'Jaws' actress Lee Fierro dies at 91 of coronavirus complications

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Actress Lee Fierro died Sunday of complications stemming from the novel coronavirus. She was best known for her role as Mrs. Kintner in the 1975 horror film "Jaws." She was 91.



Her death was confirmed by Kevin Ryan, who is the artistic director and board of Island Theatre Workshop in Martha's Vineyard. Fierro taught and mentored more than 1,000 children through the program, according to The Martha's Vineyard Times.

She is survived by five children, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Fierro's most famous scene may be "the slap scene" in which her character, a grieving mother, angrily chastises police chief Martin Brody for not acting on the shark threat sooner, costing the life of her son.