Actress Susan Backlinie, a swimmer and stuntwoman who played the young skinny-dipper who became the first shark victim in Steven Spielberg’s epic 1975 film, “Jaws,” died Saturday. She was 77.

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 her ...

Susan Backlinie, the stuntperson and actress who as a young skinny-dipper out for a nighttime swim off the coast of Amity Island became the shark’s first victim in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, has died.

VENTURA, Calif. (KABC) -- Susan Backlinie, who played the first shark attack victim in Steven Spielberg's 1975 film "Jaws," died over the weekend. She was 77. According to The Daily Jaws, a website ...

Susan Backlinie, whose onscreen demise at the beginning of Jaws made countless moviegoers scared to go in the water, has died at age 77. Backlinie’s convention agent told The Daily Jaws website that ...