Susan Backlinie

A blonde actress with brown eyes and a slim build, Susan Backlinie was an American actress, model, and stuntwoman. She is best remembered as Chrissie Watkins, the first shark attack victim in Steven Spielberg's 1975 film Jaws. Her career in film and television spanned from 1973 to 1982.

Before Jaws, she appeared in a topless pictorial, "The Lady and the Lion", in the January 1973 issue of Penthouse, photographed with the lion Zamba. She also posed nude for the February 1977 issue of Mayfair. Backlinie died from a heart attack at her home in Ventura, California, on May 11, 2024, at the age of 77.