Phoebe Foster
Phoebe Foster (born July 9, 1895 in Center Harbor , New Hampshire , † June 1975 in Boston ; actually Phoebe Eager ) was an American theater and film actress .
Life
Phoebe Foster appeared regularly as an actress on New York Broadway from 1914 , including in 1919 in Three's a Crowd , a play by Earl Derr Biggers and Christopher Morley . Also in 1919 she first appeared in front of the camera for the silent film An Honorable Cad . But it was not until 1930 that she was seen more often in films. So she played alongside Tallulah Bankhead in George Cukor's Tarnished Lady (1931) and in Edmund Gouldings Night Angel (1931) alongside Nancy Carroll and Fredric March . In 1933 it was featured in Our Betters and the star-studded film comedy Dinner eight more times under Cukor's direction. Two years later she played in the prestigious Tolstoy film Anna Karenina (1935) with Greta Garbo in the title role of her sister-in-law Dolly. However, only a few more film appearances followed. In 1939 she was on stage one last time on Broadway. She died in Boston in 1975 at the age of 79.
Filmography
- 1919: To Honorable Cad
- 1930: Grounds for Murder
- 1931: Tarnished Lady
- 1931: Night Angel
- 1933: Our Betters
- 1933: Dinner at Eight ( Dinner at Eight )
- 1935: Anna Karenina
- 1935: O'Shaughnessy's Boy
- 1936: The White Angel
- 1936: The Gorgeous Hussy
Web links
- Phoebe Foster in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Phoebe Foster in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Phoebe Foster in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Adrian Room: Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins . McFarland, 5th edition, 2010, ISBN 0-7864-4373-1 , p. 182.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Foster, Phoebe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eager, Phoebe (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American theater and film actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Center Harbor , New Hampshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1975 |
| Place of death | Boston |