Susan Backlinie, first victim in 'Jaws' film, dead at 77 Backlinie was chosen by director Steven Spielberg in part for her swimming capabilities - Husband of 30 years, Harvey Swindall - death was "very unexpected." She died in their California home - Saturday morning from a heart attack. She was 77. "The first thing [Spielberg] said to me was, ‘When your scene is done, I want everyone under the seats with the popcorn and bubblegum,'" she said. "So, I think we did that." "What they did was there were some pilings about 50 yards out on the beach, and they ran cables all the way from the beach out to the pilings in two shifts, and then they put me between the two pilings, and they had guys on the beach, about five or six on each cable," she explained. "We marked lines on the beach, and they would pull me right to the edge of the frame on either side. And the guys just ran back and forth from mark to mark," she said of the Martha's Vineyard set.
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