Obituary: Susan Backlinie, stuntwoman immortalised as the shark’s first victim in ‘Jaws’

Obituary: Susan Backlinie, stuntwoman immortalised as the shark’s first victim in ‘Jaws’

Susan Backlinie, who has died age 77, played the shark’s first victim in the unforgettable — and much parodied — opening sequence of Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning blockbuster Jaws (1975).