Considered the pioneer of this field in the United States, he died at 83. A long acrobatic career passed down from generation to generation.
It was Lynda Carter’s shadow, the Wonder Woman of the television series from 1975 to 1979. Stuntwoman Jeannie Epper died Sunday at her home in Simi Valley, California, at the age of 83. To her credit: more than one hundred and fifty feature films included Armageddon (1998), Bad Boys 2 (2003), Fast and Furions: Tokyo Drift (2006) and recently at 74 years old, Runaway (2015). In 2007, you won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Taurus World Stunt Awards. And in the same year she was considered “the greatest stuntwoman who ever lived” speaks Entertainment weekly.
Stunt geniuses
Considered one of the pioneers in the United States, she started very early with her father and mother practicing the same profession. It was in the westerns in which John Epper worked that he made his debut at the age of nine. She thus became one of the first professional substitutes for children. Her brothers, Gary and Tony Epper, have also earned a place in the stunt world. Just like her children, Eurlyne, Richard and Kurtis, who practiced acrobatics before embarking on acting careers.
Passionate about her profession, Jeannie Epper is one of the founders of the American stuntwomen’s association Stuntwomen’s Association of Motion Pictures.