{"id":3717,"date":"2020-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3717"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:47:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:47:30","slug":"lee-fierro-actress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3717","title":{"rendered":"Lee Fierro, actress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elizabeth Lee Fierro \u2011 an American actress and theater promoter best known for playing Mrs. Kintner in the Jaws film franchise –  died on April 5, 2020 in Aurora, Ohio, of COVID-19.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Fierro had training as an actress in theater but not as a screen actress.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Fierro acted in a famous scene in the 1975 film Jaws, in which she (as Mrs. Kintner) slapped the police chief.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Fierro lived for many years on Martha's Vineyard, where from 1974 to 2017 she was artistic director of the Island Theatre Workshop and mentored hundreds of aspiring actors. Kevin Ryan, the Theater's board president in 2020, who had worked with her for 30 years, estimated that Fierro had mentored and taught theater to more than 1,000 children, and recalled Fierro as "fiercely dedicated to the mission of teaching. She, no matter what it was, would stay at it and get the job done."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In 2013, Fierro received a "Woman of the Year" award by Women Empowered to Make Healthy Choices for her local theater workshop.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In mid-2017, Fierro moved to Aurora, Ohio, to an assisted living facility, to be closer to her family.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Fierro died on April 5, 2020 in Aurora, Ohio, of COVID-19. Fierro's death was noted in dedicated entertainment media, and other media that included USA Today, Business Insider, and United Press International.<\/p>\r\n<\/p>

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Elizabeth Lee Fierro \u2011 an American actress and theater promoter best known for playing Mrs. Kintner in the Jaws film franchise –  died on April 5, 2020 in Aurora, Ohio, of COVID-19. Fierro had training as an actress in theater but not as a screen actress. 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