Jaws
1975
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Jun 22, 2022 · “Jaws” actress Susan Backlinie — who famously played the skinny-dipping shark victim in the 1975 classic’s opening scene — was recently spotted running errands in Ventura, California, ahead of...
May 12, 2024 · Susan Backlinie, who as a skinny-dipper out for a nighttime swim became the shark’s first victim in Steven Spielberg’s 'Jaws,' has died.
May 12, 2024 · Backlinie was best known for her role as Chrissie Watkins in “Jaws,” who is dragged to her death by a killer shark in the 1975 film’s iconic opening scene.
Susan Backlinie swimming as the Great White Shark swims up in publicity art for the film 'Jaws', 1975. Susan Backlinie in a scene from the film 'Two-Minute Warning', 1976. Susan Backlinie attends Chiller Theatre Expo Halloween 2023 at Parsippany Hilton on October 27, 2023 in Parsippany, New Jersey.
May 12, 2024 · Susan Backlinie, Swimmer Who Was the First Victim in ‘Jaws,’ Dies at 77. Ms. Backlinie, a stuntwoman, appeared in the terrifying opening scene of the 1975 blockbuster in which a great white ...
Ms. Backlinie is the swimmer in the opening scene who becomes the first victim of the shark in Jaws (1975). She later spoofed this scene in Spielberg's 1941 (1979) but encounters a Japanese submarine instead of a toothy fish.
Susan Jane Backlinie (September 1, 1946 – May 11, 2024) was an American actress and stuntwoman. She was known for playing Chrissie Watkins, the shark attack victim in the opening scene of Steven Spielberg's 1975 film Jaws.
