- Meg Foster was born on May, the 10th in 1948 in Reading (Pennsylvania)
- She was only 2 weeks old, when the family moved to Rowayton (Connecticut), where she grew up in the strict traditions of New England
- She’s the 2nd oldest of 5 children
- She had her first leading role in a schools presentation of “Antigone” (wish I’d seen this ^^)
- She studied for 2 Years at the Neighbourhouse College in New York and had her off-Broadway debut in “The Empire Builders”
- At the Age of 21 she moved to Los Angeles
- In 1972 she gave birth to her son Christopher Starr, who was seen on screen as the son of Alice and John Tanner (Meg Foster & Rutger Hauer) in “The Osterman Weekend”
- She was married to Steven McHattie
- Her Hight is 5’6 1/2, that are 1,69 m
- Everybody who met her is characterizing her as ‘very down to earth’
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“Acting is something I just do, I don’t like to talk about it”
(Photoplay / 1979)
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About her work in theater:
“It wasn’t my talent that got me in because I didn’t know if I had any. I told them I didn’t know if I could act - but there might be some other area where I’d fit, like costume design or lighting, even carpentry. I only knew I had to be in the theater.”
( ? / Close Up / 1978 )
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“Working is an important part of my life and identitiy. 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.”
( ? / Close Up / 1978 )
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About ‘A Different Story’:
“I’m usually given all the weepy parts. But I’m not a sad person. After always playing the other woman and crying a lot, it’s nice to be in a romantic comedy like A Different Story.”
( ? / Close Up / 1978 )
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“I performed a lot at home, and of course at school when I was a Child. The people I played were more real, more alive than those around me.”
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About ‘The Scarlet Letter’:
“Hester is one of the greatest women in American literature. She’s a survivor and I admire people who survive. Instead of bemoaning her fate, she takes things into her own hands.”
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About the casting of her son in ‘The Osterman Weekend’:
“Sam met him and wanted him. I’m a single parent. Chris has been around a lot of adults. I told them he wasn’t an actor. But he’s very cool, he’s not one to withhold opinions, and it worked out fine.”
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About ‘Masters of the Universe’:
“I’ve always done things I wanted to do and I wanted to do Masters. If it helps my career, fine. If it doesn’t, then I’ve still had the opportunity to do a film that was, plain and simple, a grear deal of fun.”
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About her role in ‘They Live’:
“She represents a certain of ambition that’s not that uncommon in life. She’s our close-up look at someone who has something to lose by ‘waking up’ and acknowledging the alien’s broadcast. I enjoy portraying that conflict. Both heroes and moral weaklings can teach you something.”
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“Once I finish with a charakter, I like to forget her. I treat her like a broken love affair - forgotten and cherished.”
(US Magazine)
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