Lee Fierro Dies Of COVID-19: ‘Jaws’ Actress Was 91

Jaw actress Lee Fierro has died after problems with COVID-19. She was 91.

The information of Fierro’s demise was reported by the Martha’s Winery Occasions. In keeping with Kevin Ryan, creative director and board president for Island Theatre Workshop, she was dwelling in an assisted dwelling facility in Ohio when she died. Fierro was a supporter of the Island Theatre Workshop for over 40 years throughout her time on Martha’s Winery. She was additionally a drama trainer and mentor on the Island Theatre Workshop.

In Steven Spielberg’s iconic 1975 horror Jaws, Fierro performed the function of Alex Kintner’s (Jeffrey Voorhees) mom who was killed by the titular shark. In a memorable scene, she is mourning her son’s demise and walks as much as Roy Scheider’s Brody and slaps him after studying he knew {that a} woman was killed after a shark assault. “You knew it was harmful, however you let individuals go swimming anyway,” she advised him whereas crying. “You knew all these issues and nonetheless my boy is useless now, and there’s nothing you are able to do about it. My boy is useless. I needed you to know that.” She went on to reprise her function in 1987’s Jaws: The Revenge.

A small service is deliberate by Fierro’s household in Ohio with a memorial service in Martha’s Winery at a later date.

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