While working as a stunt performer and actress, she created the Image Awards in 1967, raising money for the NAACP and showcasing Black artists and entertainers.

Actress Toni Vaz, a stunt performer who also founded the NAACP Image Awards, has died at age 101, according to her spokesperson.

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.

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.

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

Toni Vaz, actress and activist who will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2025, has died at the age of 101. Vaz died at the Motion Picture Fund campus in Woodland Hills, Calif on Oct.