- Born
- Died
- Birth nameSusan Jane Myers
- Nicknames
- S.J. Swindall
- S.J. Backlinie
- Susan J. Backlinie
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Susan Backlinie was born on September 1, 1946 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was an actress, known for Jaws (1975), 1941 (1979) and The Great Muppet Caper (1981). She was married to Harvey Swindall, William Henry Backlinie, William Seale and Monty Cox. She died on May 11, 2024 in Ventura, California, USA.
- SpousesHarvey Swindall(1995 - May 11, 2024) (her death)William Henry Backlinie(October 1966 - June 1971) (divorced, 1 child)William Seale (divorced)Monty Cox (divorced)
- Is a former stuntwoman who specialized in swimming work.
- 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 wild animal trainer and sports diver.
- Owned and trained a bear whose growls were later recorded for use as the voice of Chewbacca, according to Peter Mayhew tweet.
- 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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