Ms. Backlinie, a stuntwoman, appeared in the terrifying opening scene of the 1975 blockbuster in which a great white shark ...

Susan Backlinie, who played the first shark attack victim in Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws,” has died. She was 77. Backlinie died ...

Jaws' actress Susan Backlinie, who played the first shark victim Chrissie Watkins, has passed away at the age of 77.

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

The actress who played the first victim of the shark in Jaws has died aged 77. Susan Backlinie, whose character Chrissie ...

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, who played the first shark attack victim in Steven Spielberg's 1975 film "Jaws," died over the weekend. She was 77.

Actress and stuntwoman Susan Backlinie, best known as the first victim of a shark attack in the movie 'Jaws,' has died.

Susan Backlinie, who played the first shark attack victim in Steven Spielberg's 1975 film "Jaws," died over the weekend. She ...

Susan Backlinie died after a fatal heart attack (Picture: Bobby Bank/Getty Images) Susan Backlinie has died aged 77. The actress, who played the first victim of the killer shark in Jaws, had a ...

Susan Backlinie, whose iconic opening death scene set the tone of terror for “Jaws,” died Saturday of a heart attack in California, her agent told The New York ...