Person
Frances Foster
Acting · 1924–1997
Known for
Law & Order
Mary Tillar
Great Performances
Gremmar
American Playhouse
Aunt Mabel
Kojak
Pearl Johnson
North and South
Slave
Good Times
1974
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Mrs. Hawthorne
Malcolm X
Woman Outside Audubon Ballroom
The Juror
Housewife
The Distinguished Gentleman
Grandma
Filmography
- 1996The JurorHousewife
- 1995ClockersGloria
- 1994CrooklynAunt Song
- 1992The Distinguished GentlemanGrandma
- 1992Malcolm XWoman Outside Audubon Ballroom
- 1992Citizen CohnFirst Annie Lee Moss
- 1992Through an Open WindowDianne
- 1991DarrowElsa Jackson
- 1990Law & OrderMary Tillar
- 1989James Baldwin: The Price of the TicketSelf
- 1989A Man Called Hawk
- 1987DesperateLoretta
- 1987Five CornersWaitress
- 1987Enemy TerritoryElva Briggs
- 1987The Days and Nights of Molly DoddMrs. Hawthorne
- 1986Trapped In SilenceOvelia
- 1985North and SouthSlave
- 1984Tales of the Unknown South"Neighbors"
- 1984The House of Dies DrearGreat-Grandmother Jeffers
- 1982American PlayhouseAunt Mabel
- 1978The Last TenantNurse in Home
- 1978KingAlberta King
- 1977A Piece of the ActionBea Quitman
- 1976The First Breeze of SummerGremmar
- 1974Legacy of BloodSylvie
- 1974Good Times
- 1973KojakPearl Johnson
- 1971Great PerformancesGremmar
- 1959Take a Giant StepPoppy
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