The trailblazer, who worked as an actress, stuntwoman and extra, appeared in more than 50 films and shows like 'The Singing Nun,' 'Tarzan, the Ape Man' and as Cicely Tyson's double in 'Mission: Impossible.

Toni Vaz, an actor and activist who created the NAACP Image Awards, died on Oct. 4 in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 101. Vaz's parents immigrated to the U.S. from Barbados and she was one of four siblings raised in New York City in the 1950s.

Toni Vaz, a trailblazing stunt performer, actress, and activist, who also founded the NAACP Image Awards, has died at 101.

Veteran Toni Vaz passed away at the age of 101 on October 4, a representative for the Motion Picture & Television Fund confirmed. The actor cum stunt performer, who pioneered the NAACP Image Awards, departed at the Motion Picture Fund campus in Woodland Hills,

Hollywood icon Toni Vaz, best known for her trailblazing onscreen stunt work, has died aged 101. A spokesperson confirmed Vaz died on October 4 on the Motion Picture Fund campus in Woodland Hills where she was a longtime ‘beloved’ resident. No cause of death has been revealed.

Actor-stuntwoman Toni Vaz has died on October 04. She was 101. A cause of death is yet to be determined. Vaz shifted from the East Coast to Los Angeles to become an actor and stunt performer in the 1950s,

Toni Vaz, a screen veteran, has passed away at the age of 101. As per a representative for the Motion Picture & Television Fund, Toni breathed her last on October 4. No cause of death was provided, The Hollywood Reporter reported.