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Samantha Eggar

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Samantha Eggar in The Walking Stick (1970)
Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.
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Curtains (1983)
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One thing that hasn't changed about her is her sharp sense of humour. Everything else has. Coming from England with an upper middle class accent and boarding school educated she now lives in a hidden away canyon in Los Angeles with her 2 children, Jenna and Nicholas and her stuntman boyfriend Dick Ziker who co-ordinated the stunts in Charlies Angels. She was previously married to American actor/producer Tom Stern in Britain in1964 but divorced in 1970. After their marriage they went to America, Sam to make the film The Collector, for which she was Oscar nominated and Tom to pursue his own career, and rented a house in Benedict Canyon where Sharon Tate was later murdered. After The Collector work kept being offered to her then she became pregnant and soon was on the celebrity circuit attending parties and premiers and making such films as Doctor Dolittle, Walk Don't Run and The Molly Maguires then about 1973 she retired and took pleasure in not having to get up at 5.30 and doing things around the house. Every year though she did some television for the educational channel then a tv series based on The King and I and a film for television then in 1976 returned to England to appear in the film The Seven Per Cent Solution but was told off for speaking with an American accent and she found the money system strange and the fact that she had no memories to go back to.
BornMarch 5, 1939
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 3 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Known for

    Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar in The Collector (1965)
    The Collector
    7.5
    • Miranda Grey
    • 1965
    James Woods, Danny DeVito, Matt Frewer, Bobcat Goldthwait, Amanda Plummer, Rip Torn, Samantha Eggar, Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart, Jim Cummings, Paddi Edwards, Susan Egan, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Paul Shaffer, Carole Shelley, Vanéese Y. Thomas, and Lillias White in Hercules (1997)
    Hercules
    7.3
    • Hera(voice)
    • 1997
    The Brood (1979)
    The Brood
    6.8
    • Nola Carveth
    • 1979
    Doctor Dolittle (1967)
    Doctor Dolittle
    6.2
    • Emma Fairfax
    • 1967

    Credits

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    Actress



    • Metalocalypse (2006)
      Metalocalypse
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Whale (voice)
      • 2012
    • The Nine Lives of Chloe King (2011)
      The Nine Lives of Chloe King
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Olivia Rezza
      • 2011
    • Chris Vance in Mental (2009)
      Mental
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Margo Stroud
      • 2009
    • Commander in Chief (2005)
      Commander in Chief
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Sara Templeton
      • 2005–2006
    • Cold Case (2003)
      Cold Case
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Sister Vivian Dole (2003)
      • 2004
    • James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (2003)
      James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
      7.9
      Video Game
      • Additional Voices (voice)
      • 2003
    • Natasha Henstridge, Kristen Miller, and Natashia Williams in She Spies (2002)
      She Spies
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Huffy English Woman
      • 2003
    • 007: Nightfire (2002)
      007: Nightfire
      7.9
      Video Game
      • M (voice)
      • 2002
    • Susan Lucci, Debbi Morgan, Rebecca Budig, Cameron Mathison, and Darnell Williams in All My Children (1970)
      All My Children
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Charlotte Devane
      • 2000
    • Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (1999)
      Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
      8.5
      Video Game
      • Lady Howard (voice)
      • 1999
    • Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron in The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
      The Astronaut's Wife
      5.4
      • Dr. Patraba
      • 1999
    • James Woods, Sandra Bernhard, Tate Donovan, Robert Costanzo, and French Stewart in Hercules (1998)
      Hercules
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Hera (voice)
      • 1998–1999
    • Loss of Faith (1998)
      Loss of Faith
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • Insp. Strong
      • 1998
    • Hercules (1997)
      Hercules
      7.4
      Video Game
      • Hera (voice)
      • 1997
    • James Woods, Danny DeVito, Matt Frewer, Bobcat Goldthwait, Amanda Plummer, Rip Torn, Samantha Eggar, Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart, Jim Cummings, Paddi Edwards, Susan Egan, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Paul Shaffer, Carole Shelley, Vanéese Y. Thomas, and Lillias White in Hercules (1997)
      Hercules
      7.3
      • Hera (voice)
      • 1997

    Soundtrack



    • Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers (1994)
      Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers
      10
      Video
      • performer: "Take All My Loves", "The Heart of the Woman"
      • 1994
    • The Molly Maguires (1970)
      The Molly Maguires
      6.8
      • performer: "Eileen Aroon"
      • 1970
    • Doctor Dolittle (1967)
      Doctor Dolittle
      6.2
      • performer: "At The Crossroads", "Beautiful Things", "Fabulous Places", "I Think I Like You"
      • 1967

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    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
    • Born
      • March 5, 1939
      • Hampstead, London, England, UK
    • Spouse
      • Tom SternOctober 24, 1964 - March 25, 1971 (divorced, 2 children)
    • Children
        Jenna Stern
    • Parents
        Ralph Eggar
    • Other works
      TV commercial: RCA televisions.
    • Publicity listings
      • 2 Interviews
      • 2 Articles
      • 3 Pictorials
      • 4 Magazine Cover Photos

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      As of August 2024 she is the seventh-earliest surviving recipient of a Best Actress Oscar nomination (tied with Julie Christie), behind only Leslie Caron, Carroll Baker, Joanne Woodward, Shirley MacLaine, Sophia Loren, and Julie Andrews. She was nominated in 1965 for The Collector (1965).
    • Quotes
      [on being directed by William Wyler in The Collector (1965)] Being directed by one of the greatest directors of the time at a young age, was a pure gift and, contrary to popular reputation, he hardly ever asked me for more than two takes.
    • Nickname
      • Sam
    • Salaries
        Anna and the King
        (1972)
        $2,500 per episode

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