Jeannie Epper was born to be a Hollywood stuntwoman her father, mother and siblings were all stunt people, too. The groundbreaking performer, who did stunts for many of the most important women of film and television in the 1970s and '80s (including Lynda Carter on TV's "Wonder Woman"), has died at age 83. In this CBS News profile first broadcast on May 3, 1979, Dan Rather interviewed Epper about the hazards of her profession.

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