| Occupation Actress, stuntwoman Spouse William Seale Role Actress | Name Susan Backlinie Years active 1973–1981 | |
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| Full Name Susan Jane Swindall Born September 1, 1946 (age 77) (1946-09-01) Ventura, California Movies Jaws, 1941, The Great Muppet Caper, The Grizzly and the Treasure Similar People Carl Gottlieb, Lorraine Gary, Jeffrey Kramer, Murray Hamilton, Roy Scheider | ||
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Susan Backlinie (born Susan Jane Swindall on September 1, 1946) is a former actress and stuntwoman. She is known for her role as Chrissie Watkins, the first shark victim in Steven Spielberg's 1975 blockbuster Jaws.
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- Personal life
- Career
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- Filmography
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Susan backlinie chrissie on jaws
Personal life
Along with being a stuntwoman specializing in swimming work, she was also an animal trainer. She currently works as a computer accountant in her birthplace of Ventura, California.
Career
Backlinie's appearance in Jaws took three days to shoot, with Backlinie strapped into a harness while the crew struggled to get the desired effects. Backlinie also appeared in Spielberg's film 1941 parodying her role in Jaws. Instead of being attacked by a shark during a midnight swim, she's "picked up" by the periscope of a Japanese submarine. The scene has been described as the best joke in what is otherwise widely considered one of Spielberg's least successful films. Backlinie also appeared in the 1977 film Day of the Animals, regarded by some as a Jaws clone about nature gone bad.
When Jaws co-star Richard Dreyfuss saw a daily of her performance of being attacked by the shark, he told her it absolutely terrified him.
Originally, the shot of the shark attack in which Backlinie was involved had to be shot several times, because she was unable to produce the intended reaction. Therefore, the next filming day, the attack scene was shot again, only this time, Backlinie was not told when she would be "attacked". When the diver below her grabbed onto and pulled her leg, submerging her, she gave a genuine scared reaction, and the shot was left in the final product, as it was exactly what Spielberg was looking for.
Other
She appeared in her own pictorial ("The Lady and the Lion") in the January 1973 issue of Penthouse magazine.
Filmography
Actress1982The Fall Guy (TV Series) as Tammy - The Silent Partner (1982) - Tammy 1982Catalina C-Lab (TV Movie) as Diver With Bends1981The Great Muppet Caper as Charkie's Water Ballet Performer19791941 as Polar Bear Woman1978Quark (TV Series) as Guard #1 - All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms: Part 1 (1978) - Guard #1 1977Day of the Animals as Mandy Young1976A Stranger in My Forest as Susan1976Two-Minute Warning as Pretty Blonde Woman in Crowd (uncredited)1976The Quest (TV Series) as Girl in Brawl - Seventy-Two Hours (1976) - Girl in Brawl 1975The Grizzly & the Treasure as Eve Lambert1975Jaws as ChrissieStunts1981Image of the Beast (stunts)1979The Villain (stunt woman)Miscellaneous1976A Stranger in My Forest (trainer)Thanks1995The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' (Video documentary) (special thanks)Self2015Inside Edition (TV Series documentary) as Self - Episode #26.200 (2015) - Self 2010Jaws: The Inside Story (TV Movie documentary) as Self2007The Shark Is Still Working (Documentary) as Self2006Something Was Out There (Video short) as Self2002E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) as Self - Jaws (2002) - Self 1995The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' (Video documentary) as SelfArchive Footage2015Robert Shaw: Jaws, Deoch & Deora (Documentary)2012Jaws: The Restoration (Documentary short) as Chrissie Watkins201020 to 1 (TV Series documentary) as Swimming Chrissie, First Victim - Our All Time Favourite Films (2010) - Swimming Chrissie, First Victim 2010American Grindhouse (Documentary)2007Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (TV Series documentary) as Chrissie - Jaws (2007) - Chrissie 2005MythBusters (TV Series documentary) as Chrissie Watkins - Jaws Special (2005) - Chrissie Watkins 1984Terror in the Aisles (Documentary) as Chrissie Watkins (uncredited)1978Quark (TV Series) as Guard #1 - All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms: Part 2 (1978) - Guard #1 (uncredited) More Alchetron TopicsReferences
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