Kay Rose

{{Short description|American sound editor (1922–2002)}}

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| name = Kay Rose

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|2|12}}

| birth_place = New York City, US

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|12|11|1922|2|12}}

| death_place = Burbank, California, US

| occupation = Sound editor

| yearsactive = 1954–1999

| spouse = Sherman A. Rose (1951-?) (divorced)

| children = 1

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Kay Rose (February 12, 1922 – December 11, 2002) was an American sound editor. She received a Special Achievement Academy Award during the 57th Academy Awards in 1985. This was in the category of Best Sound Editing for the film The River.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985 |title=The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners |access-date=March 21, 2014|work=oscars.org}}

She has 68 credits in TV and film from 1954 to 1999.

She was also the first female sound editor to win an Oscar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-16-me-rose16-story.html|title=Kay Rose, 80|access-date=March 21, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=16 December 2002 }}

At the 34th British Academy Film Awards, she was nominated for a British Academy Film Award in the category Best Sound for the film The Rose. Her nomination was shared with Jim Webb, Chris McLaughlin and Theodore Soderberg.{{Cite web|url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/1981/film/sound|title=Sound in 1981|work=British Academy Film Awards|access-date=March 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508072837/https://awards.bafta.org/award/1981/film/sound|archive-date=May 8, 2023|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}

In 1999 she received the Lifetime Achievement award at the Motion Picture Sound Editors and in 2002 she received the CAS Career Achievement Award at the Cinema Audio Society awards.