Flora Foster
Flora Foster | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 4, 1898 |
| Died | September 21, 1914 (aged 16) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1911–1914 |
| Relatives | Edna Foster (sister) |
Flora Foster (March 4, 1898 – September 21, 1914) was an American actress known for her roles in films during the silent film era.
Biography
[edit]Flora Foster was born in Boston to Anne Louise Ramsell Foster and Conrad Houteling Foster. Conrad Foster was a theater owner in Chicago and eventual mayor of Traverse City, Michigan.[1][2][3][4]
She worked with the Biograph Company and the Thanhouser Company.[5][6] She had roles in at least several films; she played young David in David Copperfield (1911).[7]
Her sister, Edna Foster, was also a child actress.[1][2] They both worked in vaudeville. Foster attended boarding school in New York near Biograph's studios while their father remained in Chicago.[8]
Foster's favorite stage actress was Maude Adams. She and her sister both enjoyed working with D.W. Griffith and Harry Carey. She had grey eyes and blonde hair.[8]
Foster died of heart failure in Chicago on September 21, 1914.[1][9]
Selected filmography
[edit]- David Copperfield (1911)
- Prince Charming (1912)
- The District Attorney's Conscience (1912)
- The Wedding Gown (1913)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Miss Flora Foster". Chicago Tribune. October 18, 1914. p. 61. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
- 1 2 Horak, Laura (February 26, 2016). Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908–1934. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813574844.
- ↑ "Former Traverse City Mayor Dies". The Herald-Press. April 3, 1940. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- ↑ "Who Was Con Foster?". Traverse City News & Events. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
- ↑ "Foster, Flora". Thanhouser Company. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
- ↑ Motion Picture Story Magazine. Macfadden-Bartell. 1913.
- ↑ Laird, Karen E. (March 3, 2016). The Art of Adapting Victorian Literature, 1848-1920: Dramatizing Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, and The Woman in White. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-04450-5.
- 1 2 "Biograph Kids Are Wonderful Girls: Chicago Exhibitor's Daughters". Motography. July 4, 1914. p. 3–4.
- ↑ "Obituary for Flora Foster". The Sacramento Star. November 4, 1914. p. 5. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Flora Foster at IMDb