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Samantha Eggar
Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar was an English actress. After beginning her career in Shakespearean theatre she rose to fame for her performance in William Wyler's thriller The Collector (1965), which earned her a Golden Globe Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, a Sant Jordi Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
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entertainment · British actress (1939–2025) · actor · stage actor · film actor · also Samantha Eggar, Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar, Eggar
Born 5 March 1939 · Died 15 October 2025 · Q231385
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 10 entries
Yahoo: Samantha Eggar, British actress who showed a flair for horror in David Cronenberg’s film The Brood
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Men's Journal: How ‘Black Phone 2’ Pays Tribute to a Cult Samantha Eggar Movie
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The Mirror: Samantha Eggar dead: Oscar nominated actress and Dr Dolittle star dies age 86
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AOL: Samantha Eggar, Oscar-Nominated Actress from “The Collector” and “Doctor Dolittle”, Dies at 86
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Variety: Samantha Eggar, Star of ‘Doctor Dolittle,’ Cronenberg’s ‘The Brood,’ Dies at 86
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Men's Journal: Samantha Eggar, Oscar-Nominated ‘The Collector’ Actor, Dead at 86
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TMZ: 'The Collector' Actress Samantha Eggar Dead at 86
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Yahoo: Samantha Eggar, Oscar-Nominated Actress in ‘The Collector,’ Dies at 86
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TheWrap: Samantha Eggar, Oscar-Nominated Actress From ‘The Collector, ‘The Brood’, Dies at 86
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Died 2025-10-15.
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2009· 1 entry
Played the mother of Jack and Becky Gallagher in season 1, episode 11 ("Lines in the Sand") of the Fox television series Mental
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2004· 1 entry
Appeared in the first season of Cold Case, episode 14 ("The Boy in the Box") as Sister Vivian
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2002· 1 entry
Provided the voice of M in the video game James Bond 007: Nightfire
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1997· 1 entry
Provided the voice of Hera in Disney's animated film Hercules; she also supplied the voice for the subsequent television series
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1980· 1 entry
Filmed the Canadian slasher film Curtains, released in 1983
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1973· 2 entries
Eggar held dual British and American citizenship, obtaining the latter in 1973.
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Eggar moved to the United States, settling in Los Angeles, and appeared first in television, guest-starring in episodes of Starsky & Hutch, Hart to Hart and Columbo
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1966· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Awards for The Collector (1966).
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1965· 3 entries
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for The Collector (1965).
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Eggar appeared in the thriller The Collector, directed by William Wyler, playing a kidnap victim
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“the hardest three months of my life;”
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1964· 1 entry
Married actor Tom Stern and the couple had two children: film producer Nicolas Stern and actress Jenna Stern
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1963· 1 entry
Eggar played the lead role of Claire Avery in "Marcia", a second-season episode of The Saint
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1962· 1 entry
In The Wild and the Willing; in the same year she appeared on stage again as Olivia in a production of Twelfth Night by George Devine
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1939· 1 entry
Born 1939-03-05.
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