Susan Backlinie, who played the first shark attack victim in Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws,” has died. She was 77. Backlinie died Saturday morning at her California home due to a heart attack ...
Ms. Backlinie, a stuntwoman, appeared in the terrifying opening scene of the 1975 blockbuster in which a great white shark attacks. By Johnny Diaz Susan Backlinie, the actress and stuntwoman whose ...
THE actress and stuntperson Susan Backlinie who played the shark's first victim in Jaws has died. Backlinie was 77 years old and died at home on Saturday in Ventura, California, her agent confirmed.
Steven Spielberg said he needed a stuntperson and expert swimmer who "knew how to endure what I imagined was going to be a whole lot of violent shaking." By Mike Barnes Senior Editor “I didn’t ...
Susan Backlinie, the stuntwoman who played the first person to be devoured by the shark in “Jaws,” has died at 77 years old, her agent told fan site “The Daily Jaws.” Her passing comes 50 ...
Susan Backlinie, the swimmer who portrayed the first victim in the 1975 blockbuster Jaws, has passed away. The stuntperson and actress died at the age of 77 in her California home, as confirmed by ...
Actress and stuntwoman Susan Backlinie, perhaps best known as the first shark attack victim in 'Jaws,' has died. Backlinie, 77, suffered a fatal heart attack at her home in Ventura, California.