Flora Foster

Flora Foster
Born	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died	September 21, 1914 Chicago, Illinois
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1911–1914
Relatives	Edna Foster (sister)

Flora Foster was an American actress known for her roles in films during the silent film era.

Biography

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

• David Copperfield (1911)
• Prince Charming (1912)
• The District Attorney's Conscience (1912)
• The Wedding Gown (1913)

References

1. "Miss Flora Foster". Chicago Tribune. October 18, 1914. p. 61. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
2. Horak, Laura (February 26, 2016). Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908–1934. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813574844.
3. "Former Traverse City Mayor Dies". The Herald-Press. April 3, 1940. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
4. "Who Was Con Foster?". Traverse City News & Events. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
5. "Foster, Flora". Thanhouser Company. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
6. Motion Picture Story Magazine. Macfadden-Bartell. 1913.
7. 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.
8. "Biograph Kids Are Wonderful Girls: Chicago Exhibitor's Daughters". Motography. July 4, 1914. p. 3–4.
9. "Obituary for Flora Foster". The Sacramento Star. November 4, 1914. p. 5. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

External links

• Flora Foster at IMDb