Friday, March 29, 2024

Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ May Boss

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

May Boss was a trick rider in the rodeo circuit prior to entering the film industry in the early 1950's heyday of Hollywood Westerns. She started doing stunts in 1952 on “The Story of Will Rogers” her last stunt was performed in “The Hulk” in 2003 when she was 75. May is the mother of stuntman Clay Boss and director writer Ronit Ravichboss. May was a stunt double for Leslie Caron in 1970’s Euro-western “Madron” starring Richard Boone.

BOSS, May (aka May R. Boss) (May Raymond) [10/7/1924, Manhattan, New York, U.S.A. - 9/16/2015, Mission Viejo, California, U.S.A.] – rodeo performer, stuntwoman, married to ? Boss mother of stunt coordinator, stuntman, actor Clay Boss (Clayotn Boss) [1950-    ] married to Donald Zonshine (1954-    ), director, writer Ronit S. Ravichboss [1956-    ], (inducted into the Stuntman’s hall of fame, awarded the Helen Gibson Award for lifetime achievement.

Madron – 1970 [stunts]

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