As I've noted before, I'm still a couple of months behind on the daily news. I noted this passing when it happened, but didn't have a chance to comment.
Samantha Eggar died in October at the age of 86. I remembered her from my childhood, particularly her role in "Doctor Dolittle", but she had a huge career. The IMDb list of her various parts is remarkable. (She was the voice of M in a James Bond video game!) Plus, she was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Aware for her role in The Collector, a somewhat bizarre kidnapping movie.
I mentioned her here: Six Samanthas
Looking back through the list, she also played the sister-in-law of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, captain of the starship Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation. And another role that caught my eye was that of Mary Watson, Dr. Watson's wife, in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. If you haven't heard of that (the novel or the movie), I recommend them. Read the book first.
She was wholesomely sexy -- slim and leggy, and as I noted in the other article, she resembled Diana Rigg a bit. A lot of her online pictures are black-and-white, which doesn't do her justice.
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