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Frances Foster

Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 06/11/1924 († 73, 06/17/1997) | Yonkers, New York (United States of America (USA))
Frances Helen Foster (née Brown; June 11, 1924 – June 17, 1997) was an American film, television and stage actress. In addition to being an actress, Foster was also an award–winning stage director and a founding member of the Negro Ensemble Company. Moreover, in 1955, she became the first African American to appear in a nationally broadcast television commercial. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Crime

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From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn. ...

Crooklyn

Certification unknown

1994 | 3.4/5 | 1h 55min
Comedy, Drama
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With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if sh ...

The Juror

FSK: 16+ years

1996 | 2.8/5 | 1h 58min
Thriller, Crime
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Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns ...

Clockers

FSK: 16+ years

1995 | 3.4/5 | 2h 8min
Mystery, Crime, Drama
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A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nati ...

Malcolm X

FSK: 12+ years

1992 | 3.8/5 | 3h 22min
Drama, History
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On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games, and songs. ...

Sesame Street

FSK: 0+ years

1969- | 3.5/5 | 54min per episode
Kids & Family, Comedy
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Movies with Frances Foster as Actress(16)

as herself2023 James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
as Gloria1995 Clockers
as Aunt Song1994 Crooklyn
as First Annie Lee Moss1992 Citizen Cohn
as Woman Outside Audubon Ballroom1992 Malcolm X
as Waitress1987 Five Corners
as Loretta1987 Desperate
as Elva Briggs1987 Enemy Territory
as Ovelia1986 Trapped In Silence
as "Neighbors"1984 Tales of the Unknown South
as Great-Grandmother Jeffers1984 The House of Dies Drear
as Nurse in Home1978 The Last Tenant
as Bea Quitman1977 A Piece of the Action
as Gremmar1976 The First Breeze of Summer
as Sylvie1974 Legacy of Blood
as Poppy1959 Take a Giant Step

TV Shows/Series with Frances Foster as Actress(6)

as Mary Tillar1990 Law & Order
1989 A Man Called Hawk
as Alberta King1978 King
1974 Good Times
as Pearl Johnson1973 Kojak
as Gremmar1971 Great Performances

Full Name: Frances Foster
Born: Wednesday, 06/11 1924 (June) in Yonkers, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 06/17 1997 (June) in Fairfax (aged: 73)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Frances Foster frequently works together with these people:
Spike Lee (12x, Crew)
Edward D. Murphy (11x, Actor)
Mark Casella (9x, Actor)
David Fonteno (8x, Actor)
Joe Pentangelo (8x, Actor)
Philip LeStrange (8x, Actor)
Jim Moody (7x, Actor)
Edward James Hyland (7x, Actor)
Anthony Ruiz (7x, Actor)
George Guidall (7x, Actor)
William H. Burns (7x, Actor)
Nicholas J. Giangiulio (7x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:835895, Added: 11/13/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024