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Susan Backlinie

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American actress and stuntwoman (1946-2024)

United StatesActorsLived 1946 to 2024 · aged 77
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Languages14
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Susan Jane Backlinie was an American actress and stuntwoman. She was known for playing Chrissie Watkins, the shark attack victim in the opening beach party scene of Steven Spielberg's 1975 film Jaws.

Also inDeutsch

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Clarence the Lion, and Judy the Chimp, who Backlinie worked with as a trainer in the early 1970s.Clarence the Lion, and Judy the Chimp, who Backlinie worked with as a trainer in the early 1970s.

Filmography 9

Jaws1975 · ★ 7.7
19411979 · ★ 5.8
The Great Muppet Caper1981 · ★ 6.9
Two-Minute Warning1976 · ★ 6.3
Day of the Animals1977 · ★ 5.2
The Shark Is Still Working2009
The Making of 'Jaws'1995
The Grizzly and the Treasure1975
A Stranger in My Forest1976

11 credits on file

Television 2

The Fall Guy1981
Quark1977

Connected to Susan 6

David GrohAlso in Two-Minute Warning (1976)Lynda Day GeorgeAlso in Day of the Animals (1977)Jerry NelsonAlso in The Great Muppet Caper (1981)Carl GottliebAlso in Jaws (1975)Maureen TeefyAlso in 1941 (1979)Sydney LassickAlso in 1941 (1979)

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1946 to 2024 · aged 77
Written about in
14 languages

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