Frances Foster
Frances Foster
A co-founder of the Negro Ensemble Co., character actress Frances Foster spent most of her career on stage, but also occasionally appeared on the screen and on television. She made her film debut in Philip Leacock's Take a Giant Step (1959). In the '90s, Foster appeared in three Spike Lee films, Malcolm X (1992), Crooklyn (1994) and Clockers (1995). Her television work includes appearances on soap operas such as All My Children and Ryan's Hope. Foster was born in Yonkers. Foster made her professional debut on stage in 1955 following studies at the American Theater Wing. Between 1967 and 1986, she appeared in over 25 shows with the Negro Ensemble Co, receiving an Obie award in 1985 for excellence of performance. In 1978, she won an Andelco Award for her achievements in black theater as an actress. She won the same award for best director in 1983. Foster died June 17, 1997 of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 79. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Frances Foster:
- A Piece of the Action with Hope Clarke , Bill Cosby , Ja'net DuBois , Jason Evers , James Earl Jones , Marc Lawrence , Denise Nicholas , Sidney Poitier , Tracy Reed , Titos Vandis , Rudy Diaz , Cyril Poitier , Sheryl Lee Ralph , Pat Renella , Wonderful Smith , Ernest Thomas , Eric Laneuville , Edward Love , Bryan O'Dell , Gammy Burdett , Kurt Grayson
- Crooklyn with Alfre Woodard , Delroy Lindo , David Patrick Kelly , Zelda Harris , Carlton Williams , Sharif Rashed , Tse-Mach Washington , Christopher Knowings , Jose Zuniga , Isaiah Washington , Ivelka Reyes , Spike Lee , N.Jeremi Duru , Norman Matlock , Patriece Nelson , Vondie Curtis-Hall , Tiasha Reyes , Mildred Clinton , Arthur French , Dan Grimaldi , Keith Johnson , Joie Lee , Michele Shay , Bokeem Woodbine , Robi Reed , RuPaul , Christopher Wynkoop
- The Juror with Demi Moore , Alec Baldwin , Joseph Gordon-Levitt , Anne Heche , James Gandolfini , Lindsay Crouse , Frank Adonis , Tony LoBianco , Anne Bobby , Al Cerullo , Michael Constantine , Matthew Cowles , Matt Craven , Rosemary DeAngelis , Jack Gilpin , Charles Landry , James McCauley , Robin Moseley , Tom Signorelli , Todd Susman , Randy Jurgensen , Steve Santosusso , Chuck Zito , Luisa Huertas , Michael Rispoli , Chuck Cooper , Brett Barsky , Julie Halston , Joe Perrino , Polly Adams , Daniel Martinez , Alejandro Garcia , Fiona Gallagher , Denise Burse , Gayle Scott , Jose Jara , Raoul Morales , Melissa Murray , Kalani Queypo , Marco Quezaza , Peter Rini , Jose Senteno , Gary R. Wordham , William Hill
- Clockers with Harvey Keitel , John Turturro , Delroy Lindo , Mekhi Phifer , Isaiah Washington , Keith David , Rick Aiello , Lisa Arrindell Anderson , Michael Badalucco , Graham Brown , Paul Calderon , Michael Cullen , Ken Garito , Michael Imperioli , Tim Kelleher , Brendan Kelly , Harry J. Lennix , Pee Wee Love , J.C. MacKenzie , Norman Matlock , Anthony Nocerino , Scot Anthony Robinson , James Saxenmeyer , Maurice Sneed , Mike Starr , Regina Taylor , Leonard Lee Thomas , Marc Webster , L.B. Williams , Ginny Yang , Spike Lee , Jeff Ward , Steve White , John Fletcher , Joanna Gardner , Paul Schulze , Hassan Johnson , E.O. Nolasco , Ron Brice , Christopher Wynkoop , Thomas Jefferson Byrd , Lawrence B. Adisa
- Five Corners with Jodie Foster , Tim Robbins , Todd Graff , John Turturro , Elizabeth Berridge , Rose Gregorio , Gregory Rozakis , John Seitz , Kathleen Chalfant , Ray Aranha , Bill Cobbs , Cathryn DePrume , Pepe Douglas , Pierre Epstein , Dann Florek , Rodney Harvey , Michael R. Howard , Daniel Jenkins , Eriq LaSalle , Kit LeFever , Michael Mantell , Jack McGee , Mike Nussbaum , Anthony Powers , Keith Reddin , Campbell Scott , Marya Small , Mike Starr , David Brisbin , Carl Capotorto , Jerome Collamore , Alex Kramarevsky , Thomas Kudlek , Robert Lempert , Mike Lisenco , Regis Mullavey , Frank Patton , Joel Segal , Victor Slezak , Jose Jr. Soto , Richard Thomson , Jerry Hewitt , Richard Thomsen , James Ryan
- Malcolm X with Denzel Washington , Spike Lee , Angela Bassett , Al Jr. Freeman , Delroy Lindo , Albert Hall , Theresa Randle , Kate Vernon , Lonette McKee , Tommy Hollis , Bobby Seale , Al Sharpton , Christopher Plummer , Karen Allen , Peter Boyle , William Kunstler , Ossie Davis , Robinson Frank Adu , Steve Aronson , Larry Attile , Benjamin Atwell , Gregory Bargeman , Marlaine Bass , David Berman , LaToyah Bigelow , Andre Blair , Yvette Brooks , Graham Brown , Cheryl Burr , Gary L. Catus , Damon Chandler , Jay Charbonneau , Larry Cherry , Monique Cintron , Natalie Clanton , Rony Clanton , Addison Cook , Ralph Sr. Cooper , Chelsea Counts , Gerica Cox , Craig Wasson , Michael Cullen , Vincent D'Onofrio , Christian J. Dacosta , Simon Do-Ley , Leslie Dockery , Raye Dowell , Columbia DuBose , Karen Duffy , O.L. Duke , Abdul Salaam ElRazzac , Giancarlo Esposito , Jodie Farber , Teresa Yvon Farley , William Fichtner , Danielle Fletcher , Cytia Fontenette , Clebert Ford , Arthur French , James E. Gaines , Leland Gantt , Kevan Gibbs , Jessica Givens , Bill Goldberg , Richard Gordon , Dion Graham , John Griesemer , Michael Guess , George Guidall , Matthew Harris , Ed Herlihy , Abdul Kakeem Hijrah , Mike Hodge , Terry Hodges , Miki Howard , Zakee L. Howze , Dana Hubbard , Dyan Humes , Fracaswell Hyman , Michael Imperioli , Kent Jackman , Javon Jackson , Lawrence James , Robert Jason , Rion Johnson , Judd Jones , Oran "Juice" Jones , Tim Kelleher , Brendan Kelly , David Patrick Kelly , Renton Kirk , Jean Claude LaMarre , Terry Layman , Adam LeFevre , Pee Wee Love , Michael C. Mahon , Nelson Mandela , Debi Mazar , Larry McCoy , James McDaniel , Jasper McGruder , Jack McLaughlin , Randy Means , Hazel Medina , George Lee Miles , Norma Miller , Aleta Mitchell , Billy Mitchell , Lex Monson , Reggie Montgomery , Vincent Moscaritola , Zaahir Muhammad , James Murtaugh , Mansoor Najeeullah , Anthony Nocerino , John Ottavino , Lauren Padick , Leonard Parker , John Parks , Eric Payne , Jonathan Peck , Joseph Pentangelo , Marc Phillips , Delilah Picart , Wendell Pierce , Fia Porter , Steven Randazzo , Tommy Randle , Steve Reed , John Reidy , David Reivers , LaTanya Richardson , Scot Anthony Robinson , Christopher Rubin , George Marshall Ruge , Larry Rushing , Richard Schiff , TaiNesha Scott , Kristan Rai Segure , Joe Seneca , Dion Jr. Smack , C.E. Smith , Darnell Smith , Jasmine Smith , Kyle Smith , Mary Alice Smith , Roger Guenveur Smith , Valentino Smith , Erika Smith-Brown , Maurice Sneed , Steve Stapenhorst , Phyllis Yvonne Stickney , Shirley Stoler , Lee Summers , Terry Sumter , James L. Swain , Wendy E. Taylor , Cynthia Thomas , David Jr. Thomas , Ernest Thomas , Leonard Lee Thomas , Raymond Anthony Thomas , Nick Turturro , Showman Uneke , Byron Utley , Kiki Della Vecchia , Preston Vismale , Ali Abdul Wahbah , Wyatt T. Walker , Theara Ward , Lennis Washington , Sharon Washington , Veronica Webb , Charles Weldon , Scott Whitehurst , Curt Williams , Beatrice Winde , Janet Zarish , Stewart J. Zully , Billy Anagnos , Terence Blanchard , Cliff Cudney , Martin Donovan , Don Sr. Hewitt , Tim Hutchinson , Richard Owens , Kevin Rock , Monty Ross , John Sayles , Steve White , George T. Odom , Stephen James , Wendy King , Lizbeth MacKay , Delphine T. Mantz , Greta Martin , Frances Morgan , Rome Neal , Lenore Pemberton , George Rafferty , Eartha Robinson , Grafton Trew , Robi Reed , Sonny Allen , Bahni Turpin , Gareth Williams , Annie Corley , Jake-Ann Jones , Barbara Smith , Keith Randolph Smith , Chuck Cooper , Keith Lewis , Ashanti , James MacDonald , Walter Emanuel Jones , Eddie Davis , Peter Dunn , Matt Dillon , Michael Ralph
- The Distinguished Gentleman with Eddie Murphy , Lane Smith , Sheryl Lee Ralph , Joe Don Baker , Victoria Rowell , Grant Shaud , Kevin McCarthy , Charles S. Dutton , Victor Rivers , Chi , Sonny Jim Gaines , Noble Willingham , Gary Frank , Richard Anders , Dion Anderson , Prudence Barry , Cliff Bemis , Daniel Benzali , Tommy Boggs , Sarah Carson , Patricia Ciaffa , Tom Dahlgren , John Doolittle , Tom Finnegan , Susan Forristal , James Garner , Brian Gelatto , Doris Grau , Cynthia Harris , Cordis Heard , Rosanna Huffman , Marty Kaplan , Brad Koepenick , Stu Levin , Mel Owens , David A. Penhale , Gary Price , Roger E. Reid , Angela Stribling , Nina Totenberg , Dianne Turley Travis , J.D. Williams , Autumn Winters , Daniel Petrie , Mary Goldberg , Julianna McCarthy
- Cops and Robbers with Cliff Gorman , Joseph Bologna , Martin Cove , Charlene Dallas , Frank Gio , Gayle Gorman , Walt Gorney , Albert Henderson , Ellen Holly , Walter Klavun , Delphi Lawrence , Lucy Martin , Arthur Pierce , Nino Ruggeri , Nino Ruggeri , John Ryan , Joe Spinell , Shepperd Strudwick , Joseph Sullivan , Dolph Sweet , Dick Ward , Cliff Cudney , Randy Jurgensen , Charles Bergansky , Lee Steele , James Ferguson , Jacob Weiner
- Citizen Cohn with James Woods , Joe Don Baker , Lee Grant , Joseph Bologna , Ed Flanders , Pat Hingle , Chuck Aber , Lamont Arnold , Steve Aronson , Daniel Benzali , Bernard Canepari , Sam J. Coppola , David Earle , Tovah Feldshuh , John Finn , Frederic Forrest , Allen Garfield , David Marshall Grant , Fanni Green , Joe Grifasi , Karen Ludwig , John McMartin , Larry John Meyers , Zachary Mott , Novella Nelson , Jeffrey Nordling , Joseph Scorsiani , Robin Thomas , Daniel vonBargen , Don Wadsworth , Richard Warner , Fritz Weaver , Peter Maloney , John Seitz , Josef Sommer , Lance Lewman , Patricia Dunnock , Kate Young , Daniel Hugh Kelly
Frances Foster Trivia
What role did Frances Foster portray in A Piece of the Action?
Frances Foster played Bea Quitman in A Piece of the Action
What role did Frances Foster play in Crooklyn?
Frances Foster played Aunt Song in Crooklyn
What role did Frances Foster portray in The Juror?
Frances Foster played Housewife in The Juror
What role did Frances Foster portray in Clockers?
Frances Foster played Gloria in Clockers
Who did Frances Foster portray in Five Corners?
Frances Foster was Waitress in Five Corners
Who did Frances Foster portray in Trapped in Silence?
Frances Foster was Ovelia in Trapped in Silence
Who did Frances Foster play in Malcolm X?
Frances Foster was Woman Outside Audubon Ballroom in Malcolm X
Who did Frances Foster play in The Distinguished Gentleman?
Frances Foster was Grandma in The Distinguished Gentleman
What role did Frances Foster play in Cops and Robbers?
Frances Foster played Black Lady in Cops and Robbers
What role did Frances Foster portray in Citizen Cohn?
Frances Foster played First Annie Lee Moss in Citizen Cohn
