Samantha Eggar
Samantha Eggar (born
March 5,
1933) is a
British actress. Born
Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar in
Hampstead,
London,
England, she began her acting career in several
Shakespearean companies, and debuted in film in
1962 in
The Wild and the Willing. By
1965, she had received a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Actress for
The Collector.
She has appeared in such films as Walk, Don't Run, Doctor Dolittle and The Molly Maguires. In 2000, she had a brief run on the American soap opera All My Children.