Meg Foster

  • Name: Meg Foster
  • Date of Birth: May 10, 1948
  • Place of Birth: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Mini-bio: Meg Foster is a husky-voiced actress best remembered for her piercing, pale
eyes, described by some critics as either sultry or vacant. In scathing
reviews of her many horror movies, it became almos...( read more)t a cliché to read that
Foster's eyes were the scariest part of the film. Her career peaked when she
played Detective Christine Cagney on Cagney & Lacey in 1982. Loretta Swit had
played the role in the pilot film, but was unavailable when the series was
picked up, and the role went to Foster. After a half-dozen episodes, though,
network executives became concerned that having two rather "tough-looking"
actresses -- Foster and Tyne Daly -- might suggest that their characters were
lesbians. Foster was fired and replaced by the much "softer" Sharon Gless, who
became the "real" Cagney for most fans.




Before and after her brief stint as Cagney, Foster worked extensively in stage
roles and low-budget films. Because of her freaky eyes, she was often cast as
blind women, evil predators, or lusty perverts. Joe Bob Briggs once wrote that
Foster was "the Cruella De Ville of drive-in movies". Her memorable films
include They Live with Roddy Piper, Blind Fury with Rutger Hauer, and Masters
of the Universe with Dolph Lundgren.
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Replace this image with an actor photoMeg Foster mini-bio: Meg Foster is a husky-voiced actress best remembered for her piercing, pale eyes, described by some critics as either sultry or vacant. In scathing reviews of her many horror movies, it became almost a cliché to read that Foster's eyes were the scariest part of the film. Her career peaked when she played Detective Christine Cagney on Cagney & Lacey in 1982. Loretta Swit had played the role in the pilot film, but was unavailable when the series was picked up, and the role went to Foster. After a half-dozen episodes, though, network executives became concerned that having two rather "tough-looking" actresses -- Foster and Tyne Daly -- might suggest that their characters were lesbians. Foster was fired and replaced by the much "softer" Sharon Gless, who became the "real" Cagney for most fans.

Before and after her brief stint as Cagney, Foster worked extensively in stage roles and low-budget films. Because of her freaky eyes, she was often cast as blind women, evil predators, or lusty perverts. Joe Bob Briggs once wrote that Foster was "the Cruella De Ville of drive-in movies". Her memorable films include They Live with Roddy Piper, Blind Fury with Rutger Hauer, and Masters of the Universe with Dolph Lundgren.

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  • lausunfang
    lausunfang
    just love them mysterious eyes...and great actress.
    posted 527 days ago
  • davidcameranut
    davidcameranut
    i have followed meg's career since she first starred in mannix. i have seen many women with various shades of eyes, outside of her being very beautiful,i have seen her in a movie called the best of the best 2. and far as i am concerned, she has got the most attractive eyes i have ever seen on this planet, with or without makeup
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