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Samantha Eggar
Samantha Eggar | |
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 Samantha Eggar in a publicity photo in 1964 | |
| Born | Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar (1939-03-05) 5 March 1939 Hampstead, London, England |
| Residence | Los Angeles, U.S. |
| Citizenship | British; American |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1960–2012 |
| Spouse(s) | Tom Stern (m. 1964; div. 1971) |
| Children | Nicolas Stern Jenna Stern |
Samantha Eggar (born 5 March 1939) is an English-American film, stage, television, and voice 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 and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
She later appeared as Emma Fairfax in Doctor Dolittle (1967), and the American drama The Molly Maguires (1970). In the early 1970s, Eggar relocated to the United States and Canada, where she later starred in several horror films, including The Dead Are Alive (1972), The Uncanny (1977), and David Cronenberg's cult thriller The Brood (1979).
Eggar has also worked as a voice actress, as Hera in Walt Disney's Hercules (1997), and lent her voice to several video games, including Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned and 007: Nightfire. Her television work includes roles on Fantasy Island, and a recurring part as Charlotte Devane in the soap opera All My Children in 2000.[1]
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Theatre and early work
2.2 Move to United States and Canada
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
4.1 Film
4.2 Television
5 Stage credits
6 References
6.1 Notes
6.2 Sources
7 External links
Early life
Samantha Eggar was born Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar[2][3] on 5 March 1939[4] in Hampstead, London, to Ralph (a brigadier in the British Army) and a mother (Muriel) of Dutch and Portuguese descent.[5] Soon after her birth her family relocated to rural Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, during World War II, where she spent her childhood.[2] There, she was a neighbour of Oliver Reed.[2]
Eggar was brought up as a Roman Catholic and educated at St Mary's Providence Convent in Woking, Surrey. Reflecting on her time in convent school, Eggar said: "The nuns didn't have too much success with me – I've always had a violent temper. In fact, once I almost killed one of the nuns."[3] At age sixteen, she began to go by the name Samantha.[2] Although Eggar expressed interest in acting at a young age, she was urged against a career in the theatre by her parents. She was offered a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, but instead studied fashion for two years at the Thanet School of Art.[3] After completing her studies, she enrolled at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.[6]
Career
Theatre and early work
Eggar began her acting career in several Shakespearean companies, notably playing Titania in a 1962 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Tony Richardson.[7] She also appeared onstage in a production of Douglas Seale's Landscape with Figures, where she was noticed by a talent scout, and from there was cast in the biographical film Dr. Crippen (1962), opposite Donald Pleasence.[8] Her second film role was in 1962 in The Wild and the Willing; the same year, she appeared onstage again as Olivia in a production of Twelfth Night by George Devine.[7]
In 1965, Eggar appeared in the thriller The Collector, directed by William Wyler, playing a kidnap victim. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and won a Golden Globe award for her performance.[9] She was also awarded Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966.[10] On her role as Miranda in The Collector, Eggar has said: "My biggest relationship on set was with William Wyler. The tension on set was real. And if the tension wasn't there – if I didn’t exude precisely what he wanted – well, Willie just poured cold water over me."[11]
The following year, Eggar starred in the comedy Walk, Don't Run (1966) with Cary Grant (his last motion picture) and Jim Hutton, followed by a lead role as Emma Fairfax in Richard Fleischer's musical adaptation of Doctor Dolittle (1967). In 1963, she played the title character in "Marcia", a second-season episode of The Saint. After her appearance in The Saint, Eggar did not appear in television for 10 years, instead focusing exclusively on feature films. Although she co-starred with Yul Brynner in the television series Anna and the King (1972), she did not make another television guest appearance until 1973, when she starred in the episode "The Cardboard House" of the romantic anthology series Love Story. That same year, she played Phyllis Dietrichson in a TV remake of Double Indemnity.[12]
Move to United States and Canada
In 1973, Eggar relocated to the United States, settling in Los Angeles, and appeared first in television, guest starring on episodes of Starsky & Hutch and Columbo, the latter with Peter Falk and Theodore Bikel in the episode "The Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case". She would go on to star in a number of horror films, including The Dead Are Alive (1972), A Name for Evil (1973), The Uncanny (1977), and David Cronenberg's cult sci-fi film The Brood (1979). In 1980, she filmed the Canadian slasher film Curtains, released in 1983.[13]
She also appeared as Maggie Gioberti in "The Vintage Years", the pilot for the drama Falcon Crest, but was replaced by Susan Sullivan when the series went into production.[3] She appeared in the drama Dark Horse (1992), followed by the superhero film The Phantom (1996). In 1997, she provided the voice of Hera in Disney's animated film Hercules; she would also supply the voice for the subsequent television series. Eggar also had a role in the sci-fi thriller The Astronaut's Wife (1999), which starred Johnny Depp.
She has appeared as the wife of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's brother Robert on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and as Sarah Templeton, the wife of Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton (Donald Sutherland), on the short-lived television series Commander in Chief, which starred Geena Davis. In the year 2000, she had a brief run as Charlotte Devane in the American soap opera All My Children. In 2003, she appeared in the first season of Cold Case, episode 14 ("The Boy in the Box") as Sister Vivian. In 2009, she played the mother of Jack and Becky Gallagher in season 1, episode 11 ("Lines in the Sand") of the Fox television series Mental.
Personal life
In 1964, she married actor Tom Stern, with whom she has a son, Nicolas Stern (b. 1965),[14] and a daughter, Jenna Stern (b. 1967).[15] Eggar and Stern divorced in 1971. She has citizenship of both the UK and the United States.[16] She resides in Los Angeles.[11]
Filmography
Film
| Year |
Title |
Roles |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 |
Dr. Crippen |
Ethel Le Neve |
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The Wild and the Willing |
Josie |
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| 1963 |
Doctor in Distress |
Delia Mallory |
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| 1964 |
Psyche 59 |
Robin |
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| 1965 |
Return from the Ashes |
Fabienne 'Fabi' Wolf |
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The Collector |
Miranda Grey |
Also known as 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 |
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| 1967 |
Doctor Dolittle |
Emma Fairfax |
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| 1970 |
The Molly Maguires |
Miss Mary Raines |
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The Walking Stick |
Deborah Dainton |
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The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun |
Danielle Lang ("Dany") |
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| 1971 |
The Light at the Edge of the World |
Arabella |
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| 1972 |
The Dead Are Alive |
Myra Shelton |
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| 1973 |
A Name for Evil |
Joanna Blake |
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| 1974 |
All the Kind Strangers |
Carol Ann |
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| 1976 |
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution |
Mary Morstan Watson |
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| 1977 |
The Uncanny |
Edina Hamilton |
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Welcome to Blood City |
Katherine |
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Why Shoot the Teacher? |
Alice Field |
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| 1978 |
The Greatest Battle |
Annelise Ackermann |
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| 1979 |
The Brood |
Nola Carveth |
Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress |
| 1980 |
The Exterminator |
Dr. Megan Stewart |
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| 1981 |
The Hot Touch |
Samantha O'Brien |
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Demonoid Messenger of Death |
Jennifer Baines |
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| 1983 |
Curtains |
Samantha Sherwood |
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| 1987 |
Love Among Thieves |
Solange |
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| 1991 |
Ragin' Cajun |
Dr. May |
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| 1992 |
Dark Horse |
Mrs. Curtis |
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Round Numbers |
Anne |
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| 1994 |
Inevitable Grace |
Britt |
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| 1996 |
The Phantom |
Lily Palmer |
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| 1996 |
Everything to Gain |
Diana Keswick |
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| 1997 |
Hercules |
Hera |
Voice |
| 1998 |
Loss of Faith |
Insp. Strong |
Television film |
| 1999 |
The Astronaut's Wife |
Dr. Patraba |
Television
| Year |
Title |
Roles |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 |
Rob Roy |
Diana Vernon |
Recurring |
| 1963 |
The Saint |
Claire Avery |
Episode: "Marcia" |
| 1972 |
Anna and the King |
Anna Leonowens |
Recurring |
| 1973 |
Love Story |
Ruth Wilson |
Episode: "The Cardboard House" |
Double Indemnity |
Phyllis Dietrichson |
Miniseries |
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| 1977 |
Columbo |
Vivian Brandt |
Episode: "The Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case" |
Starsky and Hutch |
Charlotte |
Episode: "Starsky and Hutch on Playboy Island" |
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| 1978 |
Fantasy Island |
Helena Marsh |
Episode: "Return/The Toughest Man Alive" |
| 1979 |
Fantasy Island |
Helena Marsh |
Episode: "The Wedding" |
| 1983 |
For the Term of his Natural Life |
Julie Vickers |
Miniseries |
Hart to Hart |
Gillian Rawlings |
Episode: "Long Lost Love" |
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| 1984 |
Murder, She Wrote |
Marta Quintessa |
Episode "Hooray for Homicide" |
Magnum, P.I. |
Laura Bennett |
Episode "Fragments" |
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| 1990 |
A Ghost in Monte Carlo |
Jeanne |
Miniseries |
Star Trek: The Next Generation |
Marie Picard |
Episode "Family" |
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| 1991 |
The Legend of Prince Valiant |
Queen Guinevere |
Voice; recurring |
| 1993 |
L.A. Law |
Camille Bancroft |
Episode "Where There's a Will" |
| 1998–99 |
Hercules |
Hera |
Voice; 7 episodes |
| 2000 |
All My Children |
Charlotte Devane |
20 episodes |
| 2005 |
Commander in Chief |
Sara Templeton |
Recurring |
| 2009 |
Mental |
Margo Stroud |
2 episodes |
| 2012 |
Metalocalypse |
Whale |
(voice) Recurring |
Stage credits
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Director |
Venue |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 |
Landscape with Figures |
N/A |
Douglas Seale |
Olympia Theatre; Theatre Royal, Brighton; Grand, Wolverhampton |
[7] |
| 1962 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Titania |
Tony Richardson |
Royal Court Theatre |
[7] |
| 1962 |
Twelfth Night |
Olivia |
George Devine |
Royal Court Theatre |
[7][17] |
| 1985 |
The Lonely Road |
Irene Herms |
Christopher Fettes |
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre; Old Vic Theatre |
[7][18] |
| 1985 |
The Seagull |
Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina |
Charles Sturridge |
Oxford Playhouse; Theatre Royal, Bath |
[7][19] |
| 1992 |
Auntie Mame |
Vera |
Karin Baker |
Candlewood Playhouse, New Fairfield, Connecticut |
[7][20] |
References
Notes
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^ abcd Cooper 2015, p. 105.
^ abcd "The Private Life and Times of Samantha Eggar". Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ "Samantha Eggar". The British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
^ "Samantha Eggar Biography". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
^ Cooper 2015, p. 106.
^ abcdefgh Cooper 2015, p. 120.
^ Cooper 2015, p. 107.
^ "Samantha Eggar". GoldenGlobes.com. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ "All Awards". Awards 1965. Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
^ ab "Collecting Life: An Interview with Samantha Eggar". The Terror Trap. July 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
^ MacKellar 2006, p. 371.
^ Nowell 2010, p. 232.
^ "Nicolas Stern was born on September 12, 1965 in Los Angeles County, California". California Birth Index. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
^ "Jenna L Stern was born on September 23, 1967 in Los Angeles County, California". California Birth Index. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
^ "Samantha Celebrates Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee". Samantha Eggar: Official Website. April 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2017.I am now an American citizen, but my heritage is indomitable.
^ "Performance Details – Twelfth Night (Devine, English Stage Company, February 1962)". AHDS: Performing Arts. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
^ "Production of The Lonely Road". Theatricalia. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
^ Borny 2010, p. 162.
^ Klein, Alvin (9 August 1992). "THEATER; Candlewood Brings Back 'Mame'". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
Sources
Borny, Geoffrey (2010). Interpreting Chekhov. ANU E. Press. ISBN 978-1-920-94267-0.
Cooper, Barbara Roisman (2015). Great Britons of Stage and Screen: In Conversation. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-442-24620-1.
MacKellar, Landis (2006). Double Indemnity Murder: Ruth Snyder, Judd Gray, and New York’s Crime of the Century. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-815-60824-0.
Nowell, Richard. Blood Money: A History of the First Teen Slasher Film Cycle. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-441-12496-8.
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