- Born
- Birth nameVictoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar
- Nickname
- Sam
- Height5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
- Samantha Eggar was born on March 5, 1939 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Collector (1965), Hercules (1997) and The Brood (1979). She was previously married to Tom Stern.
- SpouseTom Stern(October 24, 1964 - March 25, 1971) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- ParentsRalph EggarMuriel Eggar
- As of 2020 she is the 8th earliest surviving recipient of a Best Actress Oscar nomination, tied with Julie Christie and behind only Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Caron, Carroll Baker, Joanne Woodward, Shirley MacLaine, a tied Piper Laurie and Sophia Loren, and Julie Andrews. She was nominated in 1965 for The Collector (1965).
- Romance with Albert Finney until August 1964.
- She is the daughter of Muriel Olga (Palache) and Ralph Alfred James Eggar, a British Army brigadier. Her mother was from a Jewish family, from Amsterdam, Netherlands, and was of Sephardi and Ashkenazi descent.
- She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, whose alumni include Terence Stamp, Nicholas Courtney, Julia Ormond, Emma Chambers, Rupert Friend, Angela Lansbury, Matthew Goode, Hugh Bonneville, Daniel Hunt, Minnie Driver and Julian Fellowes.
- In 1966 she rented what would later become known the infamous 'Sharon Tate' house on Cielo Drive.
- [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.
- Anna and the King (1972) - $2,500 per episode
- The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970) - $200,000
- The Molly Maguires (1970) - $300,000
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