[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]
