Georgia Durante
Georgia Durante has packed a lifetime of lessons into forty-
eight years. Those who have known her for the past eighteen
years as one of Hollywood’s most successful female
commercial stunt drivers have been shocked by the truth of
her past. Hollywood producers have known two Georgia Durante’s: the
steely-nerved stuntwoman with the skill to handle a three-
ton high-performance vehicle in high-speed precision
maneuvers; and the beautiful model and actress who, at
seventeen, was considered the most photographed girl in the
country. They knew only those sides of her because that was all she
chose to reveal. Only now does she share the full story of
her life, in The Company She Keeps. Compelling and
terrifying, The Company She Keeps tells the true story of
Georgia Durante’s storybook beginnings in Rochester, New
York when at the tender age of twelve, the radiant little
girl began her national modeling career. At seventeen, she
became the "Kodak Girl" immortalized with her life-size
image displayed in more than 80,000 retail stores across
the country. Soon the magnetic smile that propelled Georgia’s modeling
career served only to mask the pain she endured from a
brutal rape at the hands of her brother-in-law, her first
brushes with mob violence, the birth of her daughter, and a
failed marriage, all before she turned twenty. The
underworld is where Georgia sought comfort and eventually
became a wheelwoman for the mob, giving birth to the career
that she eventually pursues. The Company She Keeps is powerful and raw; a deeply
personal account of one woman’s life. Model, Mafia wife,
victim and victor, Georgia Durante saw the worst that life
had to offer and escaped it. She embraced the positive, but
kept the negatives so as never to forget. Georgia’s current book has touched thousands of women who’s
own lives experience have been different, but in many ways,
the same. They have reached out to her for comfort and
advise. Her book took her down roads she never expected to
take. She now travels around the country speaking to abused
women, kids on drugs, and inspires them to look at their
lives and make the needed changes. She has saved one woman
from being murdered and another from committing suicide.
Those are the two she knows about. She has lived many lives
in one and can speak on several topics on many levels. She
has become a favorite guest for TV talk shows and radio
shows. With her company, Performance Two, Georgia Durante has
performed in hundreds of national and international
television commercial campaigns. Her clients include all of
the major automobile manufacturers as well as many of the
most recognized brands and products in the world.
Additionally she has appeared in numerous feature films and
network television shows. She is currently seeing game show
host, "Chuck Woolery" and continues to make her home in
Southern California.
Log In to see more information about Georgia Durante
Log in or register now!
Series
Books:The Company She Keeps, October 2008
Mass Market Paperback
The Company She Keeps, March 2004
Trade Size
|