Actress Susan Backlinie, best known as the first shark victim in the “Jaws” franchise, has died. She was 77. USA TODAY has ...

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.

(NEXSTAR) – Susan Backlinie, perhaps best known to cinephiles as the first victim in the 1975 blockbuster “Jaws,” has died.

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 ...

Susan Backlinie, whose gruesome death in Jaws scared millions from swimming in the ocean, died Saturday at 77 in her home in Ventura, CA. Her death was confirmed by Matthew Templeton, the agent ...

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 ...

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.

Susan Backlinie, an actress and stuntwoman who famously played the first shark attack victim in the opening scene of “Jaws,” has died. She was 77. Susan’s husband, Harvey Swindall, told TMZ ...

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 years to ...