Samantha Eggar
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| Samantha Eggar | |
| Born | Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar 5 March 1939 Hampstead, London, England, UK |
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| Years active | 1960–2006 |
| Spouse(s) | Tom Stern (1964–1971) (divorced) |
Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar[1] (born 5 March 1939 in Hampstead, London) is an English actress.
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[edit] Early life
She was born to an English father (Ralph, a major in the British Army) and a mother (Muriel) of Dutch and Portuguese descent and was educated at a convent.
[edit] Career
She began her acting career in several Shakespearean companies, and debuted on film in 1962 in The Wild and the Willing. Also in 1962 she played Ethel Le Neve in the film Dr. Crippen, alongside Donald Pleasence. Samantha Eggar starred in Walk Don't Run (1966) with Cary Grant, his last picture. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Collector (1965). She was also named Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 1964 she married Tom Stern, with whom she has a son, Nicholas Stern, and a daughter, Jenna Stern. The couple divorced in 1971.
Eggar has also appeared in such films as Curtains, Doctor Dolittle, The Molly Maguires, Dark Horse, The Brood, and The Light at the Edge of the World. In 1972 she played the governess opposite Yul Bryner for the short-run Anna and the King (TV series).
In 1997 she provided the voice of Hera in Disney's animated film Hercules.
In 2000 she had a brief run in the American soap opera All My Children. She has also appeared as the wife of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's brother Robert in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, as Sister Vivian in Cold Case, and as Sarah Templeton, the wife of Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton (Donald Sutherland), on the television series Commander in Chief.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1962 | Dr. Crippen | Ethel Le Neve | |
| The Wild and the Willing | Josie | ||
| 1963 | Doctor in Distress | Delia Mallory | |
| 1964 | Psyche 59 | Robin | |
| 1965 | Return from the Ashes | Fabienne 'Fabi' Wolf | |
| The Collector | Miranda Grey | aka The Butterfly Collector Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Sant Jordi Award for Best Performance in a Foreign Film Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress |
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| 1966 | Walk Don't Run | Christine Easton | aka Walk, Don't Run |
| 1967 | Doctor Dolittle | Emma Fairfax | |
| 1970 | The Molly Maguires | Miss Mary Raines | |
| The Walking Stick | Deborah Dainton | ||
| The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun | Danielle Lang ("Dany") | ||
| 1971 | The Light at the Edge of the World | Arabella | |
| 1972 | The Dead Are Alive | Myra Shelton | |
| 1973 | A Name for Evil | Joanna Blake | |
| 1976 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Mary Morstan Watson | |
| 1977 | The Uncanny | Edina Hamilton | |
| Welcome to Blood City | Katherine | aka Blood City | |
| Why Shoot the Teacher? | Alice Field | ||
| 1978 | The Biggest Battle | Annelise Ackermann | |
| 1979 | The Brood | Nola Carveth | Nominated — Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress |
| 1980 | The Exterminator | Dr. Megan Stewart | |
| 1981 | The Hot Touch | Samantha O'Brien | |
| Demonoid Messenger of Death | Jennifer Baines | ||
| 1983 | Curtains | Samantha Sherwood | |
| 1991 | Ragin' Cajun | Dr. May | |
| 1992 | Dark Horse | Mrs. Curtis | |
| Round Numbers | Anne | ||
| 1994 | Inevitable Grace | Britt | |
| 1996 | The Phantom | Lily Palmer | |
| 1997 | Hercules | Hera, Hercules' Mother | (voice) |
| 1999 | The Astronaut's Wife | Dr. Patraba |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Samantha Eggar at the Internet Movie Database
- Samantha Eggar biography and credits at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
- Samantha Eggar at TV.com
- Samantha Eggar at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
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