Susan Backlinie aka 'Chrissie Watkins' (shark's first victim in Jaws) dies from heart attack age 77

RIP (and thank you for your huge part in one of the greatest openings of one of the greatest films of all time).

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That is very correct. They say that while some people get into the movies for the money, others get in the movies "to be in something that will last forever." Sometimes, they get the money, too.

Ms. Backlinie got something that will last forever. And evidently SOME money, too. I didn't realize she stayed in California and found work as a stuntwoman AND ...like so many people in famous movies...conventions. Good for her.

She DOES spoof her opening Jaws death in a non-lethal manner in Spielberg's 'less beloved" 1941. And offers up a more graphic bit of nudity -- played for laughs -- as she clings in the nude to a Japanese submarine periscope which has lifted her out of the water. (There is a low angle shot straight up at her naked buttocks -- as Forrest Gump might call them.)

It was a nice "sequel" to Jaws...and 1941 has gotten a better reputation over the years..

RIP, Chrissie...and welcome to movie immortality...

R.I.P. Susan Backlenie

RIP