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Frances Foster, actor, director and teacher, died June 17 at Fair Oaks Hospital, Fairfax, Va., as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. [...] She was a founding member of the Negro Ensemble Company and appeared in most of the productions which made NEC the national treasure it became. She was proclaimed by Mel Gussow of the New York Times as one of America's finest actors. [...] Foster was proud to have been the first African-American woman to ever appear in a commercial on national television. In addition to her stage, television and screen work, Foster sat on council at Actors Equity, the highest governing body of that union; was very involved in the civil rights movement and was a mentor and teacher to many young actors. A grave site service was held June 2 at 1 p.m. at Pine Lawn Cemetery, Farmingdale. Two memorial tributes are presently being planned, one in New York, the other in Los Angeles. She is survived by her husband, Morton Goldsen; son, Terrell Foster; sister, Beverly Tate; 3 stepchildren; [...] Foster requested that no flowers be sent; instead donations may be made in her name to Hale House, New York City as wells as Broadway Cares, Actors Equity Fights AIDS
Frances Foster, a character actress, a stage director and a founding member of the Negro Ensemble Company, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Fairfax, Va. She was 73 and had homes in Manhattan and in Far Rockaway, Queens. [...] Ms. Foster was at the Negro Ensemble Company from 1967 until 1986, appearing in more than 25 of its productions. She won an Obie Award in 1985 for sustained excellence of performance. The other honors she received included one of the company's Adolph Caesar awards in 1987 and two of the annual Audelco Awards, which honor achievement in black theater: a best actress award in 1978 for Do Lord Remember Me, and a best director award for 1983 for Hospice. Both plays were at the New Federal Theater in Manhattan. [...] Her work in television included acting in daytime television staples like One Life to Live, Ryan's Hope and All My Children. She also appeared in the Spike Lee movies Malcolm X (1992) and Crooklyn (1994) and in other films. She was on the Actors Equity Association council from 1953 to 1967 and an artist in residence at City College of New York from 1973 to 1977. [...] She married Robert Standfield Foster in 1941. He died in 1977. She is survived by her husband of 14 years, Morton Goldsen; a son, Terrell Foster, of San Francisco; three stepchildren; six stepgrandchildren, and a sister, Beverly Tate of Far Rockaway.
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There will be a memorial service for Frances Foster on Sep. 15, 5–8 pm, at the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, NYC 10037.
