Career
Born as Alice Grace van der Veen in Arvada, Colorado, she debuted in rodeo at the age of 13 in 1932 at the Los Angeles Coliseum. She was a stunt double for Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet. Other actresses for whom she stunt doubled on film or television include: Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Wyman, Judy Canova, Gail Davis, Dorothy Revier and Linda Evans.
Her first film stunt work came in 1935 in Will Rogers" last film, In Old Kentucky.
She had performed during the opening ceremony at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Los Angeles She also rode as a jockey, becoming the third woman ever to receive a trainer"s license for thoroughbred horses.
She was widowed in 1989. She died of pneumonia on September 13, 2008, aged 90, at Point Loma Convalescent Hospital.
Her remains were interred in Sunset Hills Memorial Park.
