Samantha Eggar
‘The Collector’ Star Dies at 86
Printed October 17, 2025 9:17 AM PDT
Actress Samantha Eggar — finest recognized for “The Collector,” “Physician Dolittle” and “The Molly Maguires” — has died, TMZ can affirm.
The energetic British actress died peacefully Wednesday surrounded by household at her dwelling in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles … her household tells TMZ. We’re informed she struggled with a “lengthy sickness” earlier than her passing.
Samantha hit the massive display operating, incomes an Oscar nomination for her breakout position within the 1965 movie “The Collector.” She went on to have a prolific profession, showing in additional than 100 initiatives on the massive and small screens, together with voiceover work.
She lent her voice to the “Metalocalypse” TV collection in 2012, which served as her final position, per her IMDb web page.
In her later years, the “The Brood” actress was lively on the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills and at Saint Francis de Gross sales Parish in Sherman Oaks.
She is survived by her actress daughter Jenna and producer son Nicolas Stern, whose father is American actor Tom Stern. The couple was married from 1964 to 1971. She’s additionally survived by her youngsters’s spouses, 3 grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
She was 86.
RIP
