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...stogie makers introduced a new Miss Muriel to light up the home screens. She is Susan Anton, 26, a former Miss California who beat out 400 other aspirants for a four-year contract with Consolidated Cigars Corp. "I don't smoke anything; I was told it would stunt my growth," confesses Anton, who stands 5 ft. 11 in. So why had she won? "Probably because of my smile," answered Susan. "My mother always said she liked that best about me." All of which left Adams, now 49 and still a concert and supper-club headliner, feeling wistful...
...igniting the heroine's cape in a blaze of fire. Could Actress Lisa Blount survive the scene on the set of Universal's new film, 9/30/55? Actually, Blount could not. No fool when it comes to playing with fire, she had gladly turned the role over to Stunt Woman Kitty O'Neil. The nimble O'Neil took the heat, then casually waved Blount back onto...
Delicately pretty, O'Neil has been in the business only a few months, yet already she holds the record for the highest stunt fall by a woman (105 ft.) and is considered among the best of the 40 stunt women in Hollywood. Says Loren Janes, a Hollywood stunt coordinator for 23 years: "She has developed in six months to a point that usually requires two to three years. She is very calm, cool and collected under pressure." Crashing through barriers in more ways than...
...Neil and veteran Stunt Woman Janet Brady were elected last month as the first female members of Stunts Unlimited, an organization whose members perform 70% of the stunt work in movies and television...
...Neil overcame that affliction and moved on to her next sports: motorcycle and car racing. A total speed freak, she has raced bikes, sports cars, dragsters and dune buggies. While revving up her motorcycle engine at a rally one day, she met Stunt Man Duffy Hambleton, 39. Marriage followed, and O'Neil became a housewife. But not for long. She soon got bored staying home, and in 1974 O'Neil began a rigorous two-year training program under Hambleton to become a stunt woman...