Mary Peters
Stuntwoman and actress Mary Katherine Peters was born in California. The youngest daughter of a California policeman, Mary ran track and field in high school. Peters began her career in the entertainment industry as a model for 20th Century Fox. Mary's big break as an actress happened after she was cast as an extra for five years on the hit TV series M*A*S*H (1972). Peters attended various professional schools to learn all about performing stunts whenever M*A*S*H (1972) was on its six month filming hiatus and began her career as a stuntwoman in 1976. Among the notable actresses that Mary has doubled for are Vanessa Redgrave, Sigourney Weaver,, Joan Cusack, Mary Gross, Delia Sheppard, Lindsay Wagner, and Lynn Redgrave. Peters moved with her husband Stewart to Oklahoma in 2000. Moreover, her son Matthew Senour works as an aerospace engineer for the global security company Northrup Grumman. Mary spends her spare time playing golf when she isn't doing either community work or interior design.
Filmography (30)
Addams Family Reunion
Alien Resurrection
Liar Liar
Independence Day
Copycat
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Mother's Boys
Boiling Point
Deep Cover
Thelma & Louise
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
The Addams Family
Dolly Dearest
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
Bride of Re-Animator
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Ghostbusters II
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Beetlejuice
Baby Boom
Lethal Weapon
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Stripes
The Hand
Airplane!
1941
Every Which Way but Loose
Hooper
