Peaches Jones

Peaches Jones was born in Pasadena, California. When she was a student a John Muir High, she was active in track, gymnastics, basketball, cheerleading and the Junior Olympics. Her father, Sam Jones, was a member of the Black Stuntmen's Association and Peaches followed in his footsteps, attending stunt workouts with him. She became a member of the Black Stuntmen's Association, a group which claimed around 100 members at the time of her active career, 8 to 10 of whom were women, according to Mollie Gregory in "Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story." Jones went on to appear in ten credited and additional uncredited roles as a stuntwoman, many during the rush of independent black films between 1970 and 1975. Molly Gregory refers to Peaches Jones as "the first successful Black stuntwoman in Los Angeles." After an impressive career, an injury sidelined her. She died of a drug overdose at the age of 34.