Margaret "Meg" Foster (born May 10, 1948) is an American actress best known for her roles in the TV miniseries version of The Scarlet Letter and the films Ticket to Heaven, The Osterman Weekend and They Live (1988).
Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress
Movies
They Live, 31, The Lords of Salem, Masters of the Universe, The Osterman Weekend, The Emerald Forest, Blind Fury, Stepfather II, Best of the Best II, Ticket to Heaven, A Different Story, Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, Welcome to Arrow Beach, Shrunken Heads, Thumb Tripping, Leviathan, To Cat...
TV Shows
Cagney & Lacey, Ravenswood, Sunshine
Star Sign
Taurus
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Trademark
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Frequently plays duplicitous villains or traitorous double agents
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Husky yet smooth voice
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Strikingly pale blue eyes
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Quote
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[1978, interview in "Close Up"] Working is an important part of my life and identity. To be a fulfilled person, I would have to be doing something in addition to raising a child and running a house. Unless I'm feeling good about myself, I wouldn't be able to create the right environment for my family.
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The role I'd like to play is the role I'm doing next. I take it day by day.
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Fact
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She stated that she based her character Evil-Lyn in Masters of the Universe (1987) on that of Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth. In the beginning of the film, she is a pantomime villainess but obviously deeply in love with Skeletor. As the storyline progresses, she gradually comes to realise that he does not truly care for her and she finally abandons him to his fate, her withdrawal of her forces leading to his eventual defeat. In Foster's opinion, the character progresses from out and out evildoer to scorned woman to tragic heroine.
She was replaced with Sharon Gless on Cagney & Lacey (1981) after 6 episodes. CBS reportedly wanted somebody more "feminine".
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Foster has worked extensively in the theatre since studying with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Her stage credits include "King Lear", "Barabbas", "Three Sisters" and "Extremities", among others.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Promise Him Anything
1975
TV Movie
Marjorie
Things in Their Season
1974
TV Movie
Judy Pines
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
TV Series
Minonee
Barnaby Jones
1973-1974
TV Series
Gina Nelson / Glenda / Doris Talbot
Welcome to Arrow Beach
1974
Robbin Stanley
The F.B.I.
1972-1974
TV Series
Paula Taylor / Marcy Brown
Medical Center
1972-1974
TV Series
Cassie / Carol McKinnon
Sunshine
1973
TV Movie
Nora
Cannon
1973
TV Series
Linda Morrow
The Wide World of Mystery
1973
TV Series
Circle of Fear
1972-1973
TV Series
Penny Wiseman / Julie Barnes
Mannix
1972
TV Series
Sheila Lynley
The Sixth Sense
1972
TV Series
Carey Evers
Thumb Tripping
1972
Shay
Young Dr. Kildare
1972
TV Series
Rebecca
Mod Squad
1970-1971
TV Series
Carolyn Delgado / Cora
The Death of Me Yet
1971
TV Movie
Alice
The Todd Killings
1971
Dan August
1971
TV Series
Em Jackson
Bonanza
1971
TV Series
Mrs. Evangeline Woodtree
Men at Law
1971
TV Series
Barbara Millett
The Interns
1970
TV Series
Sharon
Adam at Six A.M.
1970
Joyce
Here Come the Brides
1970
TV Series
Callie Marsh
NET Playhouse
1969
TV Series
Praxithia
Twin Peaks
2017
TV Series post-production
There's No Such Thing as Vampires
2017
post-production
Sister Frank
Any Bullet Will Do
2016
post-production
Ma Whitman
Irwindale
2016
Short completed
Anauel
Investigation 13
2014
post-production
Layla Parrish
Haunted: 333
post-production
Momma McDonald
S2K
filming
Hidai
Pretty Little Liars
2013-2016
TV Series
Carla Grunwald
Three Days in August
2016
Maggie
Baskets
2016
TV Series
Thelma
31
2016
Venus Virgo
The Originals
2015
TV Series
Josephine LaRue
A Place Called Hollywood
2015
Beverly Bonds
Ravenswood
2013-2014
TV Series
Carla Grunwald
The Mentalist
2013
TV Series
Judith Saynay
Hjem
2013
TV Series
Mina
The Lords of Salem
2012
Margaret Morgan
Sebastian
2011
Gloria
25 Hill
2011
Audrey Gibbs
Coming Up Easy
2004
Mom
Being with Eddie
2003
Short
Elinor
Xena: Warrior Princess
2000
TV Series
Hera
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1998-1999
TV Series
Hera
The Minus Man
1999
Irene
Sliders
1999
TV Series
Col. Margaret Burke
Lost Valley
1998
Mary-ann Compton
Spoiler
1998
Woman #1
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998/II
Queen Anne d'Autriche
The Killers Within
1997
Laura Seaton
Deep Family Secrets
1997
TV Movie
Ellen
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1996
TV Series
Athena
Space Marines
1996
Cmdr. Lasser
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1996
TV Series
Onaya
Oblivion 2: Backlash
1996
Stell Barr
Murder, She Wrote
1985-1996
TV Series
Laura Kerwin / Del Scott
Undercover Heat
1995
Video
Mrs. V
ER
1995
TV Series
Mrs. Rose
Lady in Waiting
1994
Carrie
Fortune Hunter
1994
TV Series
Georgia Appleton
Immortal Combat
1994
Quinn
Shrunken Heads
1994
Big Moe
Oblivion
1994
Stell Barr
Hidden Fears
1993
Maureen Dietz
Best of the Best II
1993
Sue MacCauley
Quantum Leap
1992
TV Series
Laura Fuller
Reasonable Doubts
1992
TV Series
Anna Dare
Shadowchaser
1992
Video
Sarah
Dead On: Relentless II
1992
Video
Carol Dietz
To Catch a Killer
1992
TV Movie
Attorney Carlson
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990-1991
TV Series
D.A. Deb Grant
Future Kick
1991
Nancy
Diplomatic Immunity
1991/I
Gerta Hermann
Shannon's Deal
1991
TV Series
Eva Melville
Jezebel's Kiss
1990
Amanda Faberson
Back Stab
1990
Sara Rudnick
The Young Riders
1990
TV Series
Mary Lou
Tripwire
1989
Julia
Stepfather II
1989
Carol Grayland
Relentless
1989
Carol Dietz
Blind Fury
1989
Lynn Devereaux
The Hitchhiker
1989
TV Series
Deirdre
Midnight Caller
1989
TV Series
Annie Driscoll
Leviathan
1989
Ms. Martin
Betrayal of Silence
1988
TV Movie
Julie
They Live
1988
Holly
Riding Fast
1988
Sara
Miami Vice
1987-1988
TV Series
D.A. Alice Carson
The Cosby Show
1988
TV Series
Dyan
Desperate
1987
TV Movie
Dorymae
Masters of the Universe
1987
Evil-Lyn
The Wind
1986
Video
Sian Anderson
The Twilight Zone
1985
TV Series
Jenny (segment "Dreams for Sale")
The Emerald Forest
1985
Jean Markham
Best Kept Secrets
1984
TV Movie
Shari Mitchell
The Osterman Weekend
1983
Ali Tanner
Desperate Intruder
1983
TV Movie
Joanna Walcott
Cagney & Lacey
1982
TV Series
Det. Chris Cagney
Ticket to Heaven
1981
Ingrid
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1980
TV Movie
Katrina Van Tassel
Carny
1980
Gerta
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
TV Movie
Jean Richie
Dan August: Murder, My Friend
1980
TV Movie
Em Jackson
The Scarlet Letter
1979
TV Mini-Series
Hester Prynne
A Different Story
1978
Stella Cooke
Sunshine Christmas
1977
TV Movie
Nora
Police Story
1977
TV Series
Nancy
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
1977
TV Mini-Series
Jennie Jamison
Hawaii Five-O
1973-1976
TV Series
Anne Waring / Nina
James Dean
1976
TV Movie
Dizzy Sheridan
Baretta
1975
TV Series
Stella / Lola
Three for the Road
1975
TV Series
Patti Hardy
Bronk
1975
TV Series
Margaret Lewis
The Streets of San Francisco
1975
TV Series
Nancy Elizabeth Mellon
Sunshine
1975
TV Series
Nora
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
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