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12:09 PM PT — Susan‘s companion, Harvey Swindall tells TMZ … Susan handed absent from coronary coronary heart assault Saturday early morning. He remembers her as probably the most wonderful individual he’d at any time met, like he’ll pass up her truly a wonderful deal.
Susan Backlinie, who executed just one particular of the critical unforgettable roles in “Jaws,” has died … TMZ has realized.
The longtime actress and stuntwoman handed absent at her dwelling Saturday morning in Ventura, CA … in accordance with Matthew Templeton, the agent who dealt with her convention bookings. He states the explanation for demise has not been produced the selection but.
SB bought her commence inside the displaying up whole globe in 1975 with the execute of Chrissie Watkins in Steven Spielberg‘s shark flick. She’s the lady who goes skinny dipping in the ocean inside just the opening scene … and will get savagely yanked backwards and forwards by the shark earlier than she’s eaten.
The scene, and Susan’s goal, turned iconic when the film develop to be Hollywood’s initially precise blockbuster. It in addition created hundreds of hundreds of guys and females quit swimming inside the ocean!
The scene took a pair days to shoot, and in an job interview final yr, Susan remembered the h2o presently getting completely freezing, nonetheless additional … she’s witnessed “Jaws” a ton and clearly has lots of enjoy for the film.
She partnered with Steven Spielberg to spoof the scene just a couple years later on in one particular certain in each and every of his a lot significantly less beloved motion photographs, “1941.”
Backlinie went on to do a complete complete lot of stunt operate in films and Tv. A couple of of her credit rating embody “The Excellent Muppet Caper,” “Day of the Animals,” and the Tv current “The Tumble Male.”
On the other hand, it is her “Jaws” functionality that all the time manufactured her a fan favourite on the meeting circuit.
Susan is survived by her companion, Harvey. She was 77.
RIP
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