Phoebe Foster (born Angeline Egar; July 9, 1896 - June 1975) was an
American theater and film actress.Foster studied at the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts. She began appearing on Broadway in 1914,
starting with a production of Roi Cooper Megrue's Under Cover. Her
subsequent Broadway appearances included The Cinderella Man (1916),
Three's a Crowd (1919), Captain Applejack (1921), The Jazz Singer
(1925), and Topaze (1930).After appearing in a couple of short films,
in 1931 she made her feature film debut in George Cukor's Tarnished
Lady alongside Tallulah Bankhead. That same year she also appeared in
Edmund Goulding's The Night Angel with Nancy Carroll and Fredric
March. In 1933, she was in the comedies Our Betters and Dinner at
Eight, both directed by Cukor. Two years later she appeared in the
Tolstoy adaptation Anna Karenina with Greta Garbo. In 1935 she also
returned to Broadway for the brief run of Living Dangerously. In 1936
she had her first stage appearance in London, starring in a production
of Night of January 16th. Foster's last movie was The Gorgeous Hussy
in 1936. Her final Broadway production was American Landscape
(1938).Foster was born in 1896 as Angeline Egar (possibly Eager)[notes
1] in Center Harbor, New Hampshire. She was the daughter of Arthur and
Emily Egar.
American theater and film actress.Foster studied at the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts. She began appearing on Broadway in 1914,
starting with a production of Roi Cooper Megrue's Under Cover. Her
subsequent Broadway appearances included The Cinderella Man (1916),
Three's a Crowd (1919), Captain Applejack (1921), The Jazz Singer
(1925), and Topaze (1930).After appearing in a couple of short films,
in 1931 she made her feature film debut in George Cukor's Tarnished
Lady alongside Tallulah Bankhead. That same year she also appeared in
Edmund Goulding's The Night Angel with Nancy Carroll and Fredric
March. In 1933, she was in the comedies Our Betters and Dinner at
Eight, both directed by Cukor. Two years later she appeared in the
Tolstoy adaptation Anna Karenina with Greta Garbo. In 1935 she also
returned to Broadway for the brief run of Living Dangerously. In 1936
she had her first stage appearance in London, starring in a production
of Night of January 16th. Foster's last movie was The Gorgeous Hussy
in 1936. Her final Broadway production was American Landscape
(1938).Foster was born in 1896 as Angeline Egar (possibly Eager)[notes
1] in Center Harbor, New Hampshire. She was the daughter of Arthur and
Emily Egar.
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