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).
Foster was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. She studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York.
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 t...
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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).
Foster was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. She studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York.
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.
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:...
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