Rod Steiger's glittering Hollywood legacy is being marred by an ugly family feud, with his daughter battling her stepsister over missing trophies – including major film festival prizes that she says were promised to her, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

Acting icon Steiger, who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1968 for his role as police chief Bill Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night , died in 2002 aged 77. Article continues below advertisement

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His daughter Anna Steiger, now 65, claims awards belonging to him were sold without her knowledge following the 2024 death of his widow, actress Joan Bened

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