Samantha Eggar in 'Return from the Ashes'
Samantha Eggar (1939 - )
Film Deaths[]
- The Collector (1965) [Miranda Grey]: Dies of pneumonia (off-screen) while being held captive by Terence Stamp; her body is shown afterwards when Terence returns from a pharmacy with some medicine and discovers that he's too late.
- Return from the Ashes (1965) [Fabienne]: Drowned in her bathtub when Maximilian Schell lifts her legs out of the water, submerging her head.
- The Light at the Edge of the World (1971) [Arabella]: Either killed (off-screen) by Yul Brynner's pirate crew or dies when when the ship she is on explodes. We last see her screaming as the pirates attack her; her subsequent fate is never confirmed, but the implication is fairly strong.
- A Name for Evil (1973) [Joanna Blake]: Thrown out of a window by Robert Culp; the camera follows her all the way down to the ground.
- The Uncanny (1977) [Edina Hamilton]: Impaled by the spikes of an iron maiden on a film set, after a cat sabotages the safety measures. Her body is shown afterwards when Donald Pleasence opens the iron maiden.
- The Biggest Battle (Il Grande attacco; The Greatest Battle) (1978) [Annelise Ackerman]: Commits suicide by jumping from a balcony while being questioned by the Gestapo.
- The Brood (1979) [Nola Carveth]: Strangled by her husband (Art Hindle), while she's in the process of "giving birth" to a "rage-baby" growing out of her abdomen.
- Demonoid, Messenger of Death (1981) [Jennifer Baines]: Rammed through a glass table by a possessed hand that clamped itself in her hair. This scene fades straight to the closing credits.
- Curtains (1983) [Samantha Sherwood]: Stabbed to death by Lynne Griffin.
Television Deaths[]
- Double Indemnity (1973; TV movie) [Phyllis Dietrickson]: Shot in her chest by Richard Crenna, who then lays her body down on the couch. (See also Barbara Stanwyck in the 1944 version.)
- The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (1976; TV movie) [Anne Roland]: Strangled (I haven't seen this one, so I can't provide more details).
- Tales of the Unexpected: People Don't Do Such Things (1985) [Gwen Carter]: Strangled offscreen by her husband Arthur Hill, who does a very skillful job of framing her lover Don Johnson.
Gallery[]
Samantha Eggar in The Collector
Samantha Eggar in Double Indemnity
Samantha Eggar in A Name for Evil
Samantha Eggar in The Brood
Samantha Eggar in Curtains
Samantha Eggar in Demonoid, Messenger of Death
Samantha Eggar in The Biggest Battle
Notable Connections[]
- Ex-wife of Tom Stern
- Mother of Jenna Stern