245. Helen Gibson — Hollywood's First Stuntwoman

Leaping off galloping horses, teetering atop speeding locomotives and jumping out of airplanes — feats like these were all in a day’s work for Helen Gibson, a Hollywood film star who put the “hazard” in “The Hazards of Helen,” a wildly popular silent movie serial she starred in from 1915-1917. In this week’s episode, Amy reviews Daughter of Daring —a brand new biography of Gibson by Mallory O’Meara that tells her life story in the larger context of women’s history in Hollywood. Find out why Gibson is worth remembering as  “The Most Daring Actress in Pictures.” This bonus episode is available to paid subscribers or for individual purchase.