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Samantha Eggar
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As of 2020 she is the 8th earliest surviving recipient of a Best Actress Oscar nomination, tied with
Julie Christie
and behind only
Olivia de Havilland
,
Leslie Caron
,
Carroll Baker
,
Joanne Woodward
,
Shirley MacLaine
, a tied
Piper Laurie
and
Sophia Loren
, and
Julie Andrews
. She was nominated in 1965 for
The Collector (1965)
.
Romance with Albert Finney until August 1964.
She is the daughter of Muriel Olga (Palache) and Ralph Alfred James Eggar, a British Army brigadier. Her mother was from a Jewish family, from Amsterdam, Netherlands, and was of Sephardi and Ashkenazi descent.
She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, whose alumni include
Terence Stamp
,
Nicholas Courtney
,
Julia Ormond
, Emma Chambers,
Rupert Friend
,
Angela Lansbury
,
Matthew Goode
,
Hugh Bonneville
,
Daniel Hunt
,
Minnie Driver
and
Julian Fellowes
.
In 1966 she rented what would later become known the infamous 'Sharon Tate' house on Cielo Drive.
First studied fashion design but soon preferred drama.
Mother of
Jenna Stern
and
Nicolas Stern
.
Mother-in-law of
Brennan Brown
.
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