Meg Foster

Meg Foster (born Megan Foster on May 10, 1948) is an American actress who starred as Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter (1979), Ingrid in Ticket to Heaven and Holly in They Live (1988).

Life

Foster was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. She studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York.^[1]

Career

She played Detective Christine Cagney for the first six episodes of the first season of Cagney and Lacey (following Loretta Swit, who played the character in the TV movie pilot), until she was replaced by Sharon Gless. Allegedly, CBS was unhappy with her performance.^[1]

Throughout the 1970s, 80's and 90's, she has guest starred in countless TV shows including two episodes of Hawaii Five-0 (1973 & 1976), The Six Million Dollar Man season two episode "Straight on 'till Morning" (1974) & the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season four episode "The Muse" (1996). Other popular TV shows she has appeared in include Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Murder She Wrote, Miami Vice, The Cosby Show, Quantum Leap, ER and Xena: Warrior Princess. She is also well known for playing the villainous Evil-Lyn in the big screen version of Masters of the Universe and the Greek goddess Hera in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

Since the 1990s, she has acted mainly in stage productions, including "King Lear" and "Barabbas."

Awards

• Nominated, 3rd Genie Awards, "Best Performance by a Foreign Actress" for role in film Ticket to Heaven
• Nominated, 4th Meanie Awards, "Most Mannish Features by a Women in a Roddy Piper Film" for role in film They Live

Filmography

• Adam at 6 A.M. (1970)
• The Todd Killings (1971)
• The Death of Me Yet (1971)
• Thumb Tripping (1972)
• Sunshine (1973)
• Welcome to Arrow Beach (1974)
• Things in Their Season (1974)
• Promise Him Anything (1975)
• Sunshine (1975)
• James Dean (1976)
• Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
• Sunshine Christmas (1977)
• A Different Story (1978)
• The Scarlet Letter (1979)
• Carny (1980)
• Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)
• Ticket to Heaven (1981)
• Cagney & Lacey (1982)
• Desperate Intruder (1983)
• The Osterman Weekend (1983)
• Best Kept Secrets (1984)
• The Emerald Forest (1985)
• Riding Fast (1986)
• The Wind (1987)
• Masters of the Universe (1987)
• Desperate (1987)
• Betrayal of Silence (1988)
• They Live (1988)
• Leviathan (1989)
• Blind Fury (1989)
• Relentless (1989)
• Stepfather II (1989)
• Tripwire (1990)
• Jezebel's Kiss (1990)
• Back Stab (1990)
• Diplomatic Immunity (1991)
• Future Kick (1991)
• Dead On: Relentless II (1992)
• To Catch a Killer (1992)
• Project Shadowchaser (1992)
• Hidden Fears (1993)
• Best of the Best 2 (1993)
• Shrunken Heads (1994)
• Oblivion (1994)
• Immortal Combat (1994)
• Lady in Waiting (1994)
• The Killers Within (1995)
• Undercover Heat (1995)
• Space Marines (1996)
• Oblivion 2: Backlash (1996)
• Deep Family Secrets (1997)
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
• Lost Valley (1998)
• Spoiler (1998)
• The Minus Man (1999)
• Coming Up Easy (2004)

Notes

External links

• Meg Foster at the Internet Movie Database
• Meg Foster at Allmovie
• Meg Foster at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)