The “The Collector” and “Doctor Dolittle” actor was 86 years old
Samantha Eggar, British actress best known for her roles in films of the 1960s and 1970s Collector, Dr. Doolittle and Molly MaguireShe died on Wednesday, October 15, at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, after a five-year illness. She was 86 years old.
Her daughter, actress Jenna Stern, announced her death to The Hollywood Reporter (House of Cards).
Egar was born on March 5, 1939 in London. She began her career in show business on the London stage, and moved to cinema with the 1962 film. Dr. Crippen Opposite Donald Pleasance. While she continued her theatrical career, the same year she appeared in film Wild and willing.
Eggar’s next high-profile project was the 1965 thriller The mosquedirected by William Wyler, in which she played a kidnapping victim and received an Academy Award nomination for her performance. The following year, she co-starred with Cary Grant in the comedy Walk, don’t run.
The following year would bring her breakout role as Emma Fairfax in Richard Fleischer’s big-budget box office musical failure. Dr. Doolittle (1967) also starring Rex Harrison and Anthony Newley.
Rent rebounded with Martin Ritt’s 1970 historical drama Molly Maguire Starring Sean Connery and Richard Harris. Loosely inspired by real-life events, the film chronicles the story of an undercover detective who infiltrates a coal mining community to expose a group of Irish-American miners rebelling against the mine owners.
Other credits include The lady in the car with the glasses and the gun (1970), The dead are alive (1972) TV series Anna W king (1972) and Double compensation (1973).
As the famous star of horror films, Eggar appears The dead are alive! (1972), Name for evil (1973), Strange (1977), curtains (1983) and David Cronenberg brood (1979).
After moving to Los Angeles in the early 1970s, Eggar continued to appear in films such as… Ragin’ Cajun (1990), Dark horse (1992), Phantom (1996) and Astronaut’s wife (1999).
On television, Egar played the sister-in-law of Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart). Star Trek: The Next GenerationAs the wife of House Speaker Donald Sutherland Commander-in-Chief,
Egar married actor Tom Stern in 1964 (they divorced in 1971). She is survived by a daughter, Gina Stern; Son, producer Nicholas Stern. And other extended family.