出生于英国伦敦，美国好莱坞著名女影星。1965年戛纳国际电影节最佳女演员，影后殊荣。1966年获金球奖最佳女主角殊荣。2005年66岁的萨曼莎隐退。
Barbara Parkins is best remembered as an icon of the Sixties who had starring roles in two of the era's more notorious productions, Peyton Place (1964) and Valley of the Dolls (1967). After arriving in Hollywood as a teenager, Parkins soon began appearing on episodic television programs such as Wagon Train (1957) and Perry Mason (1957). She also appeared with George Burns as a dancer in his nightclub act.
