---
name: "Mary Ann Nyberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mary-ann-nyberg"
fi1m_id: "mary-ann-nyberg"
imdb_id: "nm0638501"
tmdb_id: 7339
wikidata_id: "Q4970513"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "7 February 1923"
died: "19 September 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T07:09:37.072240+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."
---

# Mary Ann Nyberg

## Identity

Mary Ann Nyberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mary-ann-nyberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mary-ann-nyberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm0638501
- **TMDB ID:** 7339
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4970513
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Nyberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4970513, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638501/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7339

Costume designer. Born 7 February 1923 in Tulsa. Died 19 September 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 7 February 1923, Tulsa
- **Died:** 19 September 1979
- **Active:** 1953–1955
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $18m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Nyberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4970513, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638501/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7339

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Band Wagon*](https://film.one/film/the-band-wagon.md) (84)

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## Biography

Mary Ann Nyberg was an American costume designer. She worked on several Hollywood films in the early 1950s.

Her credits include *Lili* (1953), *The Band Wagon* (1953), *A Star Is Born* (1954), *Carmen Jones* (1954) and *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955), on which she served as costume supervisor. She received Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design – Color for *The Band Wagon* and *A Star Is Born*.

Nyberg was born on 7 February 1923 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and died on 19 September 1979 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955), Fi1m 78, Costume Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-arm.md)
- *Carmen Jones* (1954), Fi1m 65, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/carmen-jones.md)
- *The Band Wagon* (1953), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-band-wagon.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Together* (2000), as Property Master
- *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955), Costume Supervisor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-arm.md)
- *Carmen Jones* (1954), Costume Design — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/carmen-jones.md)
- *A Star Is Born* (1954), Costume Design
- *The Band Wagon* (1953), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-band-wagon.md)
- *Lili* (1953), Costume Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1955: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *A Star Is Born*
- 1954: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *The Band Wagon*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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