Susan Purkhiser

Susan J. Purkhiser is a stuntwoman and stunt actress who served as stunt double for Jimmy Bennett (young James T. Kirk) in . She doubled Bennett's car stunts during the Corvette chase with the Iowa cop, portrayed by Jeremy Fitzgerald.
Purkhiser is trained in precision driving and racing stunts with various vehicles and doubled actress 's car stunts in (2003). Her skills earned her several awards such as the 1999 Overall Champion, SAMP Driving Contest. Purkhiser worked for two years as an instructor at the Motion Picture Stunt Driving School and has done live performances and commercials for various companies such as Chrysler, Mercedes, Toyota, Hyundai, and Honda.
Purkhiser doubled stars such as (1997 in Two Came Back), (2001 in Follow the Stars Home), , (2003 in The Young and the Restless), (2003 in Right on Track), and .
Other television series she worked on include Baywatch, , Malcolm in the Middle, The Pretender, Any Day Now, She Spies, CSI, The District, and Punk'd.
Purkhiser's film credits include stunt work in (1997), (1997, with F. Murray Abraham and stunts by Jane Austin, Ben Bray, Doug Coleman, Keith Campbell, Doc Charbonneau, John Escobar, Kurt Lott, and Eddie Perez), (1998, with stunts by Dan Barringer, Mickey Giacomazzi, and Ben Bray), (1998, starring Julie Warner), (1999, with stunts by Robin Bonaccorsi and Peter Epstein), (1999), (2000), (2001), (2003), (2003), (2004, starring Kirsten Dunst and Donna Murphy), (2006, stunt coordinated by Dennis Keiffer), (2006, with stunts by James M. Halty and Pat Romano), (2007), (2007), and (2008, with stunts by Charlie Brewer, Mike Massa, Kimberly Murphy, Pat Romano, and Darlene Ava Williams).
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