Edna Foster
Edna Foster | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edna Chapman Foster April 7, 1900 |
| Other names | Billy Foster |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1911–1915 |
| Relatives | Flora Foster |
Edna Foster was a child star at Biograph who was active during Hollywood's silent era. She often played boys' roles and was known for her character named Billy; Biograph even promoted her as Billy Foster.[1][2][3]
She was born in Boston to Conrad Foster — a theater owner and eventual mayor of Traverse City, Michigan — and his wife, Annie. Edna had several siblings; her older sister Flora Foster (who died as a teenager of heart failure)[4] would become a child actress as well. Edna seems to have retired from the film industry after her sister's death. According to her father's 1940 obituary, she was still alive, unmarried, and living in New York City.[2][5][6]
Selected filmography
- Men and Women (1914)
- The Escape (1914)
- A Nest Unfeathered (1914)
- The Little Tease (1913)
- A Misappropriated Turkey (1913)
- With the Enemy's Help (1912)
- A String of Pearls (1912)
- The Sunbeam (1912)
- The Transformation of Mike (1912)
- For His Son (1912)
- The Battle (1911)
- The Adventures of Billy (1911)
- A Country Cupid (1911)
- The Lonedale Operator (1911)
References
- ^ "Theatricals". The Wilmington Morning Star. 16 Aug 1916. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- ^ a b Horak, Laura (2016-02-26). Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908–1934. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813574844.
- ^ Keil, Charles (2018-02-05). A Companion to D. W. Griffith. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118341254.
- ^ "In Movie Land". The Chicago Tribune. 18 Oct 1914. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- ^ The Photo-Play Review, Aug.-Nov. 1915.
- ^ "Former Traverse City Mayor Dies". The Herald-Press. 3 Apr 1940. Retrieved 2019-08-31.