Frances Foster
Frances Helen Foster (née Brown; June 11, 1924 – June 17, 1997) was an American film, television and stage actress. In addition to being an actress, Foster was also an award–winning stage director and a founding member of the Negro Ensemble Company. Moreover, in 1955, she became the first African American to appear in a nationally broadcast television commercial.
Acted in
Clockers
1995
as Gloria
Crooklyn
1994
as Aunt Song
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
as Grandma
Malcolm X
1992
as Woman Outside Audubon Ballroom
Citizen Cohn
1992
as First Annie Lee Moss
Through an Open Window
1992
as Dianne
Darrow
1991
as Elsa Jackson
Law & Order
1990
as Mary Tillar
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989
as Self
A Man Called Hawk
1989
Desperate
1987
as Loretta
Five Corners
1987
as Waitress
Enemy Territory
1987
as Elva Briggs
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
as Mrs. Hawthorne
Trapped In Silence
1986
as Ovelia
North and South
1985
as Slave
Tales of the Unknown South
1984
as "Neighbors"
The House of Dies Drear
1984
as Great-Grandmother Jeffers
The Last Tenant
1978
as Nurse in Home
King
1978
as Alberta King
A Piece of the Action
1977
as Bea Quitman
The First Breeze of Summer
1976
as Gremmar
Legacy of Blood
1974
as Sylvie
Good Times
1974
Kojak
1973
as Pearl Johnson
Great Performances
1971
as Gremmar
Take a Giant Step
1959
as Poppy