Head, Edith

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Born: Oct 28, 1907 AD
Died: 1981 AD, at 73 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Designers


1897 - Born in San Bernardino, California on the 28th of October.

1919 - She graduated from university and became a school teacher in La Jolla, California.

1923 - On the 25th of July, she married Charles Head, whom she would divorce in 1936.

1940 - She married set designer Wiard Ihnen, nicknamed Bill, on the 8th of September.

1967 - She worked at Paramount for forty-four years until she went to Universal Pictures on the 27th of March.

1967 - She worked at Paramount for forty-four years until she went to Universal Pictures on the 27th of March.

1981 - Died on the 24th of October from a rare bone marrow disease at the age of 83.



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