The actor was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2004, and died of a staph infection in February 2008 aged 75 years old.
In Jaws, the 1975 summer blockbuster that put director Steven Spielbergon the map, Backlinie played Chrissie, the skinny-dipper killed by the shark in the first scene. When she got the part at age ...
She is known for her role as Chrissie Watkins, the first shark victim in Steven Spielberg's blockbuster Jaws (1975).