- Samantha Eggar
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name = Samantha Eggar
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birthdate = birth date and age|1939|3|5|df=y
location =Hampstead ,London ,England
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yearsactive = 1960 -
spouse =Tom Stern 1964-71
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notable role = Sarah Templeton inCommander in Chief
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goldenglobeawards= Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama, 1966, "The Collector "
awards= Best Actress Award -Cannes Film Festival , 1966, "The Collector "Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/person/21328/Samantha-Eggar New York Times biography] ] (born
5 March 1939 inHampstead ,London ) is anAcademy Award -nominated,Golden Globe -winning Englishactress .She was born to an English father (Ralph, a major in the British Army) and a mother (Muriel) of Dutch and Portuguese descent and educated at a convent.
She began her acting career in several Shakespearean companies, and debuted on film in 1962 in "
The Wild and the Willing ". Also in 1962 she played Ethel Le Neve in the film "Dr. Crippen", alongsideDonald Pleasence . By 1965 she had received a nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Actress for "The Collector ". She was also named Best Actress at theCannes Film Festival .In 1964 she married
Tom Stern , with whom she has a son, Nicholas Stern, and a daughter,Jenna Stern . The couple divorced in 1971.She has also appeared in such films as "
Walk, Don't Run " (co-starring withCary Grant ), "Curtains", "Doctor Dolittle", "The Molly Maguires", "Dark Horse", "The Brood ", and "The Light at the Edge of the World ".In 1997 she provided the voice of Hera in Disney's animated film "Hercules".
In 2000 she had a brief run in the American
soap opera "All My Children ". She has also appeared as the wife of CaptainJean-Luc Picard 's brother Robert in the television series "".Current activity
Recently she appeared as Sarah Templeton, the wife of Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton (
Donald Sutherland ), on the now-defunct television show "Commander in Chief ".References
External links
*imdb name|id=0002058|name=Samantha Eggar
*Screenonline name|id=493985|name=Samantha Eggar biography and credits
*tvtome person|id=17903|name=Samantha Eggar
*Memoryalpha###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title=Best Actress Award-Cannes Film Festival
before=Anne Bancroft
for "The Pumpkin Eater " andBarbara Barrie
for "One Potato, Two Potato "
years=1965
for "The Collector "
after=Vanessa Redgrave
for "Morgan! "succession box
title=Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
before=Anne Bancroft
for "The Pumpkin Eater "
years=1966
for "The Collector "
after=Anouk Aimée
for "A Man and a Woman "
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