Ginger Stanley

Ginger Stanley (December 19, 1931 – January 19, 2023) was an American model, actress and stunt woman.

Stanley was best known for her stunt work in the horror films Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), swimming as a double for lead actress Julie Adams, and the movie's sequel, Revenge of the Creature (1955), swimming as a double for lead actress Lori Nelson.

[1] She left her home in Walhalla, South Carolina at the age of 15 and moved to Sebring, Florida to live with her older sister.

[2] While competing in a festival in Leesburg, Florida, she met Newt Perry, a swimming coach, promoter, and consultant for movies that used underwater scenes.

[2] She hosted "Browsing with Ginger", a women's talk show on a local Orlando television station, and then spent twenty-three years as a runway model, working for various charities, department stores, and Walt Disney World.

Ginger Stanley in the grip of the Gill-Man