Tony WattsThe screen veteran dies at the age of 101.
Toni breathed her last on October 4, according to a representative from the Motion Picture and Television Fund.
she moved to Los Angeles Coming from the East Coast in the 1950s, pursuing a career actor This might be a surprising career choice for some, since her mother wouldn’t allow her to watch movies until she was an adult.
That leap of faith paid off when he was cast as an extra in Joseph M. Newman’s Tarzan of the Apes for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was released in 1959, with Watts on the set opposite the studio’s Leo the Lion.
Watts followed up her credits with roles in Arnold Lavin’s Anna Lucasta, starring Essa Kit and Sammy Davis Jr., and Henry Coster’s The Singing Nun 》. As one of the first black women to dive headfirst into the industry, she began doing more stunt work. According to the Mission: Impossible TV series, she was the stand-in for the legendary Cicely Tyson and appeared in more than 50 movies and TV shows during her career. Traveled the world, captured on film dangling from a helicopter and other impressive feats.
Most recently, Watts appeared on MPTF’s Reel Stories, Real Lives series, including a segment hosted by NAACP Image Award winner Angela Bassett.
