Kitty O'Neil

In 1976, she was dubbed the 'fastest woman alive,' after driving a car at more than 500mph.

Google celebrates the life of stunt performer Kitty O'Neil who set a land speed record in 1976 in a rocket-powered vehicle.

[ she crashed and died](https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2019/08/28/Fastest-woman-on-4-wheels-Jessi-Combs-dies-in-crash/4661567021867/) while doing so, stunt driver Jessi Combs broke the mark set by O'Neil, also at the Alvord Desert in 2019. After she established the mark, she was told she couldn't try to set the men's record because Needham's sponsors had already paid for him to do so. March 24 (UPI) -- Kitty O'Neil was once dubbed the "fastest woman in the world." Her father is Irish and her mother is a member of the Cherokee Nation. But her biggest accomplishment was setting a women's speed record. But she forged ahead despite the disability first becoming a diver, then a stunt performer when her diving career ended due to injury.

Kitty O'Neil was a stuntwoman for Lynda Carter in the 1970s TV series "Wonder Woman."

[Consider supporting local journalism with a subscription to the Caller-Times](https://offers.caller.com/specialoffer?gps-source=CPTOPNAVBAR&utm_campaign=specialoffer&utm_medium=onsite&utm_source=topnavbar). "She was an absolute daredevil who paved the way for many future stunt athletes. Thank you for the memories. "Kitty O’Neil was a beautiful, amazing dear friend," Carter wrote. I say to people I can do anything I want." "People say I can't do anything.

In 1976, O'Neil was crowned “the fastest woman alive” after speeding across the Alvord Desert at 512.76 MPH.

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Today is the 77th birthday of Kitty O'Neil, a renowned American stuntwoman and actress who was hearing-impaired from a very young age. Get to know about ...

Also, she became the first woman to join Stunts Unlimited, an organization for top stunt performers in Hollywood. Apart from this, she set a women’s high fall record of 127 feet in his performance as a stunt double in an episode of the Wonder Woman Series. In 1976, she received the honorable title of ‘fastest woman alive’ for breaking previous records for rocket-powered car drivers. Kitty O’Neil was an American stuntwoman and actor who suffered from an illness in her childhood which affected her hearing capacity to the extent that she became deaf. She was the reason Kitty learned lip-reading after losing her hearing ability. Despite numerous challenges that she faced since her childhood, she went on to become one of the most recognized stunt performers in Hollywood.