---
name: "Susan Backlinie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/susan-backlinie"
fi1m_id: "susan-backlinie"
imdb_id: "nm0045681"
tmdb_id: 8610
wikidata_id: "Q3978222"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 September 1946"
died: "11 May 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:31:18.843382+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Susan Backlinie

## Identity

Susan Backlinie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/susan-backlinie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** susan-backlinie
- **IMDb ID:** nm0045681
- **TMDB ID:** 8610
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3978222
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Backlinie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3978222, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0045681/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8610

Actor. Born 1 September 1946 in Miami, Florida, USA. Died 11 May 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 September 1946, Miami, Florida, USA
- **Died:** 11 May 2024
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Backlinie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3978222, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0045681/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8610

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Jaws*](https://film.one/film/jaws.md) (93)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Susan Backlinie was an American actress and stuntwoman. She was born on 1 September 1946 in Miami, Florida, and died on 11 May 2024 in Ventura, California.

She is best known for playing Chrissie Watkins, the first victim of the shark, in Steven Spielberg's *Jaws* (1975). A former competitive swimmer, mermaid performer and animal trainer, she specialised in aquatic stunt work. Her other screen credits include *1941* (1979), *Day of the Animals* (1977) and *The Great Muppet Caper* (1981).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Jaws* (1975), Fi1m 93, as Chrissie — [page](https://film.one/film/jaws.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Fall Guy* (1981), series, as Tammy
- *The Great Muppet Caper* (1981), as Charkie's Water Ballet Performer
- *1941* (1979), as Polar Bear Woman
- *Day of the Animals* (1977), as Mandy Young
- *Quark* (1977), series, as Guard #1
- *Two-Minute Warning* (1976), as Pretty Blonde Woman in Crowd
- *A Stranger in My Forest* (1976), as Susie
- *Jaws* (1975), as Chrissie — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/jaws.md)
- *The Grizzly and the Treasure* (1975), as Eve

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/susan-backlinie