Background
She moved to Manhattan with her mother, at the age of nine.
She moved to Manhattan with her mother, at the age of nine.
She attended ballet classes and at the age of 12 performed in her first Broadway musical.
Saint Edmund became a popular nationally known go-go dancer on the 1965-1966 National Broadcasting Company-television Rock music series Hullabaloo. She later became the highest paid stuntwoman in Hollywood history. A young start on Broadway
Saint Edmund"s theater debut was in the first production of Bye Bye Birdie on Broadway, playing Penelope Ann at the age of 12.
Her stage name was Lada Edmund, Junior.
She performed in West Side Story, also on Broadway, when she was fifteen, and also performed in Promises, Promises. Hullabaloo and go-go dancing
At seventeen, Saint Edmund became a go-go dancer on Hullabaloo.
While working on the show, she met Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones. During her time at Hullabaloo, she was on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
She received fan letters, including many from students at Harvard.
Donna McKechnie described Saint Edmund as having a "Brigitte Bardot look". She was featured on the cover of television Guide in June 1965. Singing career
Saint Edmund signed a deal with Decca Records in 1966.
Her first single was "I Know Something", which was released in 1966.
The single, with the b-side Once Upon a Time, made the Billboard People’s 100. lieutenant was described as being similar to Nancy Sinatra"s "These Boots Are Made for Walkin"".
She performed on the American Broadcasting Company-television variety program The Hollywood Palace on October 22, 1966. Move to Hollywood
After Hullabaloo ended, Saint Edmund moved to Hollywood.
She starred in the 1969 feature films Out of lieutenant with Jon Voight and The Devil"s 8 with Ralph Meeker.
She also appeared on the short lived American Broadcasting Company-television anthology series American Broadcasting Company Stage 67. She struggled to get serious roles in the film industry, often being seen only as a dancer. = Stuntwork As she struggled to find roles, she met Hal Needham through Dinah Shore.
After her meeting with Needham, and with the encouragement of Burt Reynolds, she studied to be a stunt performer.
Saint Edmund went on to do stuntwork in Smokey and the Bandit. In 1975, Saint Edmund drove a 1972 Mercury to test airbags for Eaton Corporation.
She drove the car into a wall going 50 miles per hour (80 km/h). She was paid $25,000 by Allstate and broke her ankles.
She performed a motorcycle jump over cars on a television pilot for Evel Knievel, and suffered a compression fracture.
She was scheduled to do stuntwork in The Cannonball Run. She was unable to perform one day and the woman who was her stand-in ended up being paralyzed during a scene. Saint Edmund"s stunt work eventually made her the highest paid stuntwoman in Hollywood history.
Physical fitness and sports
Saint Edmund got involved in personal training in the late 1980s.
In the early 2000s, Saint Edmund started boxing. She boxed for about six months before stopping.
She became a personal trainer. In 2010, she started training to become a boxing referee.
She met, and then trained under Mike Rosario.
As a personal trainer, she has a youth training program called Modern Miracles.
