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Samantha Eggar Biography (1939-)

Full name, Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar; born March5, 1939, in London, England; daughter of Ralph Alfred James (a brigadier general in the British Army) and Muriel Olga (maiden name, Palache-Bouman) Eggar; married Tom Stern (an actor, producer, and concert promoter) October 24, 1964 (divorced, 1971); children: Nicholas, Jenna Louise. Addresses: Agent: Halpern & Associates, 12304 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 104, Los Angeles, CA 90025.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

March 5, 1939

London, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Appeared in British productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, and Hamlet during the 1960s.
• Film Appearances
• Josie, Young and Willing (also known as The Wild and the Willing and The Young and the Willing), Universal, 1962
• Delia, Doctor in Distress, Rank, 1963
• Ethel Le Neve, Dr. Crippen, Warner Bros., 1963
• Robin, Psyche 59, Columbia/Royal, 1964
• Miranda Grey, The Collector, Columbia, 1965
• Fabienne, Return from the Ashes, United Artists, 1965
• Christine Easton, Walk, Don't Run, Columbia, 1966
• Emma Fairfax, Doctor Dolittle, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
• Dany Lang, La Dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil (also known as The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun), Columbia, 1970
• Mary Raines, The Molly Maguires, Paramount, 1970
• Joanna Blake, A Name for Evil (also known as The Face of Evil, The Grove, and There Is a Name for Evil), Cinerama, 1970
• Deborah Dainton, The Walking Stick, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
• Arabella, The Light at the Edge of the World (also known as Laluz del fin del mondo), National General, 1971
• Myra, The Dead Are Alive (also known as L'etrusco uccide ancora, The Etruscan Kills Again, and Das Geheimnis des gelben), National General, 1972
• Mary Watson, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Universal, 1977
• Edina Hamilton, "Hollywood 1936," The Uncanny, Rank, 1977
• Katherine, Welcome to Blood City (also known as Bloody City), EMI-Famous Players, 1977
• Alice Field, Why Shoot the Teacher?, Ambassador/Quartet, 1977
• Annelise Ackerman, Il grande attacco (also known as Battle Force, The Battle of the Mareth Line, The Biggest Battle, The Greatest Battle, and The Great Battle), 1977
• Hostess, Unknown Powers, 1978
• Nola Carveth, The Brood (also known as La Clinique de la terreur), New World, 1979
• Dr. Megan Stewart, The Exterminator, AVCO-Embassy, 1980
• Jennifer Baines, Demonoid (also known as Macabra, Demonoid, Messenger of Death, and La mano del diabolo), American Panorama, 1981
• Samantha O'Brien, Hot Touch (also known as Coup de maitre and Peter Dion), Astral Films/Trans-Atlantic, 1982
• Samantha Sherwood, Curtains, Jensen Farley, 1983
• Julie Vickers, For the Term of His Natural Life, Filmco, 1985
• Herself, Directed by William Wyler (documentary), Tatge, 1986
• Rajun' Cajun, 1991
• Anne, Round Numbers, 1992
• Mrs. Curtis, Dark Horse, 1992
• Voice of Queen Isabella, The Magic Voyage, 1992
• Britt, Inevitable Grace, 1994
• Lily Palmer, The Phantom, Paramount, 1996
• Voice of Hera, Hercules' mother, Hercules (animated), Buena Vista, 1997
• Doctor, The Astronaut's Wife, New Line Cinema, 1999
• Hera, Hercules: Zero to Hero, 1999
• Also appeared in Mareth Line.
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Anna Owens, Anna and the King, CBS, 1972
• Voice of Queen Guinevere, Prince Valiant (also known as The Legend of Prince Valiant; animated), Family Channel, 1991
• Voice of Hera, wife of Zeus, Hercules (also known as Disney's Hercules; animated), ABC, 1998
• Charlotte Devane, All My Children, ABC, 2000
• Miniseries
• Diana Westley, The Secrets of Lake Success, 1993
• Movies
• Phyllis Dietrichson, Double Indemnity, ABC, 1973
• Carol Ann, All the Kind Strangers (also known as Evil in the Swamp), ABC, 1974
• Vivan Brandt, Columbo: The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case, 1977
• Billie Burke, Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women, NBC, 1978
• Solange DuLac, Love among Thieves, ABC, 1987
• Jeanne, A Ghost in Monte Carlo, TNT, 1990
• Ellen Denvers, A Case for Murder, USA Network, 1993
• Inspector Strong, Loss of Faith (also known as The Truth AboutLying), 1997
• Diana Keswick, Everything to Gain (also known as Barbara TaylorBradford Trilogy: Everything to Gain), CBS, 1997
• Dr. Sonya Brody, Back in Business, HBO, 1997
• Specials
• Evelyn Walsh McLean, "The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond," Smithsonian Institution Specials, CBS, 1975
• Voice of Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute, ABC, 1994
• Voice, Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible, Fox, 1996
• Pilots
• Anne Roland, The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (also known as Ohanian), ABC, 1976
• Episodic
• Claire Avery, "Marcia," The Saint, ABC, 1963
• Love Story, NBC, 1973
• Lucas Tanner, NBC, 1975
• Charlotte, "Starsky and Hutch on Playboy Island," Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1975
• "The Man of Destiny," Hollywood Television Theatre, PBS, 1975
• "The Hemingway Play," Hollywood Television Theatre, PBS, 1976
• Baretta, ABC, 1976
• Agnes du Bois, "Horoscope for Murder," Hawaii Five-O, 1978
• Helena Marsh, Fantasy Island, ABC, 1978
• "People Don't Do Such Things," Tales of the Unexpected, syndicated, 1979
• "Exit Line," Darkroom, 1982
• Marta Quintessa, "Hooray for Homicide," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1984
• Laura Bennett, "Fragments," Magnum, P.I., 1984
• Mrs. Cratchit, George Burns Comedy Week, CBS, 1985
• Nanny, Hotel, ABC, 1985
• Megan Brody, "Wayward Dreams," Finder of Lost Loves, ABC, 1985
• Sister Rachel, Outlaws, CBS, 1987
• Camilla Rousseau, "Echoes," Stingray, NBC, 1987
• Lisa Talbot, "Deathmate," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 1987
• Ory Palmer, "Davy Crockett" (also known as "Davy Crockett: Rainbow in theThunder"), The Magical World of Disney, NBC, 1988
• Claire Stiggs, HeartBeat, ABC, 1989
• Katherine Randolph, "The Talk Show," Matlock, 1990
• Marie Picard, "Family," Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1990
• Dr. Anna Kapler, "Prototype," Mann & Machine, 1992
• Camille Bancroft, "Where There's a Will," L.A. Law, NBC, 1992
• Princess Catherine Lanier, "Who Killed the Lifeguard?," Burke's Law, CBS, 1995
• Also appeared in McMillan and Wife, NBC; Streets of San Francisco, ABC; Columbo, NBC; The Love Boat, ABC; Kojak, CBS; Hart to Hart, ABC; Family, ABC.
• RECORDINGS
• Video Games
• Voice of Hera, wife of Zeus, Hercules, 1997
• Voice of Lady Howard, Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned, Sierra On-Line, 1999
• Taped Readings
• Robin Pilcher's An Ocean Apart, 1999