Susan Carol - Schwary Susan Carol - Schwary was a hair stylist and designer who worked as hair designer on the first sixteen episodes of the fifth season of . She succeeded Yolanda Toussieng and was replaced by Joy Zapata . Born as Susan Carol Shoffner in San Diego , California , USA , 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 . However , the couple divorced in November 1994 . They had two children together , Brian and Neil , who have both become actors . In addition to raising her two sons , 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 . Following an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series for the " Buffy the Vampire Slayer " episode " Becoming " in 1998 , shared with Suzan Bagdadi and Francine Shermaine , Schwary was elected to the executive board of Local 706 and one year later to be a delegate at the IATE 64th Convention . Schwary received her second and third Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series in 2004 for her work on the " Deadwood " episode " Plague " , shared with Ellen Powell and Josée Normand , and for her work on the NBC drama series " Providence " . 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 . 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 the horror film " Lisa " ( 1990 , working with actress Julie Cobb and makeup artist June Westmore ) , the romance " Havana " ( 19904 , executive produced by her husband and featuring actors Daniel Davis and Tony Plana ) , and the comedy " Another You " ( 1991 , 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 Cassel , and Boris Lee Krutonog . Schwary 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 as did hair stylists Hazel Catmull , Romy Fleming , Josée Normand , Katherine Rees , and Ve Neill . In 2004 , Schwary was a hair stylist on the HBO western series " Deadwood " , receiving her third and last Emmy Award nomination . She subsequently worked on the films " Sky High " ( 2005 , working with Candace Neal ) , " Red Eye " ( 2005 , which featured Loren Lester , Scott Leva , Robert Pine , Suzie Plakson , and Dey Young ) , and the Academy Award - winning " Little Miss Sunshine " ( 2006 , which featured Wallace Langham and Matt Winston ) . She followed these with stints of the NBC comedy series " Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip " ( 2006 ) and the CBS drama series " CSI : New York " ( 2008 ) . Schwary died of breast cancer at her home in Valencia , California on September 10 , 2009 . She was 61 years old .