A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.

Claudette Colbert was one actress who apparently preferred not to work with Head and her relationship with flamboyant film director Mitchell Leisen was reportedly quite tense. Head's marriage to set designer Wiard Ihnen on September 8 1940 lasted until his death from prostate cancer in 1979. She worked at Paramount for 43 years until Edith Head went to Universal Pictures on March 27 1967 possibly prompted by her extensive work for director Alfred Hitchcock who had also moved to Universal in 1960.

Edith Head (October 28 1897 – October 24 1981) was an American costume designer who won eight Academy Awards more than any other woman.