Nina Lawson

Nina Lawson (27 July 1926 – 9 September 2008) was a Scottish wigmaker who ran the Metropolitan Opera wig department from 1956 to 1987.

Lawson grew up in Forth, South Lanarkshire in Scotland, and attended Stowe Hairdressing College in Glasgow.

She began her professional career as a theatrical hair-stylist at the Carl Rosa Opera Company in London.

She then worked for the Sadler's Wells Opera and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, Canada.

She was hired by Rudolf Bing, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera, in October 1956 and left Stratford.