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Ruth Foster
Sign in to saveAmerican actress (1920-2012)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 27
Top works
- Instant Reading Comprehension Practice Grade 5
- Let's Get This Day Started
- Nonfiction and Fiction Writing, Grade 3
- Paired Passages, Grade 6
- Santa and Son
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Film & TV
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Ruth E. Foster (January 29, 1920 – May 12, 2012) was an American actress best known for portraying Walnut Grove's postmaster Melinda Foster for several seasons on the NBC TV series Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983).
Known for
- Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas — Melinda Foster2014
- Little House: The Last Farewell — Mrs. Foster1984
- Little House: Bless All the Dear Children — Melinda Foster1983
- Little House on the Prairie — Aunt Ruby (uncredited)1974
- The Towering Inferno — Party Guest (uncredited)1974
- Little House on the Prairie — Melinda Foster1974
- The War Between Men and Women — Wedding Guest (uncredited)1972
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes — Woman in Plaza (uncredited)1972
- The Poseidon Adventure — Passenger1972
- Fitzwilly — Customer (uncredited)1967
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 10
- Total plays
- 412
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ruth
- Family name
- Foster
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cincinnati
- Place of death
- Del Mar
- Occupation
- film editor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Sam Jaffe & Ruth Foster 1965.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1920-01-29
- date of death
- 2012-05-12
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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