Susan Carol Schwary
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Susan Carol Schwary (11 August 1948 – 10 September 2009; age 61) was a hair stylist who served as hair designer on Star Trek: The Next Generation during its fifth season. She was nominated for three Emmy Awards: one for her work on the cult fantasy series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (which she shared with fellow Star Trek hair stylists Suzan Bagdadi and Francine Shermaine), another for her work on the NBC drama Providence (which starred Concetta Tomei), and her third for the HBO western series Deadwood (shared with Josée Normand and Ellen Powell).
Schwary was born Susan Carol Shoffner in San Diego, California. She attended Citrus College, a community college in Glendora, California, where she majored in business, art and cosmetology. While vacationing in Hawaii in 1970, she met producer and director Ronald Schwary, whom she married the following year. They had two children together, Brian and Neil, who have both become actors. In addition to raising her two songs, Susan Schwary began working as a hair stylist on films. In 1986, she joined the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, or IATSE, as a Film Hair Stylist.[1]
Her first film as a member of IATSE was the 1987 science fiction comedy *batteries not included, which was produced by her husband. The cast of this film included Wendy Schaal, who later appeared on Star Trek: Voyager. Schwary's next film was the 1989 comedy Police Academy 6: city Under Siege, which featured several Star Trek acting alumni including David Graf, Matt McCoy, Kenneth Mars, Gerrit Graham, and Arthur Batanides. Gloria Montemayor, who later worked on Star Trek: Voyager, was a Second Unit Hair Stylist on this film.
Schwary's next film credits were Lisa (working with actress Julie Cobb and makeup artist June Westmore), Havana (executive produced by her husband and featuring actors Daniel Davis and Tony Plana), and Another You (with performers Vanessa Williams and Phil Rubenstein and makeup artist Monty Westmore). She worked on the 1994 comedy Cops and Robbersons along with with fellow TNG hair stylist Rita Bellissimo. Cops and Robbersons marked Schwary's third credited collaboration with her husband, who was a producer on the film, but the two divorced soon after its released. Nonetheless, Susan Carol decided to keep the last name of Schwary.
After the divorce, Schwary became a hair stylist on the Paramount Television drama series JAG for its first season (1995-96). She then joined the crew of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for which she received her first Emmy Award nomination in 1998. The following year, she was a key hair stylist on the independent film Black and White, which featured a cast that included Cyia Batten, Seymour Cassell, and Boris Lee Krutonog. Scwary also started working on Providence, for which she received a second Emmy Award nomination. She later became a hair designer on the 2002 crime film Deuces Wild (working with Linda Leiter Sharp) and was a hair stylist on the 2003 blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Lee Arenberg, Vanessa Branch, Greg Ellis, Zoe Saldana, and Guy Siner all had roles in the latter film.
In 2004, Schwary was a hair stylist on the HBO western series Deadwood, receiving her second and last Emmy Award nomination. She subsequently worked on the films Sky High (working with Candy Neal), Red Eye (which featured Loren Lester, Scott Leva, Robert Pine, Suzie Plakson, and Dey Young), and the Academy Award-winning Little Miss Sunshine (which featured Wallace Langham and Matt Winston). She followed these with stints of the NBC comedy series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and the CBS drama series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Schwary died of breast cancer at her home in Valencia, California on 10 September 2009, . She was 61 years old.[2]
[edit] References
- ↑ Schwary, Susan Carol, "Susan Carol Schwary - Biography," Internet Movie Database, [1], 19 September 2009
- ↑ Staff report, "Hairstylist Susan Carol Schwary dies," The Hollywood Reporter, [2], 19 September 2009
