Jeannie Epper, one of the world’s best-known stuntwomen, has died.
Epper’s family confirmed the death to The Hollywood Reporter, sharing that she died of natural causes at her home in Simi Valley, California on May 5. She was 83.
Epper is perhaps most known for her time working with Lynda Carter on Wonder Woman throughout the 1970s. She served as Carter’s main stunt double on the ABC and CBS series, which aired from 1975-1979, per THR.
Among her other notable work includes 1984's Romancing the Stone, which saw her star in one of her most iconic film scenes. She stood in for Kathleen Turner during a rainforest mudslide scene in the film, and she swung across a 350-foot gorge to do it, she told Entertainment Weekly in 2007.
Speaking about her line of work — at the time, she was 66 — she told the outlet, "Some guys don't like to put me in a really dangerous position anymore. It hurts your pride to acknowledge that you're getting older. I've had to go through that the past few years. But I'm not emotionally ready to stop yet. My neighbors think I'm nuts."
Epper came from a family of stunt performers. Her father, John Epper, starred as stand-ins for Ronald Reagan and Errol Flynn and boasted over 200 film credits. Like Jeannie, her siblings all went into the stunt business, and all three of her children — Eurlyne, Richard and Kurtis — followed in her footsteps, too.
