Sharon Schaffer

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Sharon M. Schaffer is a stuntwoman, actress and stunt coordinator who performed stunts as a Mercy Hospital nurse along with Eddie Hice in , coordinated by R.A. Rondell. , Schaffer doubled guest actress Karole Selmon in the first season episode in a fight scene with fellow stuntwoman Cheryl Wheeler-Dixon, coordinated by Glenn R. Wilder.
== Personal ==
Schaffer was born in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, California and trained singing with the Johnson Gospel Ensemble and vocal coaches Marge Rivingston and Seth Riggs. She studied acting at the Playhouse West Acting Studio and with coaches such as Steve Nave, Carroll Day Kimble, Julie Ariola, Carolyne Barry, and Chance Pierce. In the late 1970s, Schaffer started to work in the stunt industry and trained at Paul Stader's Gym in Santa Monica and Precision Driving at the BMW Motorcycle Team and at Rick Seaman's Stunt Driving School.
Schaffer is also a professional surfer and a member of the Black Surfing Team where she is nicknamed "Black Mermaid". In 2010 she was featured at the "How We Roll" exhibit at the California African American Museum honoring her cultural influences in surfing, skateboarding and rollerskating as first African American female professional surfer. In 2012 she received the President's Award at the NAACP Image Awards.
== Career ==
=== 1980s ===
Schaffer started to work in film and television in the early 1980s when she performed stunts in episodes of The Powers of Matthew Star (coordinated by Alan Oliney), V (coordinated by David Richard Ellis), (coordinated by Chris Doyle), Voyagers! (coordinated by Ron Stein), , Palmerstown USA, The Fall Guy, , , Tucker's Witch (coordinated by Eddy Donno), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, (coordinated by Donna Garrett), , Matt Houston, The Bad News Bears, Sheriff Lobo, (coordinated by Robert Bralver), (coordinated by Paul Baxley), , Mike Hammer (coordinated by Richard E. Butler), , and and Max Headroom (both coordinated by Buck McDancer).
She worked as stunt double for on , as double for on (coordinated by John Moio), performed an 85 ft. (26 meters) high fall for (1982, coordinated by Frank James Sparks), and doubled actress on the television series Code Name: Foxfire (1985, coordinated by Erik Cord). Schaffer was the stunt double for actress on (1981), doubled Penny Johnson in (1984, coordinated by Tony Cecere), Vanessa Williams in Under the Gun (1988, coordinated by Harry Wowchuck), in (1984), Lonette McKee in (1985), and Whoopi Goldberg in (1985), (1986) and (1987).
Other films she worked on in the 1980s include (1980), (1980), (1981, working with Faith Minton, Tom Morga, Bob Minor, Diamond Farnsworth, Tony Brubaker, and Gary Baxley), (1983, coordinated by Glenn R. Wilder), (1983, coordinated by Jophery C. Brown), (1985), (1987), (1987), (1988), (1988), (1988), the action film Captive Rage (1988, coordinated by B.J. Davis), (1989), and (1989, coordinated by Mike Cassidy).
=== 1990s ===
In 1991, Schaffer worked as stunt coordinator on , featuring Renée Jones and Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr. She was one of the vampires in (1992), played the frightened token clerk in (1995), and doubled actress in (1998, with stunts by Spike Silver, Noon Orsatti, and Alan Oliney).
Television work includes episodes of , (coordinated by Diamond Farnsworth), Port Charles, Cop Rock, , , Dangerous Minds, and (1990), Heat Wave (1990, coordinated by Dick Butler), and (1991, coordinated by Al Jones).
Schaffer performed stunts in (1990, coordinated by Warren A. Stevens and Charles Croughwell and working with George Colucci, Maria Kelly, Dan Koko, Dennis Madalone, Michael J. Sarna, and Tim Trella), (1990, coordinated by Alan Oliney), (1990, coordinated by Joel Kramer), (1993, with Gary Cole, Clyde Kusatsu, Carl Ciarfalio, Michael Zurich, Lena Banks, Robert Buckingham, Elizabeth Pengson, Robin Morselli, and Denise Lynne Roberts), (1994, coordinated by Julius LeFlore), (1995), (1995), (1997), (1997), and the independent film The Set Effect (1999).
=== 2000s ===
In the 2000s, Schaffer performed stunts in (2000, coordinated by Gary Combs and working with Phil Culotta, Lincoln Simonds, and April Weeden), (2001), (2001), (2002) and Mystic River (2003), (2003), (2003), and doubled actress Dolores Sheen in (2002, working with Austin Priester, Brian Bennett, Manny Perry, and Denney Pierce).
She was the Deli waitress in (2004), performed stunts in (2006, coordinated by Charles Picerni, Jr.), (2006, starring Dwayne Johnson and stunt coordination by Allan Graf), (2007, with Boni Yanagisawa, Chrissy Weathersby, and Lin Oeding), (2008, with Sonny Surowiec, Bridgett Riley, Chien Funan, Hiro Koda, and Ted Barba), and as stunt double in (2008).
Schaffer was a regular stunt performer on the reality game show Next Action Star (2004, with Brian Christensen and Shauna Duggins) as well as on the television series Entourage (coordinated by Spike Silver), Standoff (coordinated by Carrick O'Quinn), Big Time Rush and Unfabulous (both coordinated by Vince Deadrick, Jr.), , Shark (coordinated by Ron Stein), Everybody Hates Chris, as stunt double for in That's So Raven (coordinated by Chris Doyle), , Snoops, , Lincoln Heights, and (coordinated by Noon Orsatti). She also doubled in her Revlon commercials, coordinated commercials for McDonals and Lincoln Mercury, and worked in spots for Chevy, Toyota, Bud Lite, and Suzuki as well as double for in her music videos.
In 2006, Schaffer was part of the documentary Hollywood at Its Best which depicts the professional and personal life of Hollywood's five top African American stuntwomen. The documentary was written, produced, and directed by LaFaye Baker who worked on the final episode . It also features stuntwoman April Weeden, Nichelle Nichols' stunt double Kim Washington, and 's stunt double Kelsee King-Devoreaux.
More recent work includes doubling actress in (coordinated by Peewee Piemonte), stunt acting for Rick Avery in (2007), working as stunt driver, stunt double and producer on Eric Chambers' (2007, with Marjean Holden, Rich Minga, and Shawn McConnell), stunt acting on (2008, with Rosine "Ace" Hatem and stunt coordination by Bobby C. King), and working as stunt driving double for Zoe Saldana on (2011).
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