costume Design
- *The Kid* (1921), as Maid (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-kid.md)
- *The Rookie's Return* (1920), as Gloria

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/kathleen-kay