

That all went to Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Steven Spielberg, John Williams, and of course, Bruce the shark. She certainly never received much praise back in the day.

I watch JAWS nearly every summer, and it seems with each viewing I notice Lorraine Gary more and more. I’m talking about Lorraine Gary, who played Chief Brody’s wife Ellen in JAWS (1975) and in two of the three JAWS sequels. Up today an actress whose claim to fame is pretty much due to one famous movie and its sequels, but that’s okay because her performances in those movies are quite memorable.

Welcome back to LEADING LADIES, the column where we look at lead actresses in the movies, specifically horror movies.
