- Born
- Birth nameSusan Jane Swindall
- Nicknames
- S.J. Swindall
- S.J. Backlinie
- Susan J. Backlinie
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Susan Backlinie was born on September 1, 1946 in Ventura, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Jaws (1975), 1941 (1979) and The Great Muppet Caper (1981). She is married to William Seale. She was previously married to Monty Cox.
- SpousesWilliam Seale(? - present)
- Ms. Backlinie is the swimmer in the opening scene who becomes the first victim of the shark in Jaws (1975). She later spoofed this scene in Spielberg's 1941 (1979) but encounters a Japanese submarine instead of a toothy fish.
- Is a former stuntwoman who specialized in swimming work.
- Owned and trained a bear whose growls were later recorded for use as the voice of Chewbacca, according to Peter Mayhew tweet.
- Is a former wild animal trainer and sports diver.
- She appeared in her own pictorial ("The Lady and the Lion") in the January 1973 issue of Penthouse magazine.
- I'm not a women's libber. Having a pretty girl running down the beach, then having her torn apart by a shark, is a lot better than having a flabby guy running down the beach and getting torn up. I don't think women are exploited as much as some women think they are.
- I do about four or five [conventions] a year. It's fun to go out and meet all the fans. They all have the same thing to say and the main thing they say all the time is: 'You've kept me out of the water.'
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